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Business Analysis Foundations
- 2 Days Course
- Language: English
Introduction:
This course provides you with the foundational business analysis skills you need to elevate your value proposition to your stakeholders and organization. You will learn how to help your business clients articulate their business problem or opportunity, plan business analysis activities, as well as learn the basics of eliciting, analyzing, documenting, managing, and communicating requirements throughout the life cycle of an initiative. These foundational skills will enable you to contribute significantly to the success of your organization’s projects.
This course has been approved for 14 PDUs and 14 CDUs.
Objectives:
Understand the 5 different types of requirements
Increase project success by better defining the business need
Ensure optimal productivity by learning how to plan requirement efforts
Identify and analyze stakeholders
Document “good” requirements by writing them clearly and completely using simple templates
Learn how to trace and prioritize requirements to ensure they link to business value
Course Outline:
Business analysis Overview
- Business analysis defined
- Business analyst role
- Business analysis framework
- Business analysis competencies
Requirements Overview
- Requirements defined
- 5 types of requirements
- Requirements alignment
- Requirements or design
Business Rules Overview
- Business rules defined
- Business rules examples
- Requirements vs. business rules
Define the Business Need
- Identify and document the business need
- Business need questions
- Determine the business requirements
Determine the Business Requirements
- Business goals vs objectives
- Documenting business goals and objectives
- Business requirements questions
Plan for Business Analysis
- Business analysis planning considerations
- Plan BA approach
- Identify stakeholders
- Plan stakeholder communication
- Plan BA activities and techniques
Elicit Requirements
- Elicitation framework
- Common elicitation techniques
- Types of questions to ask
- Document and confirm results
Analyze, Document and Model Requirements
- Characteristics of a good requirement
- Documenting requirements
- Packaged software considerations
- Validation and verification checklists
- Requirements modeling overview
Manage Requirements
- Requirements management activities
- Trace & prioritize requirements
- Review & approve requirements
- Assess requirement changes
- Maintain req. documentation
Evaluate Solution or Solution Component
- Evaluate solution overview
Enroll in this course
$1,195.00