Course details

Students will learn to develop a plan that includes determining the requirements activities a Business Analyst will perform on a particular project and how you will control and manage changes to the deliverables.

Course Outline

1 - Introduction

  • (null)Requirements and types of requirements
  • Requirements in the product life cycle
  • Project roles and requirements
  • The role of the Business Analyst (BA)

2 - Managing Solution Scope and Requirements

  • Requirements management plan
  • Solution scope
  • Conflict and issue management
  • General techniques used

3 - Knowing your audience and their needs

  • Specific needs of business stakeholders and management
  • Specific needs of Subject Matter Experts (SME)
  • Specific needs of the technical team (developers, testers, etc.)

4 - Managing Requirements Effectively

  • Attributes of effective requirements
  • Audiences of the requirements and the audiences needs
  • Business vs. technical point of view
  • Need for formality and level of detail required

5 - Managing Requirements Traceability

  • Recording the dependencies and relationships for each of the requirements
  • Impact analysis
  • Using a configuration management system
  • Testing requirements
  • General techniques used

6 - Prepare the Requirements Package

  • Work product and deliverables
  • Attributes of a complete requirements package
  • General techniques used

7 - Maintain Requirements for Re-use

  • Maintaining organizational process assets
  • Ongoing requirements
  • Satisfied requirements

8 - Communicating Requirements Effectively

  • The 5 Cs
  • Bulleted and numbered lists
  • Tables and graphs
  • Models and other graphics
  • Using white space and fonts
  • Chunking requirements information and the use of headings

9 - Additional Information

  • Useful books and links on managing and communicating requirements

Target Audience: Executives, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Business and IT stakeholders working with analysts, Systems Analysts and programmers interested in expanding their role into the business area.

Related Certifications:

  • Certified Business Analysis Professional

Related Exams:

  • Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
Updated on 08 November, 2015

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