Agile Business Analyst Foundation And Practitioner (AgileBA®) - United Kingdom

AgileBA® Foundation and Practitioner Course Outline

This Agile Business Analysis Foundation and Practitioner course covers these topics:

Module 1: Role of the Business Analyst in an Agile World

• Holistic View of the Business
• Structure of Business Organisation
• Understanding the Business Environment
• PESTLE Analysis
• Poster’s Five Forces Analysis
• MOST Analysis
• Resource Audit
• SWOT Analysis
• TOWS
• Poster’s Value Chain
• Lean Thinking
• McKinsey 7S Model
• Balanced Business Scoreboard
• Core Considerations When Planning and Implementing Change

Module 2: Fundamentals of Agile

• Manifesto for Agile Software Development
• Project Variables
• 8 Principles
• DSDM Process and Team Roles
• Management Products
• DSDM Team Roles
• Roles and Responsibilities
• Business Sponsor and Business Visionary
• Technical Coordinator and Project Manager
• Business Ambassador and Business Advisor
• Technical Advisor and Solution Developer & Tester
• Team Leader and Business Analyst
• Workshop Facilitator

Module 3: Agile Business Case

• Business Case
• Business Case Context
• Roles Associated with the Business Case
• Business Case: Business Sponsor
• Business Case: Business Visionary
• Business Case: Technical Coordinator
• Business Case: Project Manager
• Business Case: Business Analyst
• Agile Practices and the Business Case
• Business Canvas/Lean Canvas
• Product Vision Box

Module 4: Stakeholders in the Agile Project

• Definition
• Three Stakeholder Categories
• Working with Project Stakeholders
• DSDM Coach
• DSDM Team-Working Together
• Agile Culture and Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Power/Interest Grid

Module 5: Requirements and User Stories

• Categories of Requirement
• User Stories
• Persona
• User Story – Story Card (Front and Back)
• Well-Constructed User Stories – INVEST
• Prioritised Requirements List (PRL)
• Hierarchy of User Stories
• Story Maps
• Agile BA and the PRL

Module 6: Prioritisation

• Eliciting Requirements
• Prioritising Requirements
• MoSCoW
• KANO Model
• Effective Prioritisation

Module 7: Workshops

• What is a Facilitated Workshop?
• When to Use a Facilitated Workshop?
• Facilitated Workshops
• Workshop Roles
• Common Features of Facilitated Workshops
• Facilitated Workshops – Associated Activities
• Agile BA and Facilitated Workshops

Module 8: Modelling

• What is a Model?
• Modelling Perspectives
• Modelling Techniques for the Agile BA
• Business Domain Model (Class Diagram)
• Business Process Diagram (Swim Lanes)
• Context (Scoping) Diagram
• Customer Journey Mapping
• Impact Mapping
• Rich Picture
• Storyboards / Wireframes
• Use Cases
• Modelling and the DSDM Principles

Module 9: Timeboxing and Iterative Development

• DSDM Definition of a Timebox
• Types of Timebox
• Key Steps in a DSDM Structured Timebox
• Timeboxing – The Daily Stand-Up
• Team Board (Kanban)
• Burn Down Chart
• Timeboxing – Wider Context
• Agile BA’S Role in a Timebox
• Iterative Development
• Quality in Iterative Development
• Approaches to Iterative Development
• Solution Focus
• Horizontal Approach
• Vertical Approach
• Combined Approach
• Agile BA’s Role in Iterative Development

Module 10: Requirements of Planning and Estimating Throughout the Lifecycle

• Requirements Planning Through the Lifecycle
• Feasibility
• Foundations
• Requirements During Timeboxes
• Prioritised Requirements List (PRL)
• Estimating within a DSDM Project
• Estimates and Requirements Detail
• Planning Poker
• Estimating Workshop

Module 11: Requirements of Lifecycle in an Agile Project

• Agile Approach to Requirements
• Role of the Agile BA
• Lifecycle of a Requirement
• Elicitation
• Analysis
• Validation
• Documentation
• Management
• Requirements in the DSDM Process