Upcoming dates
| Dates | Where | Status | Seat | Book |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 10–11 2026 | Live Online 6:00 AM to 2:00 PM PT | Confirmed to run Partner led | $1,695 |
About this class
This two day, instructor-led course provides essential information for business analysts to be successful on agile projects. Attendees will learn how to define the project's vision, model user roles, write user stories and acceptance criteria, prioritize the user stories, refine the stories in preparation for developing them and utilize user stories to plan releases and iterations.
This course is based on the Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide and will help prepare you for IIBA®'s Agile Analysis certification.
What you'll be able to do
The objectives of the workshop are to introduce skills, concepts and strategies to enable students to do the following: How to write a vision statement How to identify and describe user roles and personas How to write effective user stories and write acceptance criteria for user stories How to manage changes to the Product Backlog How to use models to get user stories ready for development How to use low fidelity prototypes How to create a user story map to aid the prioritization of stories for iterations and releases Planning with user stories
Before you attend
Who Should Enroll
Current and aspiring business analysts Executives and managers Project managers
Course outline
- Topics Include:
- How agile values affect business analysis
- The benefits and risks of an agile approach to requirements
- The differences between traditional and agile approaches
- The agile requirements process
- Defining the vision
- Modeling user roles
- Writing user stories
- Refining user stories and writing acceptance criteria
- Prioritizing the story backlog using user story mapping and other techniques
Download the full outline (PDF)
Run this for a team
Private cohorts run on your dates, at your site or online, with the labs pointed at your environment. Above about four people it usually costs less than buying seats.
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