BA08 - Agile for Business Analysts
E-Learning
Description
In this course, students will gain an understanding about agile business analysis. Students will learn how business analysis on an agile project is ‘the same’ and ‘different’ than business analysis performed on waterfall projects. Students will understand how the business analysis role changes on an agile team. A number of business analysis techniques suited for supporting agile teams will be introduced as will the various standards available to the community to help teams and organizations transition. Since few organizations are pure agile, students will also learn about delivery approaches that use a combination of practices from waterfall and agile and will also be introduced to the important concept of business analysis tailoring – the key skill used to adapt business analysis skill
In this course, students will gain an understanding about agile business analysis. Students will learn how business analysis on an agile project is ‘the same’ and ‘different’ than business analysis performed on waterfall projects. Students will understand how the business analysis role changes on an agile team. A number of business analysis techniques suited for supporting agile teams will be introduced as will the various standards available to the community to help teams and organizations transition. Since few organizations are pure agile, students will also learn about delivery approaches that use a combination of practices from waterfall and agile and will also be introduced to the important concept of business analysis tailoring – the key skill used to adapt business analysis skills to all environments – regardless of the delivery life cycle selected.
In this course, students will:
Understand the fundamentals of agile delivery and agile business analysis
Compare and contrast business analysis on waterfall and agile projects
Explain the value proposition for agile product development
Define the 4 main types of project life cycles
Complete an in-depth walkthrough of the agile delivery life cycle
Explain the major flavors of agile
Understand the major standards available to assist in transition of skills
Define business analysis tailoring and understand how to apply it
Learn over 20 business analysis techniques commonly used on agile projects
Anyone with the need to understand how business analysis is performed to support agile projects or who must transition their existing business analysis skills and practices from waterfall to agile.
| Lesson Id | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction |
What is agile The Agile Manifesto Agile principles Agile benefits Hands-on activity |
| 2 | Learning and course objectives |
The current state of agile Agile trends Agile skills Value proposition The business case for agile The BA role changes on an agile project Hands-on activity |
| 3 | Understanding project life cycles |
Project life cycle Product life cycle Incremental versus Iterative Hybrid approaches to delivery Choosing a project life cycle |
| 4 | An in-depth look at Agile |
The agile development life cycle A sequence of iterations Essential concepts Inside each iteration Iteration goal Iteration planning Sequence of tasks Work period Testing End of iteration activities Evaluation and feedback Structured walkthroughs Evaluation guidelines The BA role in structured walkthroughs Scripting scenarios Defect list Retrospectives Hands-on exercise |
| 5 | Type of Agile Delivery Approaches |
The flavors of agile Scrum Scrum roles Extreme Programming (XP) Dynamic System Development Method (DSDM) Feature Driven Development (FDD) Testing Best practices used by FDD Kanban Kanban Boards Agile Unified Process Scaling Frameworks |
| 6 | Introduction to Agile Business Analysis |
What is business analysis? What is agile business analysis? Framework for agile business analysis Business analysis components International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) Project Management Institute (PMI®) Context to business analysis Our industry BA standards Our industry Agile BA standards Product Owners What stays the same What is expected to change Agile requirements deliverables Lightweight documentation Requirements repository Where business analysis fits in The BA workload Hands-on exercise |
| 7 | Business Analysis Tailoring |
Business analysis tailoring (defined) Tailoring considerations What tailoring looks like The PMI Guide to Business Analysis Determining the ‘best’ BA approach Methodology vs Standard Why use methodologies Determining your methodology Business analysis impacts |
| 8 | Tools and techniques for agile business analysis |
Agile BA techniques Backlog refinements Behavior Driven Development (BDD) Burndown chart Collaborative games Definition of done Definition of ready INVEST Iteration planning Kanban board Minimum marketable features (MMF) Minimum viable product (MVP) MoSCoW Narrative writing Persona analysis Product roadmap Progressive Elaboration Prototyping Purpose alignment model Retrospectives Story slicing Hands-on Exercise |
| 9 | Prioritization Techniques |
Requirements prioritization Prioritizing on agile projects Prioritization criteria Business benefit MoSCoW Pair-choice comparison Setting priorities with multi-voting Cost to acquire and operate Determining business value Story point estimating Planning poker Project velocity Hands-on activity |
| 10 | Course wrap-up |
Making the transition to agile How my role will be different Course summary Retrospective Questions |
Self-Paced
Free
This course includes: :
Full lifetime access