Course Outline
Defining Business Analysis
Overview of the business analysis field
- Core roles and responsibilities
- Differentiating business analysis from other related disciplines
Introducing 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
Collecting business needs at the organizational or departmental level
- Conducting needs analysis
- Selecting the most appropriate elicitation methods
- Gathering enterprise-level context using strategic, tactical, and operational tools
Exploring the nine elicitation techniques
- Ensuring necessary steps are taken to collect information
- Documenting and confirming elicitation outcomes
Conducting Enterprise Analysis
Evaluating the business environment
- Classifying and prioritizing business needs and issues using affinity diagrams
- Assessing business capabilities and identifying gaps
Identifying challenges and discovering opportunities
- Uncovering the root causes of problems
- Spotting opportunities for growth
- Defining elements of the initial solution scope
- Creating action-oriented business initiatives to address needs and opportunities
Evaluating the feasibility of options
- 2x2 analysis grid
- Prioritization matrices
- Forecasting project benefits and costs
Documenting key project parameters
- Establishing SMART project objectives
- Defining critical project components and deliverables
Planning and Monitoring the Business Analysis Process
Preparing for requirements analysis
- Recording assumptions, ground rules, and templates
- Creating a requirements development plan to steer and manage the process
- Formulating the communication plan
Executing stakeholder analysis
- Identifying primary stakeholders
- Analyzing the impact stakeholders have on the project
Establishing a change management process
- Setting a baseline for the plan
- Adhering to the defined change management procedure
- Overseeing the change control workflow
Managing and Communicating Requirements
Analyzing requirements
- Verifying, prioritizing, and organizing requirements
- Drafting the requirements document
- Identifying key connections using traceability
Implementing the communication plan
- Mitigating common pitfalls encountered during requirements development
- Validating the requirements document with key stakeholders
- Managing stakeholder consensus and conflicts
Assessing and Validating Solutions
Allocating requirements
- Maximizing business value
- Evaluating dependencies among individual requirements
Assessing organizational readiness
- Identifying gaps in organizational capability
- Defining business and technical impacts on the organization
Developing Business Analysis Competencies
- Going beyond the mechanical aspects of analysis
- Applying the IIBA® Business Analysis Competency framework
Requirements
This course is designed for individuals seeking comprehensive knowledge of core business analysis tasks and methodologies, as well as those who need to effectively evaluate business options and outcomes.
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.
