Agile Business Analysis Course
Course Overview: Students will learn about agile development methodologies, but unlike other courses they will also learn how to apply
agile techniques to business analysis practices mentioned in the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®).
This knowledge will be useful in agile environments as well organizations that use more traditional SDLC methods.
The course is designed for business analysts, or anyone else that needs to deal closely with project requirements. The Agile Business Analysis course is presented jointly by VimStreet and Agile For All.
The course has been created by a Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) and a Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP™).
Course Outline:
- Business Analysis Introductory Exercise
- Learn about each other
- Learn about the course
- Course Direction: Use business analysis techniques to determine some of the course direction based on attendees wants and needs
- Projects and Methodologies
- Typical project failure modes
- Description of traditional process methodology
- Description of agile process methodology
- Address myths about process methodologies
- Business Analysis Snapshot
- Common Business Analyst tasks
- BA Roles and Titles
- Product Development Life Cycle from the BA perspective
- Digging into Process
- Business case for agility
- Lean principles – the basis for agility
- Common agile practices
- Compare/contrast agile with traditional methods
- Foundations of Agile and Business Analysis
- Using one without the other
- Using both together
- Addressing more myths
- Agile and Business Analysis Hands-on Exercises
- Reinforce and build upon all that has been learned
Notice: Certified Business Analysis Professional, CBAP and the CBAP logo are certification marks owned by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). BABOK and Business Analysis Body of Knowledge are registered trademarks owned by the International Institute of Business Analysis.