Strategic Enterprise Analysis

Course details

Learn enterprise analysis skills and support your enterprise solutions with effective consulting and leadership. Learn how to move enterprise projects and strategies forward from both a consulting and Enterprise Analysis perspective.

Course Outline

1 - Introduction

• What is Enterprise Analysis?
• The role of an Enterprise Analysis
• Business Analysis competencies

2 - Defining the business need

• Defining solution vision and scope
• Conducting a outcomes workshop
• Validating solution scope against the expected outcomes

3 - Assessing the capabilities of your organization

• Analyzing current capabilities
• Assessing new capability requirements

4 - Determining how to approach potential solutions

• Describe the approach to create or acquire new capabilities
• Ranking potential approaches
• Conducting a feasibility analysi

5 - Defining the scope of the solutions being proposed

• Define the capabilities a project shall deliver
• Scope modeling
• User stories

6 - Assessing the risks involved

• Understanding the risks of the proposed solution
• Capturing and categorizing the risks involved
• Planning the appropriate responses to the risks identified

7 - Justifying the Enterprise Solution: The Business Case

• Building a convincing business case and justifying the investment
• Planning stakeholder buy-in
• Communicating with your audience
• Identifying critical decision criteria and objectives
• How to package and present your case for maximum impact
• Anticipating and responding to challenges

8 - Additional resources

• Useful books and links on Enterprise Analysis

Target Audience: Executives, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Business and IT stakeholders working with analysts.

Related Certifications:

• Certified Business Analysis Professional

Related Exams:

• Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)