2. Abhijit Dey
Deputy Vice President, API Banking,Digital Banking and Transformation
Axis Bank Ltd (India)
-- Experienced Product Owner with a demonstrated history of working in the BFSI
-- Skilled in API management and API monetisation
--Have created an Open API framework for Banks to optimise api usage in the Banks and
Partners ecosystem
--Author has been instrumental to productise Banking APIs for Deposits, Payments, Cards and
Corporate banking with disruptive technologies
--Author has created Payments APIs for AI driven chatbots to nudge customers on usage
optimization

3. How PMs and BAs can create an ecosystem for the Productive Partnership
model.
How to Analyze Complex project in AGILE methodology.
Agile project management makes Complex Projects more Complicated - A Myth:
Analyzing Complex project in AGILE methodology makes the
BA's life simpler
Business Analysts are Pseudo Business Leader: BAs have become Business
Manager in their own way in Complex and Large Project

4. Facts and figures
huge number of variables and
interfaces
Indistinctness and
Incompleteness
lack of awareness of events and
causality
Uncertainty and
Miscalculations
inability to pre-evaluate actions
AREN’T ALL PROJECTS SIMPLE?
Is my
project
complex?

5. Unpredictability and
Randomness
the inability to know what will
happen
Dynamics and Volatile
rapid rate of change
Social structure and
Interrelationships
numbers and types of interactions
with multiple interdependencies
Is my
project
complex?
AREN’T ALL PROJECTS SIMPLE?

6. How PMs and BAs can create an ecosystem for the Productive Partnership
model.
Agile project management makes Complex Projects more Complicated - A
Myth: Analyzing Complex project in AGILE methodology makes the
BA's life simpler
How to Analyze Complex project in AGILE methodology.
Business Analysts are Pseudo Business Leader: BAs have become Business
Manager in their own way in Complex and Large Project

7. COMPLEX PROJECT - AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT??
It’s cluttered and
uncontrollable. Definitely
not for complex platforms

8. Responsibility and
risks managed
throughout business
Multiple
interdependent
teams
COMPLEX PROJECT - AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT??

9. Developing a framework / structure that can be deployed throughout
the organization
Understand and develop a structure where key metrics can be
developed and defined to drive the product and business direction
Provide a basis and interaction point where the product can be
developing and structured to create a release and delivery strategy
Where a level of project and product co-ordination can be developed
as a review and management platform for the project
Focus on a portfolio structure that can provide prioritization and
guidance on business and customer value
COMPLEX PROJECT - AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT??

10. How PMs and BAs can create an ecosystem for the Productive Partnership
model.
Business Analysts are Pseudo Business Leader: BAs have become
Business Manager in their own way in Complex and Large Project
Agile project management makes Complex Projects more Complicated - A Myth:
Analyzing Complex project in AGILE methodology makes the
BA's life simpler
How to analyze COMPLEX project in AGILE methodology

11. Others
Leadership
Technical
skills
Business
skills
LEADERSHIP
Technical
skills
Business
skills
Others
81%
9%
9%
1%
SKILLSET IN MANAGING AGILE

12. SKILLSET IN MANAGING AGILE
Own strategic
analysis
responsibilities
Consultants
for internal
stakeholders
Lead the BA
effort
Open to new
business
domains and
complex
projects
Understand
the business
process
Senior Business
Analyst

13. Business Analysts are Pseudo Business Leader: BAs have become Business
Manager in their own way in Complex and Large Project
How PMs and BAs can create an ecosystem for the Productive Partnership
model.
Agile project management makes Complex Projects more Complicated - A Myth:
Analyzing Complex project in AGILE methodology makes the
BA's life simpler
How to Analyze Complex project in AGILE methodology.

14. We have ideated
a key product in
the market
We have a
developer at bay
to start the work
We all have
agreed the
scope
We have a
target date to
meet
We are taking
more time in
analysis
Product – best
fitted for
market?
Unknown
business impact
Scope not
well-designed
Target date is
invalid
Follow up with
stakeholders
needed
PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP MODEL - ECOSYSTEM
PROJECT
MANAGER
BUSINESS
ANALYST

15. PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP MODEL - ECOSYSTEM
Senior Leadership’s role
BA to be
introduced at
onset
Roles to be
clearly called
out
Clear vision
and
expectation
Provide
transparent
governance
Empower
SCRUM
master to
hold pen
Regular
reconciliation
for each POD

16. PRODUCTIVE PARTNERSHIP MODEL - ECOSYSTEM
Keys for a Productive
Partnership model
-- Regular updates
-- PM to figure out BA
perspective
-- Common language
-- Identify blocker
-- Respect for each other
-- BA to provide plan with GAP
analysis
-- Like PM, BA is also leader of
the project
-- Build common pattern of
communication
-- RACI matrix
-- Ask for BA if not present
-- Identify solution together

17. Let's embrace the universe of
Agile Methodology
Thanks!!