Course Overview
Business analysis is exactly what it sounds like: an analysis of your business. Every business has different needs and requires different solutions to meet those needs. Business analysts work to determine the needs of a business and figure out how to meet them. In some cases, a business analyst may identify problems and help find ways to solve them in the form of initiating a project, launching a product, or designing a service. This is an important part of making sure any business succeeds because it allows to constantly work toward a goal and actively take steps to reach it.
This course teaches business analysis essentials to both new and experienced practitioners focusing more on practical implications. It supports and expands on the standards outlined in the IIBA® BABOK® Guide V3.0. Mentor-led workshops allow students to practice the techniques as they learn them. Depending on the participant’s skill level, the workshop cases and discussions inspire learning insights for every level of experience. Students are encouraged to bring their own projects to class. Using new techniques on a current project often highlights missing requirements and gives the student specific next steps to follow after class. To identify the best solutions for real business needs, this course also provides an extensive inventory of tools and techniques for use in business analysis work.
IN THIS COURSE STUDENTS WILL LEARN TO:
- Analyze and scope the area of analysis, working with project managers, product owners, and business sponsors to clarify the level and complexity of the business analysis effort needed for the project.
- Select the appropriate elicitation technique to efficiently identify critical requirements.
- Analyze and refine business and functional requirements.
- Ask the right questions through the use of interviewing templates developed specifically for business analysis elicitation.
- Identify the core components necessary to analyze a business area.
- Plan an approach for analyzing, categorizing, and managing requirements. Determine the level of formality required and consider options for documenting and packaging requirements based on project type, priorities, and risks.
- Identify techniques and documentation options appropriate for various project types (product development, COTS, maintenance, business process improvement, new development, etc.).
- Define testing objectives and verify requirements are testable.
- Conduct effective requirements reviews to improve the quality of requirements deliverables
- Build strong relationships with project stakeholders.
- Apply new communication strategies for eliciting and interacting with virtual teams.
- Anticipate issues, think proactively, and use critical thinking skills to plan stakeholder elicitation sessions.
- This course is part of our ECBA, CCBA, and CBAP prep series, helping you prepare for the certifications offered by the International Institute of Business Analysis ( iiba.org ).
Course Features
- Lectures 39
- Quizzes 9
- Duration 25 Hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 96
- Certificate Yes
- Assessments Yes
Curriculum
- 9 Sections
- 39 Lessons
- 10 Weeks
- Business Analysis Key Concepts5
- Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring6
- Elicitation and Collaboration6
- Requirements Life Cycle Management6
- Strategy Analysis5
- Requirements Analysis and Design Definition7
- Solution Evaluation6
- Perspective6
- Final Quiz1
