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    At the first sight, it may sound this is ridiculous. Why? Because they have different goals. Yes, Six Sigma has as one of its goal to reduce the process variation while Agile is for not using defined process control.

    I have chosen this topic for today to help individuals to understand in a better way the differences and similarities between the software development methods:

• Waterfall (traditional);
• First Generation of Agile (XP, Scrum);
• and Second Generation of Agile (Lean, Kanban, BDD).

    I will have a few inputs here in regards to the actual trends generated by Big Data and with its appliances, knowing that some Business Analysts will be interested.

    What do I mean by broader? Broader than what? The answer: broader than the regular knowledge set, needed to develop your activity at an acceptable level.

    So... Should the Business Analyst have a broader range of skills? Probably the answer to this question totally depends on the knowledge level of the individual/professional who need to answer.