BA01 - Business Analysis Essentials
E-Learning
Description
This is an introductory course designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the benefits, functions and impact a business analyst has within an organization. The course discusses the business analysis process as it is applied throughout a project as well as the pre-project activities that comprise strategy analysis. Students learn how a business analyst supports the project throughout the solution development life cycle, from defining business needs and solution scope to validating that requirements have been met in the testing phase and ensuring the solution continues to provide value after implementation.
This is an introductory course designed to provide students with a basic understanding of the benefits, functions and impact a business analyst has within an organization. The course discusses the business analysis process as it is applied throughout a project as well as the pre-project activities that comprise strategy analysis. Students learn how a business analyst supports the project throughout the solution development life cycle, from defining business needs and solution scope to validating that requirements have been met in the testing phase and ensuring the solution continues to provide value after implementation.
Understand the role of the business analyst
Discuss industry standards/resources for obtaining more information about business analysis
Acquire a solid understanding of the various tasks/activities that comprises business analysis
Recognize the pre and post project business analysis activities
Learn how to plan, elicit, analyze, model, and test requirements
Designed for individuals new to the business analyst role or those who supervise and/or work with business analysts.
| Lesson Id | Title | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction to Business Analysis |
Business analysis defined The activities that comprise business analysis IIBA/PMI and the goals of a professional association IIBA’s BABOK® Guide and PMI’s Practice Guide in Business Analysis Exercise: Requirements challenges |
| 2 | The IIBA™ and the role of the Business Analyst |
Business analyst defined BA role vs. PM role Importance of communication/collaboration The deliverables produced as part of business analysis The BA career path Exercise: Review case Study |
| 3 | Strategy Analysis and Change |
The definition of Strategy Analysis Components of Strategy Analysis Identifying stakeholders and business needs Exercises: Business Need development and RACI Stakeholder Identification |
| 4 | Understanding and Defining Solution Scope |
Defining Solution Scope Project scope vs. product scope Defining a problem statement Techniques for defining scope Exercises: Conduct a brainwriting session and create a context diagram Optional exercise: Create a Use Case Diagram |
| 5 | Understanding Requirements |
Define the term requirement Understand requirement types Present the requirements process Requirements vs. specifications and business rules Exercise: Identify Requirements |
| 6 | Planning & Eliciting Requirements |
The Requirements Work Plan (RWP) Components of the RWP Identifying good questions for elicitation Active listening Categories and types of elicitation techniques Exercise: Planning for elicitation |
| 7 | Analzying & Documenting Requirements |
Understanding requirements analysis The Business Requirements Document (BRD) The BRD vs. the functional requirements specification BRD components The purpose of packaging requirements Exercise: Analyzing Requirements |
| 8 | Elicitation & Process Modeling |
Why models are created Objectives of modeling What is process management Understanding process modeling Modeling using BPMN AS-IS vs. TO-BE modeling BPMN subclasses BPMN simple structure Prototyping Business Process Modeling case study Exercises: Modeling and create a Prototype of your application |
| 9 | Verifying & Validating Requirements |
The difference between validation and verification Characteristics of good requirements Risks associated with requirements Types of testing approaches Creating a test plan Requirements traceability matrix Verified and validated requirements Exercise: Testing Requirements |
| 10 | Additional Resources | Helpful links for obtaining additional business analysis information |
Self-Paced
Free
This course includes: :
Full lifetime access