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- Business Analysis Essentials (BA10)
In this introductory course, you'll delve into the role & responsibilities of the business analyst--the communication link between all business areas & a critical player in project success.
- Date: Feb. 6
- Location: Calgary (Map)
- Time: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm
- Duration: 3 Days
- Delivery Method(s):Instructor Led
- Discount Seats Available:2
- Category:Business Analysis Training
- Course Outline
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In this introductory course, you'll delve into the role and
responsibilities of the business analyst-the communication link between
all business areas and a critical player in project success. Learn
techniques for ensuring project success every step of the way-from
identifying and analyzing potential projects to
making sure that the final project product meets the requirements you identified. Through hands-on exercises, you'll learn to define the scope of work and master requirements-gathering techniques that will work for a variety of projects and audiences. You'll consider the unique needs of customers, stakeholders, and the IT department as you work toward building, documenting, communicating, and managing requirements.
Students pursuing a university-recognized and/or accredited certificate in Canada or continuing education units in the US must attend at least 90% of class time, participate in class exercises and section-knowledge checks, and score at least 70% on an end-of-class, multiple-choice assessment.
What You'll Learn
- Role of the business analyst
- Build and evaluate a business case
- Plan, manage, analyze, document, and communicate requirements
- Conduct effective interviews, group workshops, and questionnaires
- Data mining
- Effectively capture and document business rules
- Get agreement
- Ensure requirements are met
- Systems Analysts
- Business Analysts
- Requirements Analysts
- Developers
- Software Engineers
- IT Project Managers
- Project Managers
- Project Analysts
- Project Leaders
- Senior Project Managers
- Team Leaders
- Program Managers
- Testers
- QA Specialists
- Identify Business Analysis (BA) Concepts and Activities in Your Organization
- Propose Project Scope Based on Your Analysis of a Business Architecture, Feasibility Study, and Risk Assessment
- Define Team Roles and Work Division Strategy
- Plan Requirements Activities for a Project
- Plan Scope and Requirements Change Management
- Choose Elicitation Techniques
- Choose Techniques to Structure, Model, and Analyze Requirements
- Identify Project Assumptions and Constraints
- Determine Requirements Verification and Validation Activities
- Draft a Requirements Communication Plan
- Prepare for Requirements Presentation and Sign-off
- Determine Solution Assessment and Validation Activities
- Compile an Individual Professional Skills Inventory
- Produce an Individual Professional Growth Plan
1. Overview of Business Analysis
- The solutions lifecycle
- What is business analysis?
- Business analysis terminology
- International Institute of Business Analysis
- CBAP certification
- Introduction
- Definitions
- The business architecture
- Feasibility studies
- Project scope
- Business case
- Risk assessment
- Decision package
- Selecting and prioritizing projects
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Team roles for the project
- Work division strategy
- Requirements risk approach
- Planning considerations
- Requirements activities
- Selection
- Estimation
- Requirements scope
- Requirements activity
- Measurement
- Reporting
- Requirements change management
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Elicit requirements
- Techniques
- Brainstorming
- Document analysis
- Focus groups
- Interface analysis
- Interviews
- Observation
- Prototyping
- Workshop
- Reverse engineering
- Survey/questionnaire
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Requirements package
- Business domain model
- Analyze user requirements
- Analyze functional requirements
- Analyze quality of service requirements
- Assumptions and constraints
- Requirements
- Attributes
- Document
- Validate
- Verify
- Modeling techniques
- Data and behavior models
- Process/flow models
- Usage models
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Communication plan
- Manage conflicts
- Determine format
- Requirements package
- Requirements presentation
- Requirements review
- Requirements sign-off
- Introduction
- Definitions
- Solution alternatives
- Technology options
- Solution selection
- Solution usability
- Quality assurance
- Solution implementation
- Solution impacts
- Post implementation review
- Communication skills
- Leadership skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Business knowledge
- IT knowledge
10. Exercises
* This course was previously titled Introduction to Business Analysis.
- Additional Details
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Pre-Requisites
Certificates offered
- 21 PMI PDUs - 2.1 CEUs - 21 IIBA CDUs
- Cancellation Policy
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We require 16 calendar days notice to reschedule or cancel any registration. Failure to provide the required notification will result in 100% charge of the course. If a student does not attend a scheduled course without prior notification it will result in full forfeiture of the funds and no reschedule will be allowed. Within the required notification period, only student substitutions will be permitted.
Reschedules are permitted at anytime with 16 or more calendar days notice. Enrollments must be rescheduled within six months of the cancel date or funds on account will be forfeited.
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Global Knowledge
[ View Provider's Profile ]Global Knowledge Calgary
Sunlife Plaza, Suite 200, West Tower
144 - 4th Avenue SW
Calgary, Alberta
Canada T2P 3N5
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