BA Workflow Tools

BA Workflow Tools MCP Server
A comprehensive toolkit designed specifically for Business Analysts, providing essential functionalities to streamline sprint planning, backlog management, and requirement formatting. This robust suite of tools enhances efficiency and accuracy in project management, enabling analysts to focus on delivering value.

Key Features

Sprint Planning & Working Days Calculation

• Working Days Calculation:
  • calculate_working_days: Determine the number of working days between two dates.
  • add_working_days: Add a specified number of working days to a given date.
  • subtract_working_days: Subtract a specified number of working days from a date.
  • calculate_sprint_dates: Quickly generate multiple sprint dates, automatically excluding UK weekends and bank holidays (2024-2026).

Release Planning & Velocity Tracking

• Release Management Tools:
  • calculate_release_date: Estimate the completion date based on remaining story points and team velocity.
  • calculate_velocity: Analyze average velocity while factoring in team days off and sprint length adjustments.

Fiscal Planning

• Fiscal Quarter Management:
  • calculate_fiscal_quarter: Retrieve fiscal year and quarter details, including start and end dates, with flexibility to configure for different fiscal years.

User Story Formatting

• User Story Structuring:
  • format_user_story: Structure user requirements effectively using the standard format:
    • Requirement: (As a...I want...So that...)
    • Placement on Page
    • Expected Behavior
    • Extra Information
    • Acceptance Criteria (Given/When/Then)

MoSCoW Prioritization

• Prioritization Tools:
  • calculate_moscow_priority: Breakdown requirements into Must/Should/Could/Won't categories along with associated points.
  • plan_moscow_capacity: Determine what can be committed to based on available capacity while considering MoSCoW prioritization.
  • validate_moscow_dependencies: Identify dependency conflicts among requirements.

Estimation & Timezone Tools

• Estimation Utilities:
  • generate_requirement_ids: Create sequential requirement IDs in a format like REQ-001, REQ-002, etc.
  • convert_points_to_hours: Convert story points into hours with customizable overhead.
  • convert_estimation: Convert between different estimation scales such as T-shirt sizes and story points.
• Timezone Management:
  • convert_timezone: Convert times among various global time zones, including GMT, EST, AEST, and more.
  • find_meeting_time: Identify optimal meeting times that accommodate multiple time zones.

Text Utilities

• Text Operations:
  • text_utilities: Execute various text operations, including word count, character count, duplicate removal, sorting lines, extracting emails or URLs, and converting text case.

Additional Tools

1. calculate_working_days
2. add_working_days
3. subtract_working_days
4. calculate_sprint_dates
5. format_user_story
6. convert_timezone
7. find_meeting_time
8. text_utilities
9. calculate_release_date
10. calculate_velocity
11. calculate_fiscal_quarter
12. generate_requirement_ids
13. convert_points_to_hours
14. convert_estimation
15. calculate_moscow_priority
16. plan_moscow_capacity
17. validate_moscow_dependencies

Working Days and Bank Holidays

The toolkit includes UK bank holidays for the years 2024-2026. Users can extend this array as needed to customize the functionality for other regions and requirements.

With BA Workflow Tools, Business Analysts gain a powerful resource that simplifies complex processes and enhances the clarity of project management practices.