Business Value Questions

Session 1: What is Business Value? (90 mins.)

Why is Business Value important?
What is Business Value?
Which definitions of Business Value align best with which people?
What do customers really want? What did you buy today and why?
Does the Business Value of a project ever change? Why? How did you discover that change?
Which tools should we use to uncover Business Value?
In a project, who should care about Business Value?
Does Business Value seem easier or harder now?

Do we need some basic concepts around using Business Value? (eg, cost-benefit analysis and decision-making)
What should we do before we commission an IT project?
What should we do first, once a project is commissioned? (Product Backlog / Stories)
What should we do in the Iteration Planning Meeting?
What should we do during an Iteration?
What should we do at Iteration Review?
What should we do at Release Time? What should we do at the end of an IT Project? What do we do well after an IT project is over?
Can we use Business Value across multiple projects? If so, how and when?
If there is change and learning about Business Value, how is that best incorporated?
Who should take all the actions you’ve proposed?
What is the biggest thing you learned in this session?