The Agile Dojo: Agile Business Analyst

5 hrs to Master The Agile Business Analyst role: Learn Agile, User Stories, Refinement, Story Mapping, JIRA and more!

Created by: Rian Chapman
Senior Digital Product Manager...Crafting CX for +3m users!

Created by: The Agile Dojo
We don't just teach Agile - we live it.

What Will I Learn?

• Explore what Agile is really about
• Understand the Agile values
• Understand the Agile principles
• Explain the difference between Agile and Waterfall methodologies
• Understand what Agile organizations are about
• Explain How Agile teams work
• Develop knowledge of the different roles in Agile
• Work closely with a variety of different roles on Agile teams
• Be confident in knowing what an Agile Business Analyst does
• Be able to contribute to and facilitate Agile meetings
• Develop best practice requirements gathering skills
• Write highly effective and best practice user stories
• Be a master of writing acceptance criteria
• Know how to identify dependencies across user stories
• Create product & sprint/iteration backlogs
• Execute story mapping and facilitate story mapping sessions
• Create story maps
• Understand the role of Agile tools and technology in Agile delivery
• Navigate through JIRA and be comfortable as a basic user
• Create product and sprint backlogs in JIRA
• Create user stories in JIRA including customizing user story templates
• Develop key soft skills - like communication & collaboration
• Understand and apply business analysis problem solving techniques

Requirements

• No experience is necessary - this course will teach you Agile and Business Analysis concepts from the ground up!

Target audience

• People who want to pursue an exciting career path as an Agile Business Analyst
• People starting out as an Agile Business Analyst who want to lift their game and develop a strong skillset
• People interested in working in Agile Delivery
• People looking to work in an Agile team - including aspiring Business Analysts, Project Managers, Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Software Engineers, Quality Assurance Coaches/Testers and similar
• People working in organizations who are adopting Agile delivery
• Executives who want to understand how to structure Agile BA roles and the responsibilities of the role