Agile Business Analysis Training Course
Better, Faster, Value Driven Requirements

 

IIBA Endorsed Education Provider  |  ACCET Acccredited 

The Agile Business Analysis Training Course provides essential tools and techniques to succeed in fast-paced agile environments. Learn to align business needs with agile development, write effective user stories, and deliver continuous value to stakeholders throughout the agile lifecycle.

What You Will Learn

  • Apply Agile BA skills to any requirements initiative - Scrum, hybrid, or traditional
  • Define and manage product backlogs and user stories
  • Accelerate deliverables through small, rapid releases and iterative planning cycles
  • Identify, analyze and resolve issues early to prevent costly project delays and rework
  • Support agile planning, delivery, and continuous improvement
  • Bridge the gap between agile values and business value creation

Who Should Attend

  • Business Analysts and Systems Analysts translating business needs into agile-ready requirements
  • Agile team members involved in backlog grooming, sprint planning, or solution delivery
  • Product Owners and Product Managers
  • IT and Project Managers supporting agile delivery
  • Cross-functional team members in agile environments

Course Benefits

  • Accelerate agile adoption and effectiveness
  • Improve communication between business and development
  • Deliver business value faster and with greater clarity
  • Gain confidence working with agile frameworks and tools
  • Enhance your career in agile-focused roles and teams

Course Format & Delivery Options

  • Delivery: Live online, self-paced on-demand, or onsite
  • Duration: 2 days | 16 Hours
  • Certification: Certificate of Completion + CEUs
  • Tools Provided: Templates, models, and frameworks for reuse

What Sets This Course Apart

  • This course is led by James Proctor, an agile analysis expert known for bridging the gap between business analysis best practices and agile methods.
  • Inteq’s training blends hands-on experience, practical tools, and proven methods techniques aligned with the IIBA BABOK® Agile Extension.
  • Transformation: This is not just a training course but a transformational experience that prepares you and your team to become trusted advisors in your organization

Register Now

Ready to deliver continuous value with agile analysis? Add to cart (see side panel) and start learning as soon as today. Or, for Team Training, please contact us via the Team Training side panel to discuss your specific training goals and objectives - including 3, 4 and 5-day hybrid and bootcamp training programs.

Course Outline

Introduction And Foundation

What is agile analysis?

The business case for agile analysis

Agile analysis myths and misconceptions

Framework and roadmap for agile analysis

Ensuring Readiness For Agile Analysis

Analyzing your business space from 360°

Agile analysis deliverables

Analyzing customer and business value

SME and stakeholder analysis

Business domain pre-analysis

Getting The User Story "Right"

Essential elements of a user story

User story artifacts and documentation

Getting just-enough just-in-time

Creating user stories from use case scenarios

Distilling actionable INVEST items from user stories

Defining customer acceptance criteria

Managing The Moving Parts

Priorities vs. dependencies

Balancing business value with time, talent, quality, risk and budget

Managing backlogs, kanbans and queues

Scrums & sprints – planning, roles & execution

Dealing with difficult personalities

Managing scope and expectations

Agile Analysis - Case Study

Participants develop a set of user stories to support a complex set of real-world business and system requirements. This case study provides an invaluable template that participants can leverage to jump-start agile analysis in their organization.

Discovering Business Knowledge

Light & deep vs. superficial discovery

Professional analysis vs. order taking

Key sources of business knowledge

Business knowledge elicitation techniques

Managing scope and expectations

Essential Facilitation Skills

The dynamics of workshops / facilitated sessions

Identifying and organizing the right participants

Facilitation technique best practices

Capturing and validating session knowledge

Top 5 Relevant Blog Posts
  1. Breaking the Myth of the Iron Triangle – Part 1
    This post challenges the traditional project management constraints of scope, time, and cost, which aligns with the course's emphasis on delivering value-driven requirements in agile environments.

  2. Breaking Through the Myth of the Iron Triangle – Part 2
    Continuing from Part 1, this article delves deeper into overcoming traditional constraints, resonating with the course's focus on iterative collaboration and adaptive planning.

  3. A Fatal Rookie Mistake: Understanding a Process vs Improving a Process
    This blog emphasizes the importance of distinguishing between understanding current processes and improving them, a concept crucial for agile business analysts to avoid premature solutions.

  4. 10 Business Process Modeling Best Practices
    The article outlines essential practices for modeling business processes, supporting the course's objective of mastering professional-level agile business analysis techniques.

  5. 10 Misconceptions of Censuring Current State Mapping & Analysis
    This post addresses common misconceptions about current state analysis, reinforcing the course's emphasis on thorough understanding before implementing changes.
What’s In the box?

OK, there is not a box per se, the content is digital. In addition to 2-days/16 hours of expert instruction you receive:

  • Digital Badge of Completion
  • Personalized Certificate of Completion
  • ACCET Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
  • IIBA Professional Development Units (PDUs)
  • Electronic (PDF) Comprehensive Course Manual
  • Case Study Materials
  • Supplemental Course Materials
Learning Options:
  • Anytime eLearning™: Self-Paced Training For Busy Professionals
    Inteq’s Anytime eLearning™ provides the perfect option for individuals and small groups to acquire professional level analysis skills as-needed and just-in-time. The course is designed for two days, but Anytime eLearning™ allows self-paced learning. Course access is 90 days, with most participants finishing in 1-3 weeks. Start training as soon as today! 

     
  • Live Virtual Classroom: Instructor Led | Live Online. Inteq's innovative Live Virtual Classroom approach brings the benefits of traditional classroom training into a live virtual environment.

  • Live Team Training (Virtual or Onsite): Inteq’s Business Systems Analysis 2-day training course can be tailored to your organization’s training objectives and can be combined with other Inteq courses to create a 3, 4 and 5-day hybrid training program.

  • Enterprise training for the entire organization.
Prerequisites:

None. Inteq's Agile Business Analysis training integrates seamlessly with: