Introduction to Business Analysis: Defining Successful Projects Training Course
Course
In City Of London
Description
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Location
City of london
This course will show you how to:
Perform key functions of the business analyst by applying a solid business analysis framework
Conduct a business needs analysis to elicit stakeholder requirements
Apply business analysis techniques to identify key problems and potential opportunities in your enterprise
Create effective requirements and communication plans
Analyse and specify requirements using industry best practices
Manage solution assessment and validation
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Subjects
- Business Analysis
- Monitoring
- Options
- Business Analyst
- International
- Project
- Planning
- Industry
- Stakeholder
- Communication Training
Course programme
Defining Business Analysis
Overview of the business analysis discipline
- Key roles and responsibilities
- Distinguishing between business analysis and other related disciplines
Introducing the business analysis framework
- The framework and the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®)
- Industry best practice from the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®)
Gathering business needs at the organisational or department levels
- Performing needs analysis
- Choosing the best elicitation technique
- Soliciting enterprise-level contextual analysis using strategic, tactical and operational tools
Identifying the nine elicitation techniques
- Verifying the necessary steps to gather information
- Recording and confirming elicitation results
Analysing the business landscape
- Categorizing and prioritizing business needs and issues using affinity diagrams
- Assessing business capabilities and gaps
Detecting problems and finding opportunities
- Exposing root causes of problems
- Finding opportunities for growth
- Identifying elements of the initial solution scope
- Developing action-oriented business initiatives to address business needs and opportunities
Measuring the feasibility of options
- 2x2 analysis grid
- Prioritization matrices
- Anticipating project benefits and costs
Documenting critical project parameters
- Building SMART project objectives
- Specifying critical project elements and deliverables
Planning for requirements analysis
- Documenting assumptions, ground rules and templates
- Producing a requirements development plan to guide and manage the process
- Building the communication plan
Performing stakeholder analysis
- Identifying key stakeholders
- Analysing the impact stakeholders have on a project
Developing a change management process
- Baselining your plan
- Following the defined change management process
- Managing the change control process
Analysing requirements
- Verifying, prioritising and organising requirements
- Specifying the requirements document
- Identifying key relationships using traceability
Executing the communication plan
- Addressing common pitfalls typically encountered during requirements development
- Validating the requirements document with key stakeholders
- Managing stakeholder agreement and conflict
Allocating requirements
- Optimising business value
- Evaluating dependencies between the individual requirements
Assessing organisational readiness
- Identifying organisational capability gaps
- Defining business and technical organisational impacts
Developing Business Analysis Competencies
- Going beyond the mechanics of analysis
- Applying the IIBA® Business Analysis Competency framework
Introduction to Business Analysis: Defining Successful Projects Training Course