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Introduction to Business Analysis

Course Outline

Learn How To

  • Define the role of the business analyst throughout the phases of a project
  • Explain the range of tasks that a business analyst might perform
  • Apply principles of quality assurance and testing
  • Explain the importance of requirements definition
  • Assess the value of use case analysis and design on your work
  • Explain how business process, workflow and data modeling techniques facilitate improved communication

Course Synopsis

The business analyst's role is key to defining the requirements of a project at its earliest stages, as well as to planning, defining and validating project scope. It's important to have an understanding of the breadth of knowledge that a business analyst brings to bear in developing business solutions.

This introductory course is designed to give people new to the business analyst role or those who supervise and/or work with business analysts a basic understanding of the benefits, functions and impact of this critical position. You'll experience how a business analyst supports the project, from establishing its scope in the analysis phase to ensuring the requirements have been met in the testing phase. The course provides a special focus on the business analysis function as it relates to developing information technology solutions, given that such an understanding is essential for project ­success.

After completing this course, you'll understand why and when to involve the business analysis function. Plus, you'll have a working vocabulary to enable you to communicate effectively with those who perform that role. If you are new to the role of the business analyst and need to pursue more in-depth skill development, you'll leave this course with the framework necessary to support your future efforts.

Course Topics

  1. What is Business Analysis?
    1. IT business analysis
    2. Business process improvement
    3. Challenges of gathering and analyzing requirements
    4. History and current trends in business analysis
    5. Role of the business analyst through the project life cycle
  2. Defining the Business Problem
    1. Techniques to determine the underlying business problems
    2. Understanding the business environment at a high-level
    3. Relating business "problems" and "processes"
  3. Root Causes of Problems
    1. Business problems and root causes
    2. Applying modeling to understand root causes (the AS-IS state)
      • Workflow modeling
      • Use Case analysis
      • Data modeling
  4. Solution Vision and Scope
    1. Vision and envisioning
    2. The key players in setting the vision
    3. How to determine the product scope
    4. Quantifying process improvement goals
  5. Making the Business Case
    1. How the business analyst adds insight to business cases
    2. Estimating the benefits associated with the product
  6. Modeling the Future State
    1. Models and modeling
    2. Relating models to requirements
    3. Modeling the information requirements (data modeling)
    4. Modeling the TO-BE state (process and workflow modeling)
  7. Getting Requirements from Models
    1. The value of Use Cases
    2. Use Case analysis
    3. Unified Modeling Language (UML) and object-oriented analysis
  8. Requirements Definition and Documentation
    1. SMART requirements
    2. Identifying the boundary between requirements and specifications
    3. Managing changes to the ­requirements
  9. Quality Assurance and Testing
    1. The business analyst's role in testing
    2. Quality assurance activities: checking and testing
    3. Introduction to test strategies and plans

Available Formats for Employees and Managers

At our training centre in downtown Toronto, 10.00AM to 5.00PM with one hour lunch break.

$2499 + HST per participant for a three day workshop,

We offer a 10% discount for each additional participant

For Soft Skill Workshops outside the GTA, please contact us at 647-271-3330 or e-mail your request to support@train4career.net for pricing giving information like number of participants, convenient dates etc.

 

 

 

 

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