Agile Fundaments for Business (2 Days). Get up to speed on working effectively in an Agile environment for business people (Business Analysts, Product Owners, Project Managers, Department Managers and others. Agile approaches and methods are growing in popularity with project teams. But where does the business person fit in? The  Agile Fundamentals for Business course presents practices and tools to successfully manage, work within and build effective Agile projects and organisations. While business people will find it is easy to migrate their core analysis skills of critical analysis, change management and communication to Agile projects, adapting to the new work and delivery methods Agile approaches advocate, will feel alien.

Course Objectives

• Identify the roles within Agile projects
• Participate in Agile teams developing software
• Articulate the BA’s responsibilities to both the enterprise and the Agile team
• Understand the BA’s contribution to the Agile process analysis frameworks
• Identify BA specific techniques that contribute to the delivery of artefacts that add value to the enterprise initiating Agile projects
• Appreciate the importance of, and how to contribute to, continuous improvement through retrospectives