Agile Business Analysis Training Overview

Inteq's Agile Business Analysis training course enables analysts to rapidly and intelligently prioritize requirements and optimize resource (time, talent, budget) allocation to get the right requirements "right" - using the right techniques to rapidly deliver the right level of detail and precision, to the right people at the right time.

Inteq’s Agile Business Analysis course applies to the spectrum of business analysis projects from Business Process Reengineering (BPR), digital transformation and I.T. modernization – to identifying, analyzing and specifying business system requirements and orchestrating change management.

Agile business analysis is essential in today’s increasingly complex, rapidly changing and often chaotic, globally competitive business environment.

Projects often span multiple business areas with different, sometimes conflicting, business practices.
Getting "buy in" and support from a wide range of sponsors and subject matter experts is critical.
Organizations are lean. No one seems to know "the business" - only pieces.
Access to knowledgeable subject matter experts is increasingly difficult - often resulting in an endless chain of references to "someone who knows".
Business is fast paced. Innovation is essential. Everyone needs a solution “now”!
There never seems to be enough time to get it right. However, there is little tolerance for getting it wrong.
Delivering increasing levels of customer and business value is essential to competitiveness.
Organizations continually evaluate, prioritize and fund projects based on delivering organizational effectiveness and operational efficiency.

Inteq’s Agile Business Analysis course leverages the best practice skills, methods and techniques gleaned from projects across the spectrum of industries coherently organized in connection with the Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide.

Agile Business Analysis is the perfect follow-on to inteq’s Business Systems Analysis, Business Processes Modeling, Business Process Management courses.

Inteq's business analysis training courses have emerged as the gold standard for professional business analysis training - and are simply the most effective business analysis training courses available in the industry.

Inteq's Agile Business Analysis training course is more than education; its transformation - for the participants, project teams and their organizations. That’s why over 300,000 business and systems analysis professionals worldwide choose Inteq's business analysis training courses.

Succeed in Today's Rapidly Changing Business Environment

Inteq's Agile Business Analysis is a highly interactive high-energy training program. It’s specifically designed to enable you and your organization to succeed in today's rapidly changing, complex chaotic business environment.

The concepts and content of this course are based on years of best practices gleaned from thousands of business analysis interactions across the spectrum of industries and subject matter domains across the commercial and public sectors. It’s your roadmap for developing enterprise-level professional skills.

Participants in Inteq's Agile Business Analysis training receive a comprehensive course workbook, supplemental materials, and a personalized Certificate of Completion indicating CEU (continuing education unit) credits awarded.

Introduction and Foundation

What is agile analysis?
The business case for agile analysis
Agile analysis myths and misconceptions
The role of the BA in agile analysis
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
Assessing internal customer value

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

Discovering Business Knowledge

Light & deep vs. superficial discovery
Professional analysis vs. order taking
Key sources of business knowledge
Business knowledge elicitation techniques
Capturing business knowledge

Essential Facilitation Skills

The dynamics of workshops / facilitated sessions
Identifying and organizing the right participants
Facilitation technique best practices
Capturing and validating session knowledge

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.

Practical Guidance

Applying agile analysis to any project
Trending topics
Take-home templates
Getting started

Who Should Attend?

Inteq's Agile Business Analysis training course is designed for Business Analysts, Business Systems Analysts, Business Subject Matter Experts, Project Managers, IT Professionals and Subject Matter Experts leading or facilitating agile business analysis and anyone participating in agile business analysis in their organization.

Prerequisites:

None. Business System Analysis is designed as a precursor, but not a prerequisite (depending on the participant's background and experience.)

Inteq's Agile Business Analysis training provides a comprehensive and cohesive approach to agile business analysis regardless of background and level of experience. It integrates seamlessly with Inteq’s Business Systems Analysis, Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management, Change Management, and Soft Skill training courses.

Learning Options:

Anytime eLearning™: Anytime | Anywhere | Any Device | Self-Paced

Onsite Training: Onsite at your locations worldwide or via our live virtual classroom | Contact us for details.

Course Length:

The course is designed for two full days of training. However, Anytime eLearning™ participants can learn at their own pace and on their own schedule.

Participants can go back and review the material at their own pace and time schedule to reinforce and further internalize the concepts.

Anytime eLearning™ participants have 45-days to complete the course and most participants typically complete the training over 1-3 weeks.

What’s included?

In addition to the world-class training, participants also receive a comprehensive course workbook - which is yours to keep, supplemental materials, a personalized Certificate of Completion and CEU (continuing education unit) credits.

Professional level agile business analysis techniques and methods
When and where to apply agile business analysis
To rapidly discover deep business knowledge
To improve the speed and quality of analysis
To assess the business value of deliverables to optimize the allocation of analysis resources
Best practices in working with subject matter experts (SMEs) and other stakeholders
To create clear concise user stories from use cases
To seamlessly apply agile analysis to any project
... and much more