AgileBA ® - Agile Business Analyst Foundation - Classroom (exam included)

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Learn to be an effective business analyst on an agile project team! This 3-day Agile Business Analyst Foundation training provides an introduction to the best practices and approaches of Agile Business Analysis.

About AgileBA

This 3-day Agile Business Analyst Foundation training provides an introduction to the best practices and approaches of Agile Business Analysis. By the end of the course, participants will have in-depth knowledge of Agile principles and know how to deliver valuable solutions in their collaboration with stakeholders. This course encourages Business Analysts to implement the Agile framework in their systems. The Agile Business Analyst (AgileBA) certification demonstrates that you have the skills to be an effective business analyst working on an agile project team.

Develop the skills needed to become a competent Agile business analyst. By the end of the Foundation qualification, you should have sufficient knowledge and understanding of the Agile Business Analysis guidelines to be able to recognize and distinguish the key elements of the approach. Adopt and apply guidelines from the Agile Business Consortium. Introducing an Agile approach has a significant impact on the Business Analyst's role, on their existing skills and their way of working. AgileBA training and certification is based on the AgileBA Handbook, published by the Agile Business Consortium. The Handbook provides useful, practical and comprehensive guidance on the role of the Business Analyst working in an Agile manner.

AgileBA Benefits

AgileBA benefits for individuals

The course provides business analysts involved in Agile projects, large and small, with the tools they need to adopt an agile approach. It provides advice on focus and delivering value and guidance on working with business stakeholders, developers and testers and outlines the skills needed to deliver solutions incrementally. It equips the business analyst with techniques for incorporating Agile approaches into a program and aligning change with organizational goals.

Individuals will gain the following knowledge:

  • Knowledge and understanding of AgileBA
  • Techniques for Agile Business Analysis
  • How to move from traditional to more agile ways of working

AgileBA benefits for organizations

AgileBA provides an organization with a standard approach to executing agile projects because the approach is aligned with AgilePM and AgilePgM. Implementation of AgileBA provides the following benefits:

- Informs Agile and traditional project managers (who often also have business analysis responsibilities) about the content of an Agile project.

  • Agile and traditional project managers are briefed on the content of the role of an Agile business analyst.
  • Scrum developers will benefit from a better understanding of the role of a business analyst.
  • AgileBA fills the gap in the lack of understanding of the Business Analyst due to the lack of defined roles for Scrum developers.
  • Product owners will benefit from the Agile development skills provided.

Why AgileBA?

Introducing an Agile approach has a significant impact on the role of the Business Analyst, on their existing skills and their way of working. While traditional skills are still valuable, new skills and ways of working must be adopted to reap the benefits of a new way of working and appreciate the different relationships with colleagues. There is increasing evidence that an Agile approach is an effective way of working in projects.

Collaboration

The collaboration and involvement of people with the right skills, including those of the customer and end users of the product we make

Incremental

An incremental approach that delivers value early and regularly

Acceptance

The acceptance that we cannot know all the details at the outset, and that we will inevitably learn more as the work progresses

Avoid waste

Defining fine details only just before we need them, to avoid the waste of trying to predict them too early

Empower

Empowering people at appropriate levels to make decisions about details.

Course timeline

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  1. Introduction & Overview

    Lesson 01

  2. The role of an Agile BA in an agile world

    Lesson 02

  3. Agile fundamentals

    Lesson 03

  4. The agile business case (Business Case)

    Lesson 04

  5. Stakeholders in an agile project

    Lesson 05

  6. Requirements, user stories and prioritization

    Lesson 06

  7. Workshops

    Lesson 07

  8. Modeling and prototyping

    Lesson 08

  9. Timeboxing and iterative development

    Lesson 09

  10. Requirements for development

    Lesson 10

  11. Estimate requirements lifecycle in an Agile project

    Lesson 11

  12. Preparation for the Foundation exam

    Lesson 12

AgileBA® Foundation Course Details

3 day online live classroom

accredited course with an authorized AgileBA® trainer

Work Format

Multimedia presentations, group exercises and discussions, practical workshops, case studies and practice exams.

