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Foundations of Business Analysis

4.6 out of 5 rating Last updated 07/11/2024   English

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Global Schedule

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04 Nov 24 Book
14:00 - 22:00 Live Online 2,790
Duration

4 Days

24 CPD hours

Overview

This course intends to provide beginner and intermediate students a total immersion into the business analyst role by exposing attendees to the various aspects of the business analysis profession and numerous techniques to allow them to improve elicitation, analysis, and documentation of requirements. This course is compliant with IIBA's Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK© Guide) version 3 and is aligned with and upholds the practices as discussed in PMI's Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide.

Description

This course is aligned to the IIBA BABOK Version 3 and covers the IIBA knowledge areas on the Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA) exam. This Foundations of Business Analysis course is a practioner based, skills training course for a beginner to intermediate audience, not an exam preparation course. The course provides students a clear understanding and total immersion into all of the facets of the business analyst role, including a thorough walkthrough of the various domain/knowledge areas that comprise the business analysis profession. Students are provided an opportunity to try their hand at several business analysis techniques for eliciting, analyzing, and modeling requirements. The business analysis work performed in strategy analysis and solution evaluation, which is most often the least familiar to business analysts, is thoroughly presented and explored. Students completing this course will be well equipped with new skills and knowledge that can be immediately applied on current and future projects.

1 - Introduction to Business Analysis
  • What is Business Analysis
  • Benefiting from business analysis
  • Business analysis and project success
  • Challenges of business analysis
  • Discussions:
  • Who performs business analysis functions in your organization
  • Exploring solutions options
  • Your biggest challenges on past projects
2 - A Closer Look at the Business Analyst Role
  • Definition of business analyst
  • Responsibilities of a business analyst
  • The BA/PM roles
  • IIBA/PMI and the goals of a professional association
  • Purpose for having a BA standard
  • IIBAs BABOK© Guide and PMIs Practice Guide in Business Analysis
  • Business analysis core concepts
  • Business analysis perspectives
  • IIBA and PMI certifications for business analysts
  • Workshop: Introduction to Case Study
3 - Strategy Analysis and Change
  • Define Strategy Analysis
  • When to perform Strategy Analysis
  • Business models
  • Defining the business need
  • Root cause analysis
  • 5 Whys
  • Fishbone diagram
  • Defining business requirements
  • Discussions:
  • Who is involved in strategy analysis in your organization
  • Workshops:
  • Create a Business Model
  • Define the Business Need
  • Create a Fishbone Diagram
  • Write Business Requirements
4 - Defining a Change Strategy
  • Define change strategy
  • Gap analysis
  • Determining solution options
  • Enterprise readiness
  • Cultural fit
  • Operational and functional analysis
  • Impact analysis
  • Transitioning to the future state
5 - Stakeholder Analysis
  • What is a stakeholder
  • The importance of stakeholder analysis
  • Stakeholder identification
  • Stakeholder types
  • Tips/techniques for identifying analyzing stakeholders
  • Keeping track of stakeholders
  • Workshop: Identify Stakeholders
6 - Understanding & Defining Solution Scope
  • Defining solution scope
  • Techniques to use
  • Project scope versus product scope
  • Finding solution boundaries
  • What is a feature
  • Identifying key features
  • Discussion: Identifying Solution Scope
  • Workshops:
  • Draw a Context Diagram
  • Defining Scope with Features
7 - Understanding Requirements
  • What is a requirement (IEEE and IIBA definitions)
  • Project roles involved in requirements activities
  • Requirements types
  • Assumptions and constraints
  • Business rules
  • Decision tables and inference rules
  • Requirements vs. business rules
  • Requirements vs. specifications
  • Discussions:
  • Requirements
  • Business rules
  • Workshops:
  • Define a Business Rule
  • Write Requirements
8 - Business Process Modeling
  • Why do we model processes
  • What is Business Process Management
  • Using a modeling notation
  • As Is vs. To Be modeling
  • Why use BPMN
  • Basic BPM notation
  • Developing a business process model
  • Using a facilitated session
  • Business Process Modeling A case study
  • Developing a Business Process Model
  • Workshop: Create a Business Process Model
9 - Preparing for Requirements Elicitation
  • Types of elicitation techniques
  • Interviewing what and why
  • Preparing for an effective interview
  • Selecting the right interviewees
  • Types of questions to ask
  • Sequencing of questions
  • Discussion: Elicitation Techniques You Have Used
  • Workshop: Planning for an Interview
10 - Elicitation using Interviews and Workshops
  • Conduct the Interview
  • Establishing rapport with stakeholders
  • Active listening and listening styles
  • Workshops and getting the right people
  • The role of the facilitator
  • The brainstorming technique
  • Decision rules and reaching consensus
  • Avoiding Groupthink
  • Encouraging participation
  • Managing meetings and conflict
  • Workshop: Conduct an Interview
11 - Confirming Elicitation Results
  • Defining requirements analysis
  • Prioritizing requirements (MoSCoW, Timeboxing, Voting, etc.)
  • Documenting requirements
  • Other uses for specifications and models
  • Unified Modeling Language (UML©)
  • Explaining user stories
  • The traceability matrix
  • Communicating requirements
  • Workshop:
  • Analyzing Requirements
  • Identifying User Stories
  • Tracing Requirements
  • Obtaining Approval
12 - Analyzing Requirements with Use Cases
  • What is an actor
  • Types of actors
  • Defining actors
  • Locating use cases
  • Use case diagrams
  • Use case tips
  • Defining and identifying scenarios
  • Parts of a use case
  • Defining primary, secondary actors and pre and post conditions
  • Best practices for writing use cases
  • Template: Use Case Specification
  • Workshop:
  • Drawing a Use Case Diagram
  • Write the Main Success Scenario
  • Documenting Requirements
  • Scenarios and flows
  • Alternate and exception flows
  • Alternate scenario post conditions
  • Guidelines for Alternate flows
  • Examples of alternate and exception flows
  • Workshop: Writing Alternate and Exception Flows
13 - Documenting Requirements
  • How requirements relate to use cases
  • Writing Non-Functional requirements
  • User Interface Requirements
  • Reporting requirements
  • Data requirements
  • Data accessibility requirements
  • Business requirements document (BRD)
  • BRD vs the Functional Requirements
  • Verifying Requirements
  • Quality attributes
  • Purpose of the requirements package
  • BA Deliverables across knowledge areas/domains
  • Planning BA deliverables
  • Workshops:
  • Develop a User Interface
  • Verifying Requirements
14 - Managing and Communicating Business Analysis Information
  • Business analysis communication
  • The business analysts role in communication
  • Forms of communication
  • 7Cs of communication
  • Symptoms of information overload
  • Information mapping
  • Presentation and common elements
  • Requirements walkthroughs
  • Conflict and issue management
  • Conflict resolution techniques
15 - Evaluating the Solution
  • Understanding solution evaluation
  • Verification vs. validation
  • Timing of solution evaluation
  • Planning solution evaluation
  • Performing solution evaluation
  • Using existing metrics
  • Evaluating long term performance
  • Qualitative vs. Quantitative measures
  • Tools and techniques used in solution evaluation
  • Comparing expected vs. actuals
  • When variances occur
  • Proposing recommendations to address variances
  • Communicating evaluation results
16 - Additional Resources
  • Helpful links for obtaining additional business analysis information
Additional course details:

