Course Outline
Defining Business Analysis
Overview of the business analysis discipline
- Key roles and responsibilities
- Differentiating between business analysis and other related fields
Introduction to the business analysis framework
- The framework and the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®)
- Industry best practices from the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®)
Capturing Business Requirements through Elicitation
Gathering business needs at the organisational or departmental level
- Conducting needs analysis
- Selecting the most appropriate elicitation techniques
- Performing enterprise-level contextual analysis using strategic, tactical, and operational tools
Identifying the nine elicitation techniques
- Verifying the necessary steps for information gathering
- Recording and confirming elicitation outcomes
Conducting Enterprise Analysis
Analyzing the business landscape
- Categorizing and prioritizing business needs and issues using affinity diagrams
- Assessing business capabilities and identifying gaps
Detecting problems and finding opportunities
- Uncovering the root causes of problems
- Discovering 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
- Using the 2x2 analysis grid
- Utilizing prioritization matrices
- Predicting project benefits and costs
Documenting critical project parameters
- Creating SMART project objectives
- Specifying critical project elements and deliverables
Planning and Monitoring the Business Analysis Process
Planning for requirements analysis
- Documenting assumptions, ground rules, and templates
- Creating a requirements development plan to guide and manage the process
- Developing the communication plan
Performing stakeholder analysis
- Identifying key stakeholders
- Analyzing the impact stakeholders have on a project
Developing a change management process
- Establishing a baseline for your plan
- Adhering to the defined change management process
- Managing the change control process
Managing and Communicating Requirements
Analyzing requirements
- Validating, prioritizing, and organizing requirements
- Defining 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
Assessing and Validating Solutions
Allocating requirements
- Optimizing business value
- Evaluating dependencies between 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
Requirements
This course is designed for individuals seeking a comprehensive understanding of the key tasks and techniques involved in business analysis, or for those who require the ability to effectively evaluate business options and outcomes.
Custom Corporate Training
Training solutions designed exclusively for businesses.
- Customized Content: We adapt the syllabus and practical exercises to the real goals and needs of your project.
- Flexible Schedule: Dates and times adapted to your team's agenda.
- Format: Online (live), In-company (at your offices), or Hybrid.
Price per private group, online live training, starting from 3900 € + VAT*
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Testimonials (7)
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Angela - PT Andalan Teknologi Bersama
Course - Introduction to Business Analysis: Defining Successful Projects
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Yogi Apryanto - PT Andalan Teknologi Bersama
Course - Introduction to Business Analysis: Defining Successful Projects
Examples during the presentation was sufficient and knowledgeable, and easy to understand and visualize.
Irvine - PT Andalan Teknologi Bersama
Course - Introduction to Business Analysis: Defining Successful Projects
easier to understand than i though it will be
fadzlyzainalfadilla - PT Andalan Teknologi Bersama
Course - Introduction to Business Analysis: Defining Successful Projects
A lot of new isight
Anggi Anggara - PT Andalan Teknologi Bersama
Course - Introduction to Business Analysis: Defining Successful Projects
How the lecturer explain thing is very clear and not clutered, have many general and specific knowledge about BA's things, learn a lot thing with him.
Kenny - PT Andalan Teknologi Bersama
Course - Introduction to Business Analysis: Defining Successful Projects
Focusing on applying the course on my real work.
