Today's Business Analyst will typically have worked on one or more waterfall type projects but now agile projects are becoming more typical in the workplace. Everything is different, from how you are expected to work with the team, writing user stories with developers and dealing with uncertainty.

If you are working in an agile team for the first time or your project has decided to adopt agile as their development methodology, then it is important to understand the following:

 
-    What is agile and how does it differ from waterfall projects

-    What's your role in the agile team; what's different and what's the same

-    How do you write requirements and what processes should you follow

-    What artefacts do you need and when are they created

 
This two-day workshop will provide the key tools to enable you to adapt your business analysis skills to an agile project and will give you the knowledge to confidently work within a new and challenging environment.  

Topics Covered

What is Agile?

Agile methodology, manifesto and principles and practices

Team Roles

Who makes up an agile team, who are the stakeholders what is their involvement and when. Agile and distributed teams

Structure of an Agile Project

Phases of an agile project, their objectives and outcomes, iterations and releases

Agile Ceremonies

The three ceremonies and other meetings/workshops that you need to have. Getting the right people to the right meetings

Analysts’ role on an Agile Project

Activities and responsibilities in an agile project. Timing of activities. What’s different for the analyst and what remains the same.

Decision Making

Who makes decisions and when they are made? Definition of Ready and Definition of Done.

Collaboration

Techniques for collaboration both within the team and with stakeholders. Getting buy-in from stakeholders. Working with distributed teams.

Information Gathering

Building a story through roles and personas. Building up stories using story boarding, prototyping and scenarios.

Creating User Stories

The three C’s. Creating epics and turning those into stories. Building a story wall. Splitting large stories into smaller ones. Working with story cards.

Documentation

What documentation is required in an agile project and when should it be created

Managing the Backlog

Release planning, velocity and prioritisation.

Comparing Agile Methodologies

Looking at the different agile methodologies and how they may be applied in your workplace

Agile Tools

Electronic tools to assist you and your team and a comparison

The workshop assumes that the Business Analyst has basic analysis skills. 

This workshop is aimed toward Business Analysts who have previously worked on waterfall type projects and are now, or will shortly be, working on an agile project.

$1400.00 ex GST

Presentations & Exercises