Business Analysis Essentials - BA00 ( 1 Day )
Price: $600.00
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Abstract/Overview
This course is a fast-paced introduction to the skills and activities involved in understanding and documenting good Business Requirements. Participants are introduced to formal methods of gathering, analyzing and presenting business requirements, data and processes. Emphasis is placed on understanding the business needs, communicating them clearly, and verifying their accuracy and completeness.
Audience - Who Should Attend?
The course is intended for Business Analysts and anyone responsible for understanding and communicating business requirements.
Prerequisite
A general understanding of computer systems and the systems development process is necessary.
Objective
At the end of the course, students will:
- Be aware of where business analysis fits within the development lifecycle
- Know that a methodical approach leads to clear and unambiguous requirements
- Understand the benefit of a project charter as a starting point for business analysis
- Understand the purpose and characteristics of a business requirement
- Appreciate the impact of requirements quality on design and testing activities
- See the value of presenting requirements, and an analysis of them, in a business requirements document
- Understand the relationships between business requirements and models
- Be able to do essential analysis modeling of processes and data
- Understand the need for rigorous testing of requirements
Content
Gathering Requirements
- Gathering Requirements
- Documenting What You Discover
Analyzing Requirements
- Business Analysis Process
· Process Modeling
· Use Cases
· Data Analysis
- Functional Requirements
- Non-Functional Requirements
- Business Rules
- Current Systems Analysis
- Gap Analysis
Communicating Requirements
- Business Requirements document (BRD)
- System Requirement Specification (SRS)
- Requirements vs. Solutions
Using Requirements
- Who Needs Requirements
- Requirements for Design
- Requirements for Testing
- Requirements Forever
Course Schedule
| Start Date | Location | Class Code | Duration (days) |
| Fri, Nov 19 2010 | Ottawa | P36091 | 1 |
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