Business Analysis for the IT Professional

Course Description:

  The Business Analysis for the IT Professional course is a 4-day course is designed to provide an introduction to the skills and knowledge needed for a Business Analyst position in todays evonomy. This course has been approved by the IIBA and it conforms to the BABOK v3 (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge).

The Business Analyst role serves as a liason between technical and non-technical groups in an organization.

Topics covered in the course include:

• Understanding the relation between projects and processes
• Understanding three major project development methodologies
• Discussing the basics of enterprise analysis and its impact on project selection
• Understanding communications processes and how they can impact project requirements
• Determining each participant’s communications style (BEST profile) and how that understanding can help in identifying requirements
• Gathering and documenting user requirements using the following techniques
  • Conducting Interviews
  • Conducting Collaborative sessions
  • Prototyping
  • Using the Work Breakdown Structure
  • Using case basics
  • Business process analysis
• Business Modeling
• Process Modeling
• Requirements validation through Data Modeling
• Testing fundamentals and quality assurance

Target Student: This course is ideal for any of the following students:

• New business analysts
• Experienced business analysts that want to update their skills and understanding of their role
• Project managers that use business analysis roles in their projects
• Managers with business analysts on their staff
• Students with a general understanding of database concepts and programming and systems development

Overview
Business Analyst Responsibilities
Communications
Information distribution
Communications styles
Documentation strategy

Requirements Gathering
Levels of requirements on a project
Identifying needs vs wants
Techniques for gathering requirements
Interviewing
Prototyping
Use Cases
Collaborative Workshops
Work Breakdown Structure
Business Process Analysis
Use Cases
Ranking requirements

Modeling
Business Process Analysis
Business Process Improvements (BPI)
Business Process Reengineering (BPR)
Data Modeling
Fundamentals
Entity Relationship Diagrams

Fundamentals of testing
Testing strategy
Ensure project quality and quality of the product
Test scripts

Templates
Software/Product Requirements Outline
Use Case Template
Test Plan Template

Practical Application Sessions
Determine your own Communication Style
Interview a project sponsor
Develop Use Cases and a Use Case Diagram
Gather requirements while developing a Work Breakdown Structure
Create a Business Process model
Design and facilitate a Requirements-Gathering session
Develop a high-level Requirements Document
Develop an Entity Relationship Diagram
Create a Project Test Plan

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