IT Business Analysis & Product Owner - Foundation Program
About the Course
Business Analyst help to define functional & non-functional
requirements that goes into the product. They bridge the gap between end users
& the technical team.
PO provides the vision & goal for the product, prepare roadmaps, and prioritise the requirements for the development team.
This course will prepare the learner to be an effective business analysts & PO as it integrates the discipline. It helps to position yourself as a BA or PO or even play a dual role based on the market and organisation needs.
Duration: 40 hours
Mode: Classroom or Online Session
- Introduction to IT applications in different industry Sectors
- Technology evolution & architectures
- Technology trends & future
- Product Life Cycle
- Introduction to SDLC and models
- Introduction to Agile Software Development
- Scrum Framework – Deep Dive
- Role & variations of Business Analyst, Product Owner & Product Manager
- Hands on exercise using Atlassian JIRA for scrum projects
- Create JIRA project
- Create Scrum and Kanban boards
- Configuring Scrum and Kanban boards for tracking
- Standard Kanban and Scrum reports
- Creating filters and Dashboard
- Analysing business domain with personas/Actors and use cases
- What is a product roadmap and creating one
- Requirements gathering with workshops – Facilitation techniques
- Requirements artefacts SRS, functional specs, BRD, .
- Drawing Business flow charts and Writing business requirements (Epics, Features and User Stories)
- Using modern tools like Figma, Gliffy
- Prioritising Work items for Development teams
- Stakeholder Management (Senior Management, Business/End user groups)
- Working with software engineering teams
- Product Review and Acceptance Testing
- Leadership Skills for Product Owner
- Challenges in Product Management (timeline, budget, Quality, Stakeholder Management)
- Individual with Career Breaks or looking for Career Switch from other industries
- Software Testers ( Who would like to switch to BA or PO)
- Business Analyst (who want to move to PO roles)
Here are the benefits of Course
- Understand Product life cycle & challenges
- Understand Agile & Scrum and Kanban framework and when to apply them
- Product roadmaps
- Define product requirements (Epics, Features, User Stories)
- Working with the stakeholders and Development team
- Using Atlassian JIRA to manage product backlog
- Practical challenges & MythBusters
Ganesh Kannan has more than 15 years of IT experience in Software testing, test Consulting, Project and Change management. He has worked for Investment Banks like Barclays Capital and IT services firm like Zensar Technologies. He has managed the testing tools and process function for a top tier investment bank and have managed large off-shore testing teams. He possess extensive project management and consulting experience in delivering IT applications and spearheads the classroom Fundamentals of software testing in Singapore.
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