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Agile and Scrum Principles

  • Objectives and the applicability of Agile/Scrum
  • Additional Agile methodologies
  • The Scrum framework
  • Scrum roles
  • The role of the Business Analyst within Scrum
  • Key roles and required personality traits

Initiating a Scrum Project

  • The initial kick-off meeting
  • Estimating milestones
  • BA activities specific to Scrum projects
  • Exercise: Simulated initial meeting
  • Managing the Product Backlog
  • Permissions for modifying the Product Backlog
  • User Stories, Themes, Epics, and Story Groups
  • Exercise: Crafting user stories
  • Selecting user stories for inclusion in an iteration
  • Emphasizing the delivery of usable functionality within a single iteration
  • Practical exercises

The Scrum Process

  • BA participation in meetings
  • Scrum estimation and planning
  • Daily Scrum meetings
  • Demonstration or presentation meetings
  • Retrospective meetings
  • Business Analyst involvement in user acceptance testing
  • The roles of Automated Testing, Domain-Driven Design, and other practices
  • Managing non-functional requirements
  • Practical exercises

Inter-role Relationships

  • BA versus Product Owner
  • BA versus Scrum Master
  • BA collaboration with team members
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