The Agile Scaling Model (ASM) provides context for tailoring agile strategies to meet the unique needs of the situation that your team finds itself in.  The first step in scaling your agile strategy is to adopt a disciplined agile delivery (DAD) approach instead of one which is just focused on agile construction.  One aspect of adopting a DAD approach it to mature your focus from just producing software to instead providing a solution which meets the needs of its stakeholders within the appropriate economic, cultural, and technical constraints.  The fundamental observation is that

I decided to compile a list of books that have been useful to me, as a business analyst.

Some of these books are designed to be a reference to help you in your job, some of them to help with specific BA qualification and some just to read and retain. I have placed the books in order of importance and influence to my knowledge as a Business Analyst:

* Business Analysis - Don Yeates, Debra Paul, Tony Jenkins, Keith Hindle (Paperback – Apr 21, 2006)
This is the main text for the BA Diploma and I think the first and main text to concentrate on as a BA.
* CBAP Certified Business Analysis Professional All-in-One Exam Guide with CDROM - Joseph Phillips (Hardcover – Aug 1, 2009)
So far, the first book covering the CBAP syllabus.

With the upcoming courses that will be offered through this site for a limited time, you can get certified in the CRRSP Requirements Methodology.

For a limited time it will be free through RQNG to group members. In order to apply for certification: simply drop me an email with your full name and address telling me you would like to become CRRSP certified. Then all you have to do is complete the course assignments that are in the podcasts and webinars that will be available on this site and send them to me.

For a complete list of the upcoming and required courses, please refer to the CRRSP Certification attachment.

Detailed Certification Requirements are available at:

http://www.docstoc.com/docs/29360157/CRRSP-Certification