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 Duration 7 hours

Course Outline

Level: Intermediate to Advanced
Delivery Style: 80% practical application / 20% instructor guidance
Tools Utilised: Miro / Jamboard or physical whiteboards, Excel / Lucidchart / preferred BA software

1. Realigning Roles: Business Analysis in Agile & Product Teams

  • Examine the role of Business Analysis as a value enabler, moving beyond simple requirement documentation
  • Activity: Team Mapping – determine your specific position within the product or team lifecycle, identify key customers or users, and reveal areas of alignment or potential bottlenecks
  • Deliverable: A personalised “Business Analysis Position Map”

2. Making Data-Driven Decisions with BA Methods

  • Practise interpreting raw and complex user research data
  • Hands-on exercise: Drafting hypothesis statements for identified problems or opportunities
  • Introduction to key techniques such as Pareto Analysis (80/20 rule), Root Cause Analysis (Fishbone / 5 Whys), Decision Matrix, and Hypothesis Writing

3. Process Optimisation Simulation

  • Collaborative mini-project involving the redesign of a customer business process based on real-world scenarios
  • Application of tools including SIPOC (Suppliers, Inputs, Process, Outputs, Customers) and User Story Mapping
  • Team presentations of “before and after” process diagrams for critical review and iterative improvement

4. Advanced Elicitation in Complex Environments

  • Hone skills in crafting user stories and acceptance criteria, mapping complex stakeholder networks, prioritising competing needs, and applying roadmap techniques (Now/Next/Later)
  • Roleplay exercise: Extracting detailed user stories from story maps

5. Translating Strategy into Action: OKRs & Beyond

  • Scenario-based team sprint centered on the objective to “innovate faster”
  • Teams define an Objective, three Key Results, and a comprehensive business analysis action plan
  • Presentations followed by structured peer feedback

6. Conclusion & Templates Toolkit

  • Access a comprehensive BA toolkit featuring templates for stakeholder mapping, story mapping, prioritisation, and more
  • Session to collect and discuss key insights and takeaways from participants

Requirements

Prerequisites:

  • A solid grasp of core business analysis principles and industry terminology
  • Experience with user stories and foundational stakeholder interaction techniques
  • Proficiency with digital collaboration platforms such as Miro, Jamboard, Excel, or comparable tools
  • An analytical disposition and a commitment to refining problem-solving and decision-making capabilities

Audience:

  • Business Analysts
  • Product Owners/Managers
  • User Researchers

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