This comprehensive course is designed to develop and strengthen the core knowledge base for those who have chosen Business Analysis as their career path or have many duties depending on good understanding for BA. Focus on basic principles across the breadth of the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK^Ò) and learn the essential elements and components of each knowledge areas’ tasks and activities.  Gain the knowledge, tools, and techniques to handle a project from assessing the current situation to developing the validated solution.

• Course Level: Intermediate

People should attend this course are:

• Development Managers
• Project Managers
• Business Process Managers
• IT Managers
• Bid Managers
• Business or Systems Analysts in general
• Enterprise Analysts
• Software or Systems Architects
• All who has planned for Certification of Competency in Business Analysis CCBA™
• All who has planned to be a Certified Business Analysis Professional CBAP ™

Learn How To:

• Plan and Monitor Business Analysis Activities
• Elicit the required information
• Define the solution scope and requirements
• Analyze the enterprise and define the business need and case
• Prioritize, organize, specify and model requirements
• Assess organizational readiness and proposed solution.
• Define transition requirements
• Develop your business analysis competencies

Syllabus

Introduction and Key concepts:

• Pre-Course Assessment
• What is Business Analysis?
• What is the BABOK? Definition, KAs, Underlying Competencies
• BA Key Concepts: Domaine, Solution, Requirements
• Stakeholders
• What the Difference Between Task and Technique
• Other Sources Of BA Information
• Questions and Answers

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring:

• Tasks Mechanism:
  • Plan Business Analysis Approach
  • Conduct Stakeholders Analysis
  • Plan Business Analysis Activities
  • Plan Business Analysis Communication
  • Plan Requirements Management Process
  • Manage Business Analysis Performance
• BA Planning and Monitoring Techniques
• Workshop, Exercises, Questions and Answers

Elicitation:

• Tasks Mechanism:
  • Preparation
  • Conduct Elicitation Activities
  • Document Elicitation Results
  • Confirm Elicitation Results
• Elicitation Techniques
• Exercises, Questions and Answers

Requirements Management & Communication

• Tasks Mechanism:
  • Manage Solution Scope and Requirements
  • Manage Requirements Traceability
  • Maintain Requirements for Re-Use
  • Prepare Requirements Package
  • Communicate Requirements
• Management and Communication Techniques
• Workshop, Exercises, Questions and Answers

Enterprise Analysis:

• Tasks Mechanism:
  • Define Business Need
  • Assess Capability Gaps
  • Determine Solution Approach
  • Define Solution Scope
  • Define Business Case
• Enterprise Analysis Techniques
• Workshop, Exercises, Questions and Answers

Requirements Analysis:

• Tasks Mechanism:
  • Prioritize Requirements
  • Organize Requirements
  • Specify and Model Requirements
  • Define Assumptions and Constraints
  • Verify Requirements
  • Validate Requirements
• Requirements Analysis Techniques
• Workshop, Exercises, Questions and Answers

Solution Assessment and Validation:

• Tasks Mechanism:
  • Assess Proposed Solution
  • Allocate Requirements
  • Assess Organizational readiness
  • Define Transition Requirements
  • Validate Solution
  • Evaluate Solution Performance
• Assessment and Validation Techniques
• Workshop, Exercises, Questions and Answers

Underlying Competencies:

• Competencies Mechanism:
  • Analytical thinking and Problem solving
  • Behavior Characteristics
  • Business Knowledge
  • Communication Skills
  • Interaction Skills
  • Software Applications
• Questions and Answers