Course Description

One of the main reasons given for unsuccessful project results is the lack of clear understanding of stakeholder requirements. Business analysis helps to prevent project failure by identifying and validating those requirements early on. Of course, business analysis doesn’t stop with requirements; business analysts also recommend solutions and facilitate their execution. This course provides an introduction to the foundations of business analysis. It helps demystify the role of the business analyst (BA), and outlines the knowledge and skills required to build a successful BA career.

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Key Features of Business Analysis Foundations

The course contents are based on

1 – Business Analysis for practitioners – A Practice Guide – By PMI (Project Management Institute)

2 – BABOK – A guide to the business analysis Body of knowledge – By IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis)

What You Get in Class

Detailed Course Syllabus

Learning Objectives:

Delivery Method

Instructor led, group-paced, online-delivery leaning model with practical discussion of case studies.

Course Duration

Course Duration

Course Content

Introduction to Business Analysis, SDLC and business analysis, Business analyst Role and responsibilities, Definition and types of requirements

Problem or opportunity identification, Goals and objectives, As-Is and To-Be analysis, Gap analysis and solution recommendation, Business case

Prepare and conduct elicitation, requirement analysis, model and refine requirements, documenting solution requirements, requirement verification and validation

Requirements models – Scope models (Goal and objective model, ecosystem, context diagram, feature model, use case diagram) Process models (process flow, use case, user story), Rule models (business rules catalogue, decision table and decision tree) Data models (ER diagrams, data flow diagrams, data dictionary, state table and state diagram) Interface models (report table, system interface table, UI flow, wireframes), peer review, inspection, Delphi, multi-voting

Traceability matrix, requirement relationships and dependencies, requirement approval, requirement change management, configuration management

Validating solution and addressing defects, acceptance criteria evaluation, go/no-go decision, long term performance evaluation of solution.