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2. Start and finish Course style
LunchCoffee and breaks
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3. Understand the difference between traditional and
Agile business analysis
Identify stakeholders, personas
and their involvement in Agile
Describe the competencies and techniques of an
Agile business analysis
Understand the BA role in the Agile team
and the organisation
Capture and manage effective requirements
for incremental solution delivery
Recognise how an Agile Business Case differs from a traditional
business case and present a lean business canvas
Main goal
Attempt Foundation exam with confidence
Communicate freely within DSDM and AgilePM projects,
understanding your role as business analyst
Secondary goal
Benefits and value of business analysis and AgileBA
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4. Please share with the class:
Your name and surname
Your organization
Your profession
Title, function, job responsibilities
Your familiarity with the
agile project management
Your familiarity with the business
analysis
Your experience with DSDM/AgilePM/
Scrum and BABOK
Your personal session expectations
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5. Foundation Exam
Paper based and closed book exam
Only pencil and eraser are allowed
Simple multiple (ABCD) choice exam
Only one answer is correct
50 questions, pass mark is 25 (50%)
40 minutes
No negative points, no “Tricky Questions”
No pre-requisite for Foundation exam
Sample, two (official) mock exams are
provided to you
Candidates completing an examination in a language that
is not their mother tongue, will receive additional time
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6. Practitioner Exam
Paper based and open book exam
Reference to AgileBA Handbook ONLY
Handbook is provided for students
2.5 hour exam
Complex multiple choice - Objective Test
4 questions worth 20 marks each (80
marks), pass mark is 40 (50%)
Dictionary/translation lists allowed
Pre-requisite for AgileBA Practitioner
AgileBA Foundation or
DSDM Atern Foundation certificate or
DSDM Advanced Practitioner certificate
Candidates completing an examination in a language that
is not their mother tongue, will receive additional time
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7. Handbook Page
AgileBA syllabus section code and title
BF Business Analyst Fundamentals
SO Strategy and Organisation
PR Practices
RQ Requirements
Module slide number / total module slides
Slide number /
total slides
Module number
and name
AgileBA
handbook page
AgileBA syllabus
section code
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Simulation …
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11.
12. 1. The Holistic View of the Business
2. Overview of DSDM method from BA perspective
3. DSDM Team roles and responsibilities
4. The Agile Business Case
5. Communicating with Stakeholders
6. Dealing with Requirements
7. Facilitated Workshops
8. Modelling
9. Working in a Timebox
10. Requirements Engineering
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14. Agile Mindset 4 Agile Values 12 Agile Principles
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15. Agile PracticesAgile Mindset 4 Agile Values
Unlimited
number of
practices
12 Agile Principles
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18. Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)
Agile Project Management (AgilePM)
Agile Unified Process (AUP)
Open Unified Process (OpenUP)
Large-scale Scrum (Less)
Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD)
Scrum at Scale (Scrum@Scale)
Scrum-of-Scrums
…
Agile Business Analysis (AgileBA)
Scrum
Lean software development
Kanban (process + method)
Extreme Programming (XP)
Continuous Integration (CI)
Continuous Delivery (CD)
Feature-driven development (FDD)
Test Driven Development (TDD)
Crystal Clear
…
Fuller Approaches
(more than one team)
Lightweight Approaches
(mostly one team or one specific role)
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19. Portfolio
Programme
Project
Team
Development /
Delivery /
Deployment
(mostly IT focused)
AgilePM
Scrum
Non Agile
(just for
comparison)
AgilePgM
Disciplined
Agile
Delivery
(DAD)
ScaledAgileFramework(SAFe)
Management
of Portfolios
(MoP)
Managing
Successful
Programmes
(MSP)
Large-
Scale
Scrum
(LeSS)
Large-
Scale
Scrum
(LeSS)
Huge
Scrum@Scale
Lean Software Development / Lean Manufacturing / eXtreme Programming (XP) / eXtreme Manufacturing
(XM) / Mob Programming / Refactoring / Test Driven Development (TDD) / Feature Driven Development
(FDD) / Behavior Driven Development (BDD) / Continuous Testing (CT) / Continuous Integration (CI) /
Continuous Delivery (CD) / Continuous Deployment (CD) / DevOps / Rugged DevOps…
DSDM
AgilePF
AgileBA
PRINCE2
ScrumNexus
Yet remember - Focus on Goals and results, not blindly following Best Practices!
Kanban
ScrumBan
XSCALE
Crystalmethodologies
PRINCE2
Agile
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20. Simple (straightforward)
Everything is known
Complicated
More is known than unknown
Complex
More is unknown than known
Chaotic (unpredictable)
Very little is known
TECHNOLOGY
REQUIREMENTS
Far from
Agreement
Close to
Agreement
Close to
Certainty
Far from
Certainty
Source: Strategic Management and Organizational Dynamics by Ralph
Stacey in Agile Software Development with Scrum by Ken Schwaber and
Mike Beedle.
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21. Type Characteristics Leader’s/Manager’s job
Chaotic
High Turbulence
No clear cause-and-effect
Unknowables
Many decisions and no time
Immediate action to re-establish order
Prioritize and select actionable work
Look for what works rather than perfection
Act, sense, respond
Complex
More unpredictability than predictability
Emergent answer
Many competing ideas
Create bounded environments for action
Increase levels of interaction and communication
Servant leadership
Generate ideas
Probe, sense, respond
Complicated
More predictability than unpredictability
Fact-based management
Experts work out wrinkle
Utilize experts to gain insights
Use metrics to gain control
Sense, analyze, respond
Command and control
Simple
Repeating patterns and consistent events
Clear cause-and-effect
Well establish knowns
Fact based management
Use best practices
Extensive communication not necessary
Establish patterns and optimize to them
Command and control
Agile thrives
here
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35. Identifies an organisation’s strengths and weaknesses:
Financial resources e.g. assets
Physical resources e.g. buildings
Human resources e.g. skills, flexibility
Reputation e.g. Brand Recognition
"Know How" e.g. Patents, exploitation of technology
Main output - picture of where the organization stands right now
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47. Core considerations when planning and implementing
change
Culture
Communication
Collaboration
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