The book explains how business analysts and information technology professionals can work together to create innovative business solutions using the agile approaches now emerging in practice. It explains the methods used by such cross disciplinary teams to create business value based on the use of information technology. These methods combine concepts now found in agile system development, such as stories, features, roles and business activities, into collaborative processes that lead to innovative solutions to business and social problems. The emphasis of the book is on teams using these concepts to encourage the communication needed to define new ways of working while providing a path to successful implementation.