AgileBA® Foundation and Practitioner Course

What does the course cover?

Introducing an Agile approach has a significant impact on the role of the Business Analyst, on their existing skills and their way of working. Whilst traditional skills are still valuable, new skills and ways of working need to be adopted to harness the benefits of a new way of working and to appreciate the different relationships with co-workers.

The AgiFoundation course covers the 13 Areas in the book over 12 modules. They are:

1. Introduction and The Role of a Business Analyst in an Agile World
2. Agile Fundamentals and the Agile BA
3. The Agile Business Case
4. Stakeholders in an Agile Project
5. Requirements and User Stories
6. Prioritisation
7. Workshops
8. Modelling
9. Timeboxing and Iterative Development
10. Requirements Planning and Estimating Throughout the Lifecycle
11. The Requirements Lifecycle in an Agile Project
12. Making the Transition to Agile BA

We will also cover the Appendices throughout the course which are:

1. The Glossary
2. Modelling Techniques
3. Project Approach Questionnaire
4. Facilitated Workshops

The AgileBA Foundation and Practitioner course will teach individuals how to:

• Apply the underpinning philosophy and principles of DSDM in a project situation
• Appropriately configure the processes of an Agile project to a given scenario
• Produce and evaluate the content of BA-produced Agile products produced during an Agile project in a given scenario
• Apply the following Agile practices in a project situation: Facilitated Workshops; MoSCoW prioritisation; Iterative Development; Modelling; Timeboxing
• Identify the Agile practices to be used for a given situation within a scenario
• Understand the roles and responsibilities within an Agile project and the different levels of empowerment with respect to requirements and the business case
• Understand the mechanisms for facilitation and support within an Agile Project
• Understand in outline how to test, estimate and evaluate benefits delivery in an Agile project
• Describe the Agile approach to managing and prioritising requirements and identify action to rectify problems with requirements within an Agile project from a given scenario

Is the course right for me?

AgileBA Foundation and Practitioner guidance, training and certification are designed to benefit a wide range of roles operating in an agile environment, including:

• Business Analysts
• Change Analysts
• Project Managers
• Scrum Product Owners/Managers
• Systems Analysts
• Agile Developers

Exam format

AgileBA® Foundation Course

• Multiple choice format
• 50 questions per paper
• 25 marks required to pass (out of 50 available) – 50%
• 40 minutes duration
• Closed-book

AgileBA® Practitioner Course

• APMG accredited
• Objective questions
• 4 questions
• 50% pass mark (25/50)
• 2 hours 30 minutes
• Open-book
• Agile BA Foundation is a pre-requisite

Why study with Training Bytesize?

As experts in delivering project management training through a range of study styles, your success is key to our success. We understand how people learn, we know how to train people to pass exams, we employ the best trainers and specialise in small class sizes to help you get the best from your investment. So, if you’re looking to enhance your project management skills and ensure you pass first time, Training ByteSize is a name you can trust.

As a family run business, project and programme management training is in our blood, and so is innovation. Our founders have been part of the industry since the 1990’s, specifically founding Key Skills and developing the world’s first accredited e-learning course for PRINCE2.

Today we are proud to continue with world firsts; with second generation Victoria at the helm, she has led Training ByteSize to ensure were the first company to develop and deliver e-learning options for accredited courses including Business Analysis Foundation, ITIL4, and AgilePM.  When we say we’re experts in project management training, we really do mean it.

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