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Introduction
AgileBA® is designed to offer valuable direction for all business analysts involved in an Agile environment, and other Agile professionals who need business analysis skills. Developed in partnership with the Agile Business Consortium – AgileBA certification demonstrates that you have the skills and expertise needed to be an effective business analyst working in an agile project team. The course consists of two qualification levels: Foundation and Practitioner, with an examination for each. The Foundation AgileBA certification helps lay the foundations for successful agile projects. The Practitioner enables delegates to learn to apply and tailor the AgileBA approach to a given scenario.
Professional Development Units (PDUs) 35.
Audience profile
- Practicing and aspiring business analysts
- Agile team members who wish to become Agile Business Analysts
- Individuals wishing to understand business analysis – such as product owners and managers
- Business Analysts looking to cement their position as expert Agile Business Analysts
Pre-requisites
Students will be required to complete pre-course reading prior to their attendance to ensure that they are prepared for the course. Students should receive their courseware two weeks prior to the start date of the course. It is therefore encouraged that students read, and familiarize themselves with, the AgileBA® Handbook prior to the start of the course. Whilst attending the course students should also be prepared to complete evening work.
There are no mandatory prerequisites for the Foundation examination.
Pre-requisites accepted to be eligible to take the Practitioner examination:
- AgileBA Foundation certificate
The Foundation examination assesses a candidate’s knowledge of Agile Business Analysis. The Practitioner examination tests a candidate’s ability to apply and tailor the AgileBA approach to a given scenario.
Course objectives
After completing this course, students will learn:
- The underpinning philosophy and principles of Agile
- The processes within an Agile project
- The practices used in an Agile project plus their benefits and limitations
- The roles and responsibilities within an Agile project
- How to apply the underpinning philosophy and principles of the DSDM Agile Project Framework
- How to apply a variety of Agile practices in a project, e.g. Facilitated Workshops, MoSCoW Prioritisation, Iterative Development and Modelling
- How to test, estimate and evaluate benefits delivery in an Agile project
- The mechanisms for facilitation and support within an Agile project
- The Agile approach to managing and prioritising requirements
Course content
Session 1: The role of the Business Analyst in an Agile World | |
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Session 2: Agile Fundamentals and the Agile BA | |
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Session 3: The Agile Business Case | |
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Session 4: Stakeholders in the Agile Project | |
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Session 5: Requirements and User Stories | |
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Session 6: Prioritisation | |
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Session 7: Workshops | |
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Session 8: Modelling | |
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Session 9: Timeboxing and Iterative Development | |
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Session 10: Requirements Planning and Estimating Throughout the Lifecycle | |
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Session 11: The Requirements Lifecycle in an Agile Project | |
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Session 12: The role of the Business Analyst in an Agile World – Internal, External and Measuring Techniques | |
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Session 13: Agile Fundamentals and the Agile BA – Business Analyst Considerations | |
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Session 14: The Agile Business Case – Context, Content, Roles and Practices | |
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Session 15: Stakeholders in Agile – Stakeholder Analysis, Engagement and Collaboration | |
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Session 16: Requirements and User Stories – Understand and Write Requirements and Acceptance Criteria | |
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Session 17: Prioritisation – Apply and understand different Techniques | |
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Session 18 Workshops – Run Better Workshops – Plan and Review | |
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Session 19: Modelling – Understand, Apply and Review Modelling Perspectives and Types | |
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Session 20: Timeboxing and Iterative Development – Understand Collaborative Nature of Timeboxes | |
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Session 21: Requirements Planning and Estimating Throughout the Lifecycle | |
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Session 22: The Requirements Lifecycle in an Agile Project | |
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Session 23: Transitioning to Agile Business Analysis | |
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Associated certifications and exam
This course prepares students to write the APMG’s Exam MC-ABAFE: AgileBA Foundation exam and MC-ABAPE: AgileBA Practitioner exam. Exam Format is 2½ hours, multiple choice questions, 4 questions per paper, 20 marks available per question, 40 marks required to pass (out of 80 available) – 50% & an open book (restricted to the official manual only) examination. The delivery method of the exam is Proctor-Led & Computer-Based.
On successful completion of this course students will receive a Torque IT attendance certificate.
AgileBA® is a registered trademark of Agile Business Consortium Limited. All rights reserved.
The APMG–International Swirl AgileBA Device is a trademark of APM Group Ltd.
Agile Business Analyst (AgileBA)® Overview
AgileBA guidance, training and certification provides Business Analysts with the skills needed to successfully gather, analyse, validate and champion requirements throughout an Agile project.
The Business Analyst is a critical role within an agile project team. With more and more organizations adopting agile approaches, AgileBA guidance is designed to ensure those performing this crucial role have the necessary skills and expertise.
An effective business analyst will lay the foundations for successful agile projects. AgileBA guidance and certification will help to ensure those performing this crucial role have the necessary skills and expertise.
AgileBA guidance, training & certification is designed to help individuals:
- Lay the foundations for successful agile projects
- Explain how the business analyst role and skills fit in an Agile environment
- Clarify the different ways of working during the phases of an Agile project
- Write and champion good, effective Agile requirements
- Utilize a comprehensive set of techniques and practices for effective business analysis and collaborative agile working.
- Lay the foundations for successful agile projects
The APMG-International AgileBA and Swirl Device logo is a trademark of The APM Group Limited, used under permission of The APM Group Limited. All rights reserved. AgileBA® is a registered trademark of Agile Business Consortium Ltd. All rights reserved.