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

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