Agile Business Analysis

Developing the analysis maturity and confidence you need... to deliver products in an agile way...

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.5

- Understand how Agile works and why it's such a big deal
- Understand your role on the agile team
- Write effective user stories and acceptance criteria

What you'll learn

Understand how Agile works and why it's such a big deal
Understand your role on the agile team
Write effective user stories and acceptance criteria
Develop backlogs that translate into awesome products
Use story mapping to simplify your workslate

* Requirements

* Fundamental knowledge of business analysis
* Motivation to learn new skills and apply them to the workplace

Description

Business Analysts have a wide range of feelings about Agile.

Some love it. It’s a fast and nimble way to develop products, and you can be very productive in relatively little time.

Others hate it, because it is radically different from traditional control-oriented project approaches, and they struggle to understand their value and role when documentation takes a back seat.

And many others like the idea of Agile, but realize that it’s a tricky thing to get right – especially with very large organizations which have documentation and processes deeply engrained in their cultures.

If any of these statements sounds familiar, we designed this course for you.

There is a lot of training out there for agile teams, but agile BAs have very specific needs that haven’t been addressed… (until now)

That’s why we developed this course – to give you a basis on which to build an excellent BA career in any agile environment.

In this clear, concise, and easy-to-follow course, you will learn:

  • How to figure out what your role on the team needs to be
  • What user stories and acceptance criteria really are – and it’s probably not what you think
  • When to write requirements to maximize efficiency and minimize re-work
  • Why the traditional product backlog is a mess and how to overcome it
  • What a typical BA does in the course of a day, sprint, and release
  • (and a whole lot more)

… all while learning the ropes from a seasoned expert and business analysis executive.

By the end of the course, you’ll have more than just knowledge… You’ll have the practice and practical experience you need to feel confident on the job.

Who this course is for:

  • Business Analysts who are moving onto an agile team for the first time
  • Business Analysts who want to be successful in agile environments
  • New Product Owners

Course content

6 sections • 33 lectures

Agile Preview 07:46

Agile

Agile Methodologies: Scrum Preview 08:24

Scrum

Agile Team Roles Preview 05:23

Agile Team Roles

Agile Business Analyst Roles Preview 06:15

Your Role as a Business Analyst

In this exercise, you will consider three questions about your role as a business analysis in an agile environment.

User Stories Preview 07:15

User Stories

Writing User Stories

In this assignment, you will get some practice writing user stories – just like you would on the job.

Acceptance Criteria Preview 06:31

Acceptance Criteria

Writing Acceptance Criteria

In this assignment, you will write acceptance criteria for your user stories.

Epics Preview 05:25

Epics

Splitting Epics into Stories

In this assignment, you split one of your larger epics or user stories into multiple smaller stories.

Backlogs Preview 05:44

Backlogs

Story Mapping Preview 08:02

Story Mapping

Creating a Story Map

In this exercise, you will create your first story map.

A Day in the Life Preview 04:29

A Day in the Life

The Sprint Preview 04:51

The Sprint

The Release Preview 07:01

The Release

Do Agile Projects go on Forever? Preview 06:01

Do Agile Projects go on Forever?