Objectives

The objectives of the seminar are to: * Develop skills in the business analysis function for any project

• Provide an understanding of the process, techniques, principles, terminology and concepts of business analysis
• Provide practical group and individual exercises for functioning as a business analyst
• Simulate the business analyst role through case study development and interactive student participation with the instructor

Seminar Content

• Introduction
• Overview of Business Analysis
• Project Management for Business Analysis
  • Managing project scope
  • Role of business analysis in project management
  • Risk analysis and the business analyst
• Planning the Business Analysis Activities
  • Identifying sources of data and process requirements
  • Collecting, organizing and managing business analyst documentation
  • Analysis tools and techniques
  • Building the business analyst’s activities’ plan
• Key Principles and Concepts in Requirements Management
  • Effective versus poor requirements at various levels
  • The types of requirements and their places in the development process
  • Advantages and disadvantages of discovery technique and methods for using them on a project
• Gathering and Structuring Requirements
  • Techniques used to gather and structure types of requirements
    1. Interviews
    2. Questionnaires
    3. Workgroup / JAD sessions
    4. Surveys and observations
  • Use cases as a method for gathering and documenting requirements
• Communication and the Business Analyst
  • Essentials of business analysis communication
  • Understanding stakeholders’ positions and requirements
  • Facilitating fundamentals
    1. Joint Application Development (JAD) session development
    2. Agendas, scripts, templates, and facilitation techniques for requirements meetings and focus groups
• Managing Requirements
  • Requirements management process overview
  • Reviews, validation and verification of requirements
• Additional Information Used in Business Analysis
  • Metadata and its role in information systems
  • Storage and access to metadata
  • Repositories and their strengths and limitations
  • Introduction to business rules and their documentation
• Documenting User Requirements
  • Developing appropriate documentation for various user and technical functions
  • Using requirements for informative communication throughout the project’s lifecycle
  • Transforming requirements into specifications
    1. Differences between requirements and specifications
    2. Techniques for transformation and use as foundation for application development
• Supporting the Process
  • Change management
  • Maintenance and enhancement of requirements
  • Role of business analysis in change management and support
• Workshop Summary
• Conclusion, advanced exercises, resources for further study

To learn more about how EWSolutions can provide our World-Class Training for your company or to request a quote, please feel free to contact David Marco, our Director of Education at DMarco@EWSolutions.com or call him at 630.920.0005 ext. 103.