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    Course

  • Location

    Birmingham

This course is aimed at experienced Business Analysts who wish to understand the application of the Agile philosophy, principles, tools and techniques to business change projects. Delegates will use their existing knowledge of business analysis to explore the context of Agile within a business environment.

Key areas of the course include:



The Agile Philosophy


The Agile Manifesto


Lean thinking


Agile principles


Agile methods and techniques such as User Stories, Functional Model Maps, Backlogs and MosCoW


Examination on the afternoon of the final day



Please do note that the course timetable is designed to include coverage of new content up to around mid-afternoon on day 3. Delegates should be prepared to spend around 1 -2 hours per evening on homework and revision activities. This may include activities set by the instructor as appropriate.

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Birmingham (West Midlands)

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About this course

This certification is relevant for experienced business analysts, business architects, project managers and business managers wishing to explore the philosophy, methods, principles and techniques within an Agile approach and its relevance to business analysis. Note that if you are intending to work towards the BCS Advanced Diploma in Business Analysis then you must already have the International Diploma in Business Analysis.

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Subjects

  • Business Analysis
  • Business Environment
  • Lean
  • Application Architecture
  • Testing
  • Programmining
  • Application Analysis
  • Philosophy

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The Agile Philosophy (4 topics)

  • The history of Agile and the Agile Manifesto
  • Agile components
  • Agile and the business environment
  • Lean Business Analysis and thinking

Agile Key Principles (5 topics)

  • Collaborative working
  • Self-organising teams
  • Continuous improvement
  • Iterative development/incremental delivery
  • Plan and build in change

Agile Methods (4 topics)

  • Linear vs empirical methods
  • Evolution and history of the methods
  • Agile methods - DSDM, UP, SCRUM, XP, Lean Software
  • The BA role in Agile

Understanding Stakeholders (6 topics)

  • Stakeholder groups
  • Agile AB role in engaging and managing stakeholders
  • Agile Modelling
  • Models and hierarchy
  • MoSCoW prioritisation
  • Decomposing and organising business goals

Agile Techniques (4 topics)

  • User stories
  • Managing requirements with the product backlog
  • Estimating using Delphi and story points
  • Managing the iterations, including velocity

Agile BA Planning (2 topics)

  • Using storyboarding, scenarios and prototyping
  • Creating a Kanban board

The BA Role (2 topics)

  • Agile business analysis
  • The idea of the 'generalising specialist'

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