Certification Preparation
EXIN BCS Professional Certificate in Agile Business Analysis
The EXIN BCS Agile Business Analysis Professional assesses competence with regards to the philosophy, methods, principles, and techniques of the Agile approach and its relevance to business analysis.
Exam
EXIN BCS Professional Certificate in Agile Business Analysis
Certification by
EXIN
RM3,900.00
per person
Level
Advanced
Duration
3 Days
Training Delivery Format
Face-to-face / Virtual Class
Associated Certification
EXIN BCS Professional Certificate in Agile Business Analysis
RM3,900.00
per person
Level
Advanced
Duration
3 Days
Training Delivery Format
Face-to-face (F2F) / Virtual Class
Associated Certification
EXIN BCS Professional Certificate in Agile Business Analysis
Class types
Public Class
Private Class
In-House Training
Bespoke
Who should attend?
This certification is relevant for anyone who needs to understand the Agile approach from a business perspective. This includes business architects, business analysts, project managers and business managers.
Learning Outcome
You will be able to:
- describe the philosophy underpinning Agile approaches.
- state the core Agile values in the Agile Manifesto.
- interpret the key Agile principles.
- the application of Agile in the wider business context.
- describe a range of Agile methods (process, roles, principles).
- evaluate the applicability of an Agile method for a given situation.
- analyze the stakeholders in Agile projects.
- apply the eight wastes of Lean.
- describe the functional model map (FMM).
- illustrate the use of Agile analysis, modeling, and documentation techniques.
- analyze business goals and their decomposition.
- identify and analyze user roles.
- analyze the application of the user story technique.
- explain the role and management of the solution backlog.
- explain techniques and meetings used to plan, estimate, and manage an iteration.
- describe the role of the business analyst when using an Agile approach.
- apply the POPIT model and the system of interest model during Agile adoption.
Course Content
1. Agile Philosophy
1.1 The rationale for adopting an Agile approach
- Definition of Agile
- The 3 pillars of Agile
1.2 The Agile Manifesto
1.3 The three overarching aspects of Agile
- Principles
- Methods
- Techniques
1.4 Business analysis thinking and its relevance in Agile business
- Systems thinking
- Service thinking
- Lean business analysis
- Lean thinking
- 8 wastes of Lean
- Value proposition
- The POPIT model
2. Agile Principles
2.1 The 12 core principles
2.2 Key principle – collaborative working
2.3 Key principle – self-organizing teams
- Tuckman & Jenson theory of group development
2.4 Key principle – continuous improvement
- Kaizen
- DMAIC (from Lean)
2.5 Key principle – iterative development and incremental delivery
2.6 Key principle – building in change
3. Agile Methods
3.1 Elements of a method
3.2 Defined vs. empirical methods
3.3 Characteristics of Agile methods
- Product development methods
- Scrum
- Extreme Programming (XP)
- Lean software
- Scaled methods
- DSDM
- SAFe
3.4 Advantages and disadvantages of Agile methods
4. Understanding Stakeholders
4.1 Stakeholder groups
- Business stakeholders: project sponsor, business manager, business architect
- Project stakeholders: project manager, program manager
- Technical stakeholders: technical architect
- Development team: subject matter expert, end-users, business analyst, designer, team leader, solution developer, solution tester
5. Agile Modeling
5.1 Rationale and principles for Agile modeling
- Levels of definition
- Black box
- White box
5.2 Hierarchy of models using the functional model map (FMM)
- Enterprise view
- Business activity models
- Business use case diagrams
- Business context diagrams
- System level view
- Systems context diagrams
- System use case diagrams
- System component view
- Component designs
5.3 MoSCoW prioritization
6. Decomposing and Organizing Business Goals
6.1 Goal decomposition and functional decomposition
6.2 Benefits of a goal decomposition approach when using Agile
6.3 Iterations, releases, and goals
7. Agile Requirements
7.1 Hierarchy of requirements and how this relates to Agile projects
- General
- Technical
- Functional
- Non-functional
7.2 User roles
- Identifying and documenting user roles
- Personas and extreme characters
7.3 User stories
- 3 Cs
- INVEST
- Techniques to elicit user stories:
- Interviews
- Surveys
- Observation
- Story-writing workshops
- Scenario analysis
- Defining user stories
- Hierarchy of user stories:
- Themes
- Epics
- User story
- Patterns for splitting epics: compound and complex
- Documenting non-functional requirements
8. Managing Requirements
8.1 The solution backlog
8.2 Managing the backlog
8.3 Estimation techniques:
- Wideband Delphi
- Relative sizing
- Planning poker
9. Managing the Iteration
9.1 Planning the iteration
- Iteration planning meeting
9.2 Calculating and utilizing velocity
9.3 Techniques to manage the iteration
- Daily stand-ups
- Agile boards
- Kanban
- Burndown charts
- Iteration reviews
- Show and tell
- Retrospectives
10. BA Role in Agile Projects
10.1 Agile business analysis
- The business view
- The system view
- Transition between the views
- Exploring the system view: scenarios; storyboards; wireframes; prototyping
10.2 The generalizing specialist
10.3 Agile adoption
- The POPIT model
- The system of interest model
Certification
| Duration: | 01 hour 30 minutes |
| Number of Questions: | 40 (Multiple Choice) |
| Pass mark: | 65% |
| Open book: | No |
| Electronic equipment allowed: | No |
| Level: | Advanced |
| ECTS Credits: | 4 |
| Languages: | English |
| Requirements for certification: | Successful completion of the EXIN BCS Agile Business Analysis Professional exam. |
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