Business Analysis: Essentials

Course details

Overview:

In this introductory course, you'll delve into the role and responsibilities of the business analyst-the communication link between all business areas and a critical player in project success. Learn techniques for ensuring project success every step of the way-from identifying and analyzing potential projects to making sure that the final project product meets the requirements you identified. Through hands-on exercises, you'll learn to define the scope of work and master requirements-gathering techniques that will work for a variety of projects and audiences.

You'll consider the unique needs of customers, stakeholders, and the IT department as you work toward building, documenting, communicating, and managing requirements.

Objectives:

• On completion of this course delegates will have the skills to;
• Role of the business analyst
• Build and evaluate a business case
• Plan, manage, analyze, document, and communicate requirements
• Conduct effective interviews, group workshops, and questionnaires
• Data mining
• Effectively capture and document business rules
• Get agreement
• Ensure requirements are met
• Hands-On Exercises
• Identify Business Analysis (BA) Concepts and Activities in Your Organization
• Propose Project Scope Based on Your Analysis of a Business Architecture, Feasibility Study, and Risk Assessment
• Define Team Roles and Work Pision Strategy
• Plan Requirements Activities for a Project
• Plan Scope and Requirements Change Management
• Choose Elicitation Techniques
• Choose Techniques to Structure, Model, and Analyze Requirements
• Identify Project Assumptions and Constraints
• Determine Requirements Verification and Validation Activities
• Draft a Requirements Communication Plan
• Prepare for Requirements Presentation and Sign-off
• Determine Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
• Compile an Individual Professional Skills Inventory
• Produce an Individual Professional Growth Plan

Content:

• Overview of Business Analysis
• Enterprise Analysis
• Requirements Planning and Management
• Requirements Elicitation
• Requirements Analysis and
• Documentation
• Requirements Communication