Nexus Humans Foundations of Business Analysis training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward.

This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts.

Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success.

While we feel this is the best course for the Foundations of Business Analysis course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you.

Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

FAQ for the Foundations of Business Analysis Course

Available Delivery Options for the Foundations of Business Analysis training.
  • Live Instructor Led Classroom Online (Live Online)
  • Traditional Instructor Led Classroom (TILT/ILT)
  • Delivery at your offices in London or anywhere in the UK
  • Private dedicated course as works for your staff.
How many CPD hours does the Foundations of Business Analysis training provide?

The 4 day. Foundations of Business Analysis training course give you up to 24 CPD hours/structured learning hours. If you need a letter or certificate in a particular format for your association, organisation or professional body please just ask.

Is the Foundations of Business Analysis training appropriate for someone learning to use Business Analysis in a professional environment?

Yes the Foundations of Business Analysis is appropriate for someone looking to use Business Analysis in a professional workspace or environment. But do make sure to note any prerequisites, read the course outline to ensure it is the right fit for you or your teams requirements and preferences.

What is the correct audience for the Foundations of Business Analysis training?

Full Student Guide and supplement student workbook of templates and exercises

Do you provide training for the Foundations of Business Analysis.

Yes we provide corporate training, dedicated training and closed classes for the Foundations of Business Analysis. This can take place anywhere in Ireland including, Dublin, Cork, Galway, Northern Ireland or live online allowing you to have your teams from across Ireland or further afield to attend a single training event saving travel and delivery expenses.

What is the duration of the Foundations of Business Analysis program.

The Foundations of Business Analysis training takes place over 4 day(s), with each day lasting approximately 8 hours including small and lunch breaks to ensure that the delegates get the most out of the day.

Why are Nexus Human the best provider for the Foundations of Business Analysis?
Nexus Human are recognised as one of the best training companies as they and their trainers have won and hold many awards and titles including having previously won the Small Firms Best Trainer award, national training partner of the year for Ireland on multiple occasions, having trainers in the global top 30 instructor awards in 2012, 2019 and 2021. Nexus Human has also been nominated for the Tech Excellence awards multiple times. Learning Performance institute (LPI) external training provider sponsor 2024.
Is there a discount code for the Foundations of Business Analysis training.

Yes, the discount code PENPAL5 is currently available for the Foundations of Business Analysis training. Other discount codes may also be available but only one discount code or special offer can be used for each booking. This discount code is available for companies and individuals.

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