Agile Business Analysis

Course details

This course teaches agile in the business analyst role, including agile principles and mindset, agile concepts, backlog management, and techniques. Instructor Angela Wick reviews the 12 agile principles from a BA's perspective, introduces backlog management techniques, and discusses techniques such as product decomposition, user stories, and story maps, which help BAs deliver products that truly delight customers. Plus, find out what concepts such as "minimum viable product" and "value stream" mean to people in the BA role.

Learning objectives
Define the business analyst’s role in agile.
Identify agile principles five through eight from a business analyst’s perspective.
Explore the business analyst’s point of view on an agile team.
Determine the increments of value on an agile team.
Examine the fundamentals of determining the level of detail in the backlog.
Recognize the steps involved in collaborating with the product owner on the backlog.
Determine the purpose of the acceptance criteria.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Business analysis is critical on agile teams

1. Agile and the Business Analyst

02 - The business analyst role in agile
03 - The agile manifesto from a business analyst perspective
04 - Agile is a mindset
05 - Key agile values and principles for BAs
06 - Agile ways of working for BAs
07 - The business analyst point of view on an agile team

2. Key Agile Concepts

08 - Agile - User focus
09 - Agile - Feedback
10 - Agile - Incremental progress
11 - Agile - Plan in layers
12 - Volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity (VUCA)
13 - Agile - Transparency
14 - Agile - Limiting WIP
15 - Agile - Cross functional teams
16 - Agile - Reduce handoffs
17 - Agile - Extreme collaboration
18 - Day in the life of an agile business analyst

3. Backlog Management

19 - A healthy backlog
20 - Ownership of the backlog
21 - Level of detail in the backlog
22 - Refining the backlog
23 - Analyzing the backlog
24 - Collaborating with the product owner on the backlog

4. Techniques for Agile Business Analysts

25 - Product decomposition
26 - Context techniques
27 - User observation
28 - User stories
29 - What to do with technical stories
30 - Acceptance criteria
31 - User story maps
32 - Scenario planning
33 - Story slicing and splitting
34 - Lightweight modeling

5. Agile Concepts for Business Analysis

35 - Last responsible moment
36 - Minimum viable product (MVP)
37 - Hypotheses and experiments
38 - Value stream
39 - Outcome-focused
40 - Who is the customer

Conclusion

41 - Next steps in agile for BAs