Agile by design : an implementation guide to analytic lifecycle management

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Who Should Read this Book -- What's Inside -- The Companion Website -- About the Author -- Chapter 1: Adjusting to a Customer-Centric Landscape -- It's a Whole New World -- From Customer-Aware to Customer-Centric -- Being Customer-Centric, Operationally Efficient, and Analytically Aware -- Our Example in Motion -- Enabling Innovation -- Chapter 2: The Analytic Lifecycle -- What Are Analytics, Anyway? -- Analytics in Your Organization -- Case Study Example -- Beyond IT: The Business Analytic Value Chain -- Analytic Delivery Lifecycle -- Getting Started -- Summary -- Chapter 3: Getting Your Analytic Project off the Ground -- A Day in the Life -- Visioning -- Facilitating Your Visioning Session -- Think Like a Customer -- Summary -- Chapter 4: Project Justification and Prioritization -- Organizational Value of Analytics -- Analytic Demand Management Strategy -- Results -- Project Prioritization Criteria -- Knowledge Acquisition Spikes -- Summary -- Chapter 5: Analytics-the Agile Way -- Getting Started -- Understanding Waterfall -- The Heart of Agile -- The Agile Manifesto/Declaration of Interdependence -- Selecting the Right Methodology -- Summary -- Chapter 6: Analytic Planning Hierarchies -- Analytic Project Example -- Inputs into Planning Cycles -- Release Planning -- Analytic Release Plan -- Summary -- Chapter 7: Our Analytic Scrum Framework -- Getting Started -- The Scrum Framework -- Sprint Planning -- Sprint Execution -- Daily Standup -- How Do We Know When We're Done? -- Sprint Review -- Sprint Retrospective -- Summary -- Chapter 8: Analytic Scrum Roles and Responsibilities -- Product Owner Description -- Scrummaster Description -- Analytic Development Team Description -- Additional Roles -- Summary -- Chapter 9: Gathering Analytic User Stories -- Overview.