BUSINESS ANALYST CAPABILITY DEVELOPMENT

Assurity Consulting Limited


Overview
Assurity Consulting had an objective of offering ICAgile accredited courses as part of its service offering. The first course that was identified for development was the Business Value Analysis course. As part of the course development, the learning outcomes for ICAgile were mapped to business analyst techniques and methods to support the outcomes. Content was researched and then developed into a cohesive story and written up as the material for the course. A suite of games was developed to support the learning of concepts and ideas. An agile approach was taken, with epics and stories driving the development and delivery of the content.

Role
As a Senior Consultant, responsible for leading Lean Business Analysis engagements with client organisations, as well as designing and delivering learning to support strategic and operational business analysts. I was the lead for the development of the Business Value Analysis course, which required mapping learning topics to the assessment outcomes for ICAgile, and researching the topics, designing the course and course collateral to support the relevant learning outcomes.

My Key Deliverables

  • Accreditation presentation
  • Assessment record templates
  • Backlog of epics and stories, arranged into a story map
  • Course development plan
  • Course game collateral (game and instruction sheets)
  • Course presentation
  • Facilitator's manual
  • Facilitator's run sheet
  • Student guide

Value Delivered

  • Design, development, accreditation of the course within six weeks of the project inception
  • The course was successfully accredited by ICAgile during the first accreditation round
  • The course was fully aligned to all ICAgile outcomes
  • The course featured 56 business analyst techniques
  • The course was the first Assurity course to be accredited by ICAgile, and provided the base methodology for the development of additional courses
  • The agile methods, tools and techniques that were included in the course as practices were used to develop the course