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Created by APMG International in partnership with DSDM Consortium, the most recent addition to the Agile portfolio of professional training and certification schemes provides best practice guidance that directly addresses the role, responsibilities, and skills of the business analyst. The guidance is based on the DSDM Agile Project Framework, an approach which defines the role of the project based business analyst in relation to business, development and testing roles at all levels. The course will provide:
• Knowledge and understanding of the Agile Business Analyst role and responsibilities
• Context to the role beyond the individual project, in relation to organizational mission and strategy
• Additional depth, guidance and techniques for the business analyst role.
BMC is an AgileBA Accredited Training Organisation (ATO) quality assured for the delivery of this course. All our tutors are also practitioners, which enables them to bring the subject matter to life with real life examples.
Our highly regarded Practitioner and Integrated courses are structured so that the Practitioner exam is taken in the classroom directly after the training element (as per Foundation but at the end of the week). We prefer this approach to the post course online exam booking system as it ensures that the course content is fresh in the mind and enables delegates to leave having completed both the course and examination.
*BMC are delighted to have a 100% pass rate at Foundation level as well as 100% on our latest Practitioner level course (as at August 2018).
Recent reviews
August 2018 – “Ideal for learning how a business analyst can best operate in an agile environment.”
February 2018 – “Excellent course material content – would recommend this course.”
“Would recommend this course, especially with regards to modelling and requirements capture”.
“Ideal for those from a military background as there’s strong focus on communication and teamwork, skills in which they’re often highly competent and effective.”
The course has been specially created to support those working in or towards a business analyst role. It is also designed to benefit Project Managers, Change and Systems Analysts, Scrum Product Owners/Managers and Agile Developers.
AgileBA provides business analysts involved in Agile projects, large and small, with the tools they need to adopt an agile approach. It gives advice on focus and value-delivery and guidance on working with business stakeholders, developers, testers and outlines the skills needed to deliver solutions incrementally. It equips the business analyst with techniques to incorporate Agile approaches into a programme and to align change with organizational objectives.
Individuals will gain:-
• Knowledge and understanding of AgileBA
• Agile Business Analysis techniques
• Knowledge of how to move from traditional to more agile ways of working
With the skills to feel confident in the critical role of business analyst, practitioners are better equipped to ensure the success of agile projects and development.
Using AgileBA in your organisation ensures a standard approach to executing agile projects, as the approach is aligned with AgilePM and AgilePgM.
Implementation of AgileBA also delivers the following advantages:
Foundation: Upon successful completion of the Foundation examination only, the AgileBA® Foundation Certificate is awarded.
Practitioner and Integrated: Upon successful completion of the Practitioner examination, the AgileBA® Practitioner Certificate is awarded.
The Foundation examination follows 2 days of formal instruction (usually Mon-Tues)
Exam Format
A further 1.5 days of formal instruction is required for the Practitioner examination (Weds / Thurs). The exam is usually on Thursday afternoon. Delegates must have achieved a 50% pass in the Foundation exam to be eligible to sit the Practitioner exam.
Exam Format
In total, there are 4 days, including the formal instruction and examinations for the Foundation and Practitioner qualifications, which deliver a comprehensive understanding of the principles and theory of Agile Business Analysis.
The Foundation and Integrated course fees includes the cost of the examinations and the official APMG/DSDM manual. The Practitioner course fee includes the exam only (no Manual included).
During this four-day course our highly experienced tutor will walk you through the AgileBA® using a stimulating combination of lectures, demonstrations and tutorial exercises all of which are bound together by relevant Agile themes.
Topics covered are as follows: -
The Holistic View of the Business
The AgileBA role in relation to mission and objectives
How to analyse the business environment
Measuring the success of implementing change
The Agile Landscape
What is Agile? Approaches and frameworks
Why is Agile needed?
Role and responsibilities of the AgileBA and Agileteam
Stakeholders
Stakeholder types / personas
RACI and RASCI in Agile
Empowerment of Stakeholders in an Agile project
Dealing with Requirements
The Agile approach to requirements
User Stories, Epics, Acceptance Criteria
The Agile Business Analyst’s link to quality and testing
The Agile Requirements Life Cycle
Checking completeness
The Agile Business Case
Strategic and project business cases
Understanding the business problem
As Is, To Be, Abstraction
Gap Analysis and Value Streams
Facilitated Workshops
The role of Facilitation in Agile
How to organise and run a Facilitated Workshop
Prioritisation
Combining and prioritising requirements
Customer perception and expectation
Modelling and prototyping
6 perspectives for modelling
Tacit information
Reasons and perspectives for prototyping
Working in a timebox
Timebox structure and iterative development.
A pre course study pack will be emailed to you upon receipt of payment. This represents approximately 12hrs work in the form of exercises and reading. The AgileBA text book will be issued to you on the first day of your course.
“Having left the military in 2013 after 23 years, I am now a Director in four businesses. BMC’s Executive Management programme provided an excellent grounding for my new career in the commercial sector and is a must for anyone starting their own business after life in the forces.”
“I recently undertook the PRINCE2 Practitioner Course after completing the PRINCE2 Foundation in March 2014. I have now passed the PRINCE2 Practitioner and would like to credit Gary McGaffney with the way he makes the material come to life and a difficult subject easy to digest and translate to the real world – he is very helpful and supportive. This course will help me in my current role of PMO Lead for Digital Policing, especially around Risks / Issues / Exceptions / Business Cases.”
“I have just started a new job as School Business Manager and have already used my learning from the Human Resource Management module several times. My attendance on the course was seen at my interview as a sign of dedication to my move into a new sphere of employment and I also believe that the Accounting for Non-Accountants course was a deciding factor in my appointment.”
“I’ve just received confirmation of my results from my PRINCE2 Practitioner and Foundation course. Both of them were passes. I’d just like to thank you for helping me pass this course. It means a whole different world for myself when I leave the army.”
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