This iSQI Certified Agile Business Analysis course is for anyone wishing to understand and apply business analysis tasks in the agile context. In agile teams, Product Owner as well as development team members perform tasks that lead to requirements discovery and delivery. The cadence and depth of these activities for agile teams differ though from traditional life cycles. This course provides overview of the agile business analysis approach and teaches techniques that fit well with the agile approach and philosophy. Not only will you gain role-specific tips of the trade, but also understand what is valuable or possible, based on real examples, which will help to stimulate collaboration and continuous improvement within agile team.
Module 1: Agile Philosophy
- The rationale for adopting an Agile approach
- The Agile Manifesto
- The three overarching aspects of Agile
- Business Analysis thinking and how it is relevant in Agile business
- The 12 core principles
- Key principle – collaborative working
- Key principle – self organising teams
- Key principle – continuous improvement
- Key principle – iterative development and incremental delivery
- Key principle – building in change
- Elements of a method
- Defined vs. empirical methods
- Characteristics of Agile methods
- Advantages and Disadvantages of Agile methods
- Roles in Agile
- BA roles in Agile
- BABOK and the Agile extension
- The Agile framework
- Stakeholder groups
- Personas
- Business value definition
Day 2
Module 6: Modelling in agile context
- Rationale and principles for Agile modelling
- Hierarchy of models using the Functional Model Map (FMM)
- Capability Modelling
- Value Stream Mapping
- Use Case Modelling
- Goal decomposition vs Functional decomposition
- Benefits of a goal decomposition approach as the basis for agile development
- Prioritising business goals
- Story mapping
- Hierarchy of requirements and how this relates to agile teams
- User Roles
- User Stories
- Definition of Ready
- User Story Life Cycle
- Behaviour Driven Development for acceptance criteria development and test automation
Day 3
Module 9: Understand what’s doable – requirements management
- Managing the backlog
- Refinement sessions
- Relative estimation
- Planning workshop
- Real options
- Calculating and utilising velocity
- Techniques to manage the iteration
- Collaborative games
- Retrospectives
- Agile business analysis
