Lectures, discussions, teamwork on daily exercises and workshops. This course is based on the latest industry best practices (IIBA©BOK)

 

INTRODUCTION

Defining Business Analysis

Defining the Business Analyst’s roles and Responsibilities

Types of requirements

A word about best practices

BUSINESS ANALYST’S REQUIRED SKILLS

Basic skills

Advanced skills

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Problem solving skills

Business acumen

Understanding of IT tools and capabilities

PROJECT LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT – WHERE DOES BA FIT?

Business

System

Implementation

Deployment

USE CASE METHODOLOGY

Definitions – Use Case, Primary Actor, Secondary Actor, etc.

Developing and documenting Use Cases

Scope

Goals

Use Case validation

Use Case forms and templates

 

ENTERPRISE ANALYSIS

Strategic planning

Business architecture

Conducting a feasibility study

Defining scope

Developing the business case

Assessing the benefits and risks

Selecting and prioritizing projects based on, benefits, risks, and potential value

DEVELOPING THE BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS

Introduction

Defining scope

Allocating work among team members

Defining roles and responsibilities

Assessing requirements risks

Planning the requirements

Defining and selecting requirements activities, milestones, and Fee estimates

Tracking, measuring, reporting

Managing requirements changes

REQUIREMENTS ELICITATION

Identifying stakeholders

Eliciting requirements

Brainstorming

Analyzing documentation

Use focus groups effectively

Analyzing interfaces

Examining the interview process

Documenting findings

Prototyping

The Requirements Workshop

Using surveys and questionnaires – Asking the “right” questions

ANALYSIS AND DOCUMENTATION

Structuring the requirements package

Creating business domain model

Analyzing user requirements

Analyzing functional requirements

Defining measures of quality

Dealing with assumptions and constraints

Defining Requirements

Developing documentation requirements

Validating requirements

Verifying requirements

Define information, data, and behavioral models

Defining processes and process flows

Developing usage models

Documenting issue and action point lists

COMMUNICATION

Developing a communication plan

Managing requirements conflicts

Securing agreement on format

Creating the requirements package

Developing and delivering a requirements presentation

Conducting a formal requirements review

Securing sign-off on the requirements from all stakeholders

SELECTING A SOLUTION

Analyzing potential solutions

Evaluating technologies and methodologies options

Facilitating solution selection

Facilitating vendor interviews

Facilitating vendor selection

Ensuring usability of the solution

Supporting Quality Assurance

Supporting implementation of the solution

Supporting testing of the implemented solution against business requirements

Assessing, documenting, and communicating actual impacts of the solution

Post-implementation review and assessment

 

TARGET AUDIENCE:

Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, Process practitioners, Project Managers

 

Duration: 5 days

Dates: Sept 12-16th

Fee:  N 320,000(Exclusive of VAT)

Please note that the course fee is exclusive of VAT