Business Analysis Foundations

Price
$1,195.00 USD

Duration
2 Days

 

Delivery Methods
Virtual Instructor Led
Private Group

Course Overview

This course provides you with the foundational business analysis skills you need to elevate your value proposition to your stakeholders and organization. You will learn how to help your business clients articulate their business problem or opportunity, plan business analysis activities, as well as learn the basics of eliciting, analyzing, documenting, managing, and communicating requirements throughout the life cycle of an initiative. These foundational skills will enable you to contribute significantly to the success of your organization’s projects.

This course has been approved for 14 PDUs and 14 CDUs.

Course Objectives

  • Understand the 5 different types of requirements
  • Increase project success by better defining the business need
  • Ensure optimal productivity by learning how to plan requirement efforts
  • Identify and analyze stakeholders
  • Document “good” requirements by writing them clearly and completely using simple templates
  • Learn how to trace and prioritize requirements to ensure they link to business value

Who Should Attend?

New business analysts, people that have project experience but have not had formal business analysis training, or experienced BAs and project managers who want a more formal and industry-standard business analysis approach will gain new skills and methods from this course.
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  • Interactive classroom participation: Our virtual training includes live lectures, demonstrations and virtual labs that allow you to participate in discussions with your instructor and fellow classmates to get real-time feedback.
  • Post Class Resources: Review your class content, catch up on any material you may have missed or perfect your new skills with access to resources after your course is complete.
  • Private Group Training: Let our world-class instructors deliver exclusive training courses just for your employees. Our private group training is designed to promote your team’s shared growth and skill development.
  • Tailored Training Solutions: Our subject matter experts can customize the class to specifically address the unique goals of your team.

Learning Credits: Learning Credits can be purchased well in advance of your training date to avoid having to commit to specific courses or dates. Learning Credits allow you to secure your training budget for an entire year while eliminating the administrative headache of paying for individual classes. They can also be redeemed for a full year from the date of purchase. If you have previously purchased a Learning Credit agreement with New Horizons, you may use a portion of your agreement to pay for this class.

If you have questions about Learning Credits, please contact your Account Manager.

Course Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Agenda

Business analysis Overview

  • Business analysis defined
  • Business analyst role
  • Business analysis framework
  • Business analysis competencies

Requirements Overview

  • Requirements defined
  • 5 types of requirements
  • Requirements alignment
  • Requirements or design

Business Rules Overview

  • Business rules defined
  • Business rules examples
  • Requirements vs. business rules

Define the Business Need

  • Identify and document the business need
  • Business need questions
  • Determine the business requirements

Determine the Business Requirements

  • Business goals vs objectives
  • Documenting business goals and objectives
  • Business requirements questions

Plan for Business Analysis

  • Business analysis planning considerations
  • Plan BA approach
  • Identify stakeholders
  • Plan stakeholder communication
  • Plan BA activities and techniques

Elicit Requirements

  • Elicitation framework
  • Common elicitation techniques
  • Types of questions to ask
  • Document and confirm results

Analyze, Document and Model Requirements

  • Characteristics of a good requirement
  • Documenting requirements
  • Packaged software considerations
  • Validation and verification checklists
  • Requirements modeling overview

Manage Requirements

  • Requirements management activities
  • Trace & prioritize requirements
  • Review & approve requirements
  • Assess requirement changes
  • Maintain req. documentation

Evaluate Solution or Solution Component

  • Evaluate