AGILE BUSINESS ANALYSIS
Deliver Faster, Smarter Solutions with Adaptive Business Analysis in Agile Environments
Course Schedule
| Date | Venue | Fees (Face-to-Face) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 – 23 Oct 2025 | Doha – Qatar | USD 3495 per delegate |
Course Introduction
In today’s fast-paced, innovation-driven landscape, traditional business analysis methods often fail to keep up with the speed of change. Agile Business Analysis equips professionals with flexible, collaborative, and iterative techniques to ensure business value is continuously delivered throughout project lifecycles.
This hands-on 5-day course prepares participants to perform business analysis activities in Agile projects, including user story development, backlog grooming, stakeholder collaboration, and value-driven planning. The course blends Agile principles with the role of the business analyst to improve outcomes, speed, and stakeholder engagement.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Understand the role of business analysis in Agile frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban)
• Elicit and define user stories, epics, and acceptance criteria
• Prioritize requirements and manage evolving stakeholder needs
• Collaborate effectively with product owners, developers, and Scrum teams
• Apply tools to support backlog grooming, iteration planning, and value delivery
Key Benefits of Attending
• Learn how to align business analysis with Agile values and practices
• Gain tools to support adaptive planning, rapid delivery, and continuous feedback
• Improve communication and collaboration with Agile stakeholders
• Understand the BA’s evolving role in Agile and hybrid project environments
• Bridge the gap between business objectives and technical implementation
Intended Audience
This program is designed for:
• Business analysts working in Agile or transitioning to Agile roles
• Product owners and Scrum team members
• Project managers, Scrum masters, and solution architects
• Process analysts and requirements engineers
• Anyone involved in business change, software development, or digital transformation
Individual Benefits
Key competencies that will be developed include:
• Agile elicitation and requirements decomposition
• Writing effective user stories and managing product backlogs
• Facilitating Agile ceremonies and collaborative analysis
• Supporting iterative development and testing cycles
• Applying Agile BA tools such as personas, story maps, and value stream mapping
Organization Benefits
Upon completing the training course, participants will demonstrate:
• Faster time-to-value through incremental delivery
• Improved stakeholder engagement and business alignment
• More adaptive response to changing requirements
• Stronger collaboration across cross-functional teams
• Consistent delivery of high-priority features and improvements
Instructional Methdology
The course follows a blended learning approach combining theory with practice:
• Strategy Briefings – Agile frameworks, BA role, and adaptive planning models
• Case Studies – Agile projects with BA success factors and pitfalls
• Workshops – Story writing, prioritization, and sprint planning simulations
• Peer Exchange – Real-world Agile BA experiences and team challenges
• Tools – Backlog templates, story maps, persona sheets, and Agile metrics
Course Outline
DETAILED 5-DAY COURSE OUTLINE
Training Hours: 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Daily Format: 3–4 Learning Modules | Coffee breaks: 09:30 & 11:15 | Lunch Buffet: 01:00 – 02:00
Day 1: Agile Foundations for Business Analysts
Module 1: Agile Principles and the Role of the BA (07:30 – 09:30)
• Agile Manifesto, Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, and Agile BA mindset
Module 2: Agile Planning Horizons (09:45 – 11:15)
• Release planning, iteration planning, and daily standups
Module 3: Workshop – Mapping BA Activities to Agile Phases (11:30 – 01:00)
• BA task alignment across Agile workflows
Module 4: Agile Stakeholder Engagement (02:00 – 03:30)
• Working with product owners, teams, and customers
Day 2: Requirements in Agile – Stories, Epics, and Backlogs
Module 1: Eliciting and Writing User Stories (07:30 – 09:30)
• INVEST criteria, acceptance criteria, and examples
Module 2: Managing Epics and Themes (09:45 – 11:15)
• Decomposing complex features into manageable units
Module 3: Workshop – Writing and Refining Stories (11:30 – 01:00)
• Practice story writing from real-world scenarios
Module 4: Backlog Grooming and Prioritization (02:00 – 03:30)
• MoSCoW, WSJF, Kano, and team input
Day 3: Agile Techniques and Visual Tools
Module 1: Visual Modeling for Agile Analysis (07:30 – 09:30)
• Story maps, wireframes, process diagrams
Module 2: Personas and Scenarios (09:45 – 11:15)
• Creating user-centered analysis and design
Module 3: Workshop – Building a Product Story Map (11:30 – 01:00)
• Visualizing product backlog and release slices
Module 4: Agile Documentation – Just Enough, Just in Time (02:00 – 03:30)
• Lean documentation approaches and tools
Day 4: Collaborating Through the Agile Lifecycle
Module 1: Agile Ceremonies and BA Contributions (07:30 – 09:30)
• Standups, retrospectives, sprint reviews, and planning
Module 2: Supporting QA and Testing (09:45 – 11:15)
• Behavior-driven development and test case alignment
Module 3: Workshop – BA Role in an Iteration Simulation (11:30 – 01:00)
• Facilitating discussion, refining tasks, supporting dev/test
Module 4: Working in Hybrid and Scaled Agile Environments (02:00 – 03:30)
• Adapting BA roles in SAFe, Disciplined Agile, or hybrid models
Day 5: Agile Value Delivery and Continuous Improvement
Module 1: Value Streams and Agile Metrics (07:30 – 09:30)
• Velocity, cycle time, business value delivery
Module 2: Continuous Improvement and Feedback Loops (09:45 – 11:15)
• Lessons learned, adaptation, and change support
Module 3: Workshop – Agile BA Toolkit in Action (11:30 – 01:00)
• Draft a backlog and Agile analysis plan for a sample project
Module 4: Wrap-Up – BA Growth Paths and Certification Options (02:00 – 03:30)
• IIBA-AAC, PMI-ACP, and continuous learning
Certification
Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion in Agile Business Analysis, validating their ability to perform key business analysis functions within Agile environments, supporting product development and iterative value delivery.