About the Course
In agile product development teams, business analysis shifts from writing lengthy upfront documents to continuous discovery and incremental value delivery. This course provides hands-on guidance on how analysts collaborate with the Product Owner and engineering squad to manage the product backlog effectively.
Participants learn to slice ambiguous business requests using user story mapping, write INVEST-compliant user stories, and define testable acceptance criteria using Gherkin syntax.
Target Audience and Prerequisites
- Business analysts, aspiring Product Owners, and systems analysts working in Agile environments
- Scrum or Kanban squad members looking to improve requirement refinement and shared understanding
- Familiarity with basic business analysis concepts and Agile fundamentals is recommended
Key Takeaways
- User Story Mapping: Translate product vision into user journey steps and actionable
MVPreleases - Backlog Refinement: Split large epics into small, independent, value-delivering stories that fit within a sprint
- BDD and Gherkin: Align development and QA teams using ubiquitous language and
Given-When-Thenscenarios - Agile Discovery: Facilitate
Three Amigossessions to eliminate edge-case ambiguities before sprint planning
Curriculum
The Business Analyst Role in Agile Squads and Continuous Discovery
- Transitioning from upfront specification to continuous discovery and the
IIBA Agile Extensionframework - Collaborating with Product Owners and developers across Scrum and Kanban ceremonies
- Value-driven analysis across Strategy, Initiative, and Delivery planning horizons
User Story Mapping and Story Slicing Techniques
- Persona analysis and building the end-to-end user activity backbone
- Prioritizing business value through
MVPdefinition and release slicing - Vertical slicing of epics by workflow steps, business rules, and data variations
Crafting Effective User Stories and Acceptance Criteria
- Evaluating story quality using
INVESTand the3C(Card, Conversation, Confirmation) principles - Behavior-Driven Development (
BDD) and writing specifications inGiven-When-Then(Gherkin) format - Embedding non-functional requirements (NFRs) into story acceptance criteria and the
Definition of Done
Backlog Refinement, Three Amigos, and Delivery Validation
- Facilitating collaborative
Backlog RefinementandThree Amigos(BA, Dev, QA) workshops - Applying
Definition of Readychecklists, relative estimation, and cross-team dependency management - Translating Sprint Review feedback and product telemetry into actionable backlog iterations
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