ba-training-labs

Hands-on exercises and templates for Business Analysts and Product Owners to practice user story writing, process mapping, and acceptance testing.

BA Training Labs 🎯

A self-guided practice toolkit for aspiring Business Analysts and Product Owners.
These labs are based on real-world coaching experiences from Code Differently and agile product teams.

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🧭 Purpose

To help analysts and product folks bridge the gap between theory and execution.
Each module walks through the "why" and "how" behind core agile deliverables.

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📂 Modules

Module	Focus	Deliverable
01-user-stories	Writing clear user stories	INVEST-compliant templates
02-process-maps	Visualizing workflows	Mermaid flow diagrams
03-qa-acceptance	Defining testable acceptance criteria	Test case mapping

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💻 Sample Content

01-user-stories/template.md

# User Story
**As a** [role]  
**I want** [goal/capability]  
**So that** [value or outcome]

### Acceptance Criteria
- [ ] AC1  
- [ ] AC2  
- [ ] AC3  


## Repository Structure
ba-training-labs/
│
├─ 01-user-stories/
│   ├─ template.md
│   └─ examples.md
│
├─ 02-process-maps/
│   └─ example.md
│
├─ 03-qa-acceptance/
│   └─ sample-testcases.md
│
└─ README.md

flowchart LR
A[Idea] --> B[Refinement]
B --> C[Story & Acceptance Criteria]
C --> D[Build & QA]
D --> E[Demo & Feedback]