Agile business analysis

Course objectives

Understanding the nature and responsibilities of a business analyst in projects conducted using agile methodologies (Agile). Gaining practical skills for eliciting, documenting and managing requirements in a dynamically changing environment.

Benefits

At the end of this course participants will gain:

• Knowledge of the origins and main principles of Agile
• Knowledge of the principles of effective requirements management
• Knowledge of Scrum methodology assumptions
• Knowledge of the differences between agile software development methodologies and the cascading model (Waterfall)
• Practical knowledge of techniques of obtaining and documenting requirements

Training scope

• Introduction to agile methodologies:
• • Agile Genesis
  • Agile Manifesto
  • The difference between Agile and Waterfall (the cascade model)
• Scrum methodology basics
  • Scrum Pillars
  • Artifacts in Scrum
  • Events in Scrum
  • Definition of Ready
  • Definition of Done
• Agile business analysis
  • Key principles
  • Best practices
• User Story
  • Elements of User Story
  • User Story versus Epic
  • INVEST criteria
  • Defining acceptance criteria
  • User Story division
• Other techniques for capturing and defining requirements
  • Personae
  • Backlog Management
  • Story Mapping
• Relative Estimation
  • Story Point as a unit
  • Reference-based estimation

Audience

All people who want to be professional business analysts; also active business analysts and all members of project teams using agile software development methodologies.