Agile Business Analysis Training Course
This course centers on equipping business analysts with the skills needed to thrive in Agile project environments. Participants will learn how to effectively collaborate with the development team, Product Owner, Scrum Master, and customers to streamline the development process. The curriculum includes a simulated project where attendees practice handling common real-world scenarios.
This course is available as onsite live training in Botswana or online live training.Course Outline
Agile and Scrum Principles
- Objectives and suitability of Agile/Scrum
- Overview of other Agile methodologies
- The Scrum process
- Scrum roles
- The role of the Business Analyst within Scrum
- Required roles and suitable personality traits
Initiating a Scrum Project
- Conducting the initial meeting
- Estimating milestones
- Business Analyst activities on Scrum projects
- Exercise: Simulated initial meeting
- Managing the product backlog
- Understanding who can modify the product backlog
- User Stories, Themes, Epics, and Story Groups
- Exercise: Writing user stories
- Selecting user stories for the iteration
- Focusing on delivering usable functionality within a single iteration
- Practical exercises
The Scrum Process
- Business Analyst involvement in Scrum meetings
- Scrum estimation and planning
- Daily Scrum meeting
- Demonstration/Presentation meeting
- Retrospective meeting
- Business Analyst responsibilities regarding user acceptance testing
- Understanding the roles of automated testing, Domain-Driven Design, and other practices
- Handling non-functional requirements
- Practical exercises
Role Relationships
- Business Analyst versus Product Owner
- Business Analyst versus Scrum Master
- Business Analyst collaboration with team members
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