Business Analysis Fundamentals - become a Business Analyst

Course details

Course Overview

This online course is for anyone interested in becoming a Business Analyst or anyone interested in this field, individuals who want to make a career change or anyone with a Business Analysis background who want a more formal and industry-standard business analysis approach. 

The students will have a strong understanding of the role of a business analyst, structure of a project team, system development life cycle methodologies (SDLC), the importance of requirements gathering, different types of requirements, JAD (Joint Application Design) sessions , role of a Business Analyst in JAD session, and how to conduct JAD sessions. This training covers all in-depth elements and phases of business analysis. This course will go thru basics and will help you build a strong foundation in Business Analysis.

The assignments and practical exercises provided thru documentation will make you feel that you are already part of a project and brings added value to this course as comparing to other courses on the market. You will not only build a solid theoretical foundation but also have access to practical resources in the same time. 

Atthe end of the course you'll be able to understand the terminology, the responsibilitiesof a business analyst and the tasks and challenges associated with this role.  

Pre-requisites

No prior experience is necessary

Basic computer skills, good communication and documentation skills

Course Syllabus

1. Role of a Business Analyst 

Business Analysis Elements and Phases. Business Analysis Defined

Structure of a Project Team

JAD Session. Role of a BA in JAD Session. How to conduct JAD session? 

2. SDLC Methodologies 

Project Life Cycle. System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Waterfall, Agile Scrum Methodology, RUP

3. Requirements Gathering

Requirement Gathering Techniques 

Importance of Requirement gathering

Different Types of Requirements

4. Artifacts Business Requirements Document, Functional Requirements Document, UML Diagrams

5. Quality Assurance and Project Management

Bonuses

The artifacts which are included free in this course: 

Business Requirements Document (BRD) template which will help you practice your documentation skills

Other project documents are included such as Project Charter, Use Cases and others. 

You will not only build a solid theoretical foundation but also have access to practical resources in the same time.