Materials

Licensed course material in pdf format and examples of documents/templates

Exam

The exam is included with this classroom course and is available online through a remote invigilator. 50 Multiple-choice questions per section, 25/50 correct questions to pass, 40 minutes, closed book.

Certification

AgileBA® Foundation certificate of completion

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Who Should Enroll in this Program?

Product manager

Business Analyst

Product owner

Project manager

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Learning Outcomes

Manage the role of a Business Analyst in an Agile environment with Accredited AGILEBA® training and certification. By the end of this course, you will understand key principles and terminology within Agile business analysis guidelines. Specific:

The underlying philosophy and principles of Agile

Apply the underlying philosophy, principles and processes of AgileBA in a project situation.

The processes within an Agile project, including alternative configurations

Describe and apply the Agile approach to managing and prioritizing requirements.

The products produced during an Agile project and their purpose

Produce and evaluate the content of BA products during an Agile project. Understand how to test, estimate and evaluate benefit delivery in an Agile project

The people within an Agile project

Understand the roles and responsibilities within an Agile project and the different levels of authority regarding requirements and the business case

The practices used in an Agile project and their advantages and limitations

Identify and apply popular Agile techniques in a project situation, including MoSCoW prioritization, iterative development and timeboxing

The roles and responsibilities within an Agile project.

Understand the mechanisms for facilitation and support within an Agile project

The Agile Manifesto

We discover better ways to develop software by doing it and helping others with it. This work has made us value more:

  • Individuals and interactions over processes and tools
  • Working software instead of extensive documentation
  • Customer collaboration over contract negotiations
  • Responding to change by following a plan
  • That is, although there is value in the items on the right, we place more value on the items on the left.

Origin of Agile

Agile's influence on the project management industry continues to grow rapidly. More and more organizations and project professionals are embracing Agile tools and frameworks to increase the success of -- and return on -- projects, product/software development and other change initiatives. Although they originated in software development, Agile methods and frameworks are becoming increasingly popular in a wide variety of industries and projects as the benefits over more traditional frameworks and methodologies are realized. As organizations and individuals embrace and transition to Agile practices, the roles of key personnel may change significantly, requiring new guidance, concepts and techniques. Prior to AgileBA, there was little detailed guidance that directly addressed the role, responsibilities and skills of the Agile Business Analyst.

Role of the Business Analyst in an Agile World

The role of the Business Analyst is to study the overall business and information needs of an organization to enable solutions to business problems. This may include the following:

  • Strategic analysis, modeling strategic themes and drivers
  • Business capability modeling - modeling what the business does (conceptualactivity models), as opposed to how it does (physical process models)
  • Mapping process and value stream (value chain)
  • Mapping skills and competencies
  • Redefining/re-designing processes
  • Data definition and event identification
  • Connection between different business and technical disciplines
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Discovery and definition of cost-effective, valuable solutions for business needs

Accredited AgileBA®

training and certification will help people to:

Apply the underlying philosophy, principles and processes of AgileBA in a project situation

Describe and apply the Agile approach to managing and prioritizing requirements

Produce and evaluate the content of BA products during an Agile project

Identify and apply popular Agile techniques in a project situation, including MoSCoW prioritization, iterative development and timeboxing

Understand the roles and responsibilities within an Agile project and the different levels of authority regarding requirements and the business case

Understand the mechanisms for facilitation and support within an Agile project

Understand how to test, estimate and evaluate benefit delivery in an Agile project

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About APMG

APMG Group International is a global certification body that offers training courses and professional certifications in a variety of business disciplines. APMG accredits training organizations and manages qualification schemes for professionals. APMG certifications are recognized by employers and professionals worldwide as benchmarks of quality and expertise.

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