Description
AgileBA Foundation & Practitioner Certification Objectives:
What you’ll come away with
– You’ll come away understanding Kanban in real depth. You won’t just know how to use it you’ll understand how and why it works – and how to apply it highly effectively. In other words this course will equip you with the knowledge and experience to be a genuinely effective Kanban practitioner and leader.
You’ll be able to:
– Explain what Kanban is to key stakeholders
– Explain why and how Kanban works
– Lead or guide a team in their adoption of Kanban – from initial visualisation and the design of Kanban systems through to leading evolutionary change
– Design Kanban systems
– Answer questions and support the team in day to day operations
– Help the teams identify and resolve hinderances to flow
– Take measurements and create meaningful metrics
– Evolve process and practice according to team needs; in a meaningful way
– Implement Kanban in real world circumstances
– Define and use the full range of techniques
– Deliver a successful Kanban project
– Connect with the Kanban community for the sharing of practical experiences
– What the course includes
– High experienced instructor who has over 30 years’ experience in software development and many years experience of training Kanban and very importantly implementing Kanban in the real world
Course materials
– Kanban University certificate of course completion
– Fulfilment of the Kanban Management Professional KMP I requirement
– Membership of the Kanban University
– A free electronic copy of David Anderson’s “Kanban: Successful Evolutionary Change for Your Technology Business” book worth £45
– 14 Category B Professional Development Units (PDUs) can be claimed for this course
– 18.5 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) hours and CPD certificate issued by the CPD Standards Office
– 16 Scrum Education Units (SEU’s) can be claimed for this course
AgileBA Foundation & Practitioner Certification Training Information:
Course timing: 09:00 – 17:00
Who is this course suitable for?
Those who are likely to be involved in the management of Agile projects and programmes, including:
– Project Board and Project Steering Representatives
– Project Management Office Personnel
– Business Analysts
– Quality Assurance and Quality Control Managers
– Project Managers
– Team Leaders
– What about exams and certifications?
– Delegates sit a 40 minute multiple choice Foundation paper on the third day and on passing this are eligible to sit the 2.5 hour Practitioner Complex Multiple Choice exam on the fourth day. Successful candidates are awarded both an – – – APMG Foundation Certificate and APMG Practitioner Certificate in Agile BA.
Are there any prerequisites for this course?
There are no pre-requisites for this course.
Delivery Method:
Live Instructor Led Virtual Course
AgileBA Foundation & Practitioner Certification Outline:
The Holistic View of the Business
– The Agile BA role in relation to mission and objectives
– How to analyse the business environment
– Measuring the success of implementing change
The Agile Landscape
– What is Agile? Approaches and frameworks
– Why is Agile needed?
– Role and responsibilities of the Agile BA and Agile team
Stakeholders
– Stakeholder types / personas
– RACI and RASCI in Agile
– Empowerment of Stakeholders in an Agile project
Dealing with Requirements
– The Agile approach to requirements
– User Stories, Epics, Acceptance Criteria
– The Agile Business Analyst’s link to quality and testing
– The Agile Requirements Life Cycle
– Checking completeness
The Agile Business Case
– Strategic and project business cases
– Understanding the business problem
– As Is, To Be, Abstraction
– Gap Analysis and Value Streams
Facilitated Workshops
– The role of Facilitation in Agile
– How to organise and run a Facilitated Workshop
Prioritisation
– Combining and prioritising requirements
– Customer perception and expectation
Modelling and prototyping
– 6 perspectives for modelling
– Tacit information
– Reasons and perspectives for prototyping
Working in a timebox
– Timebox structure and iterative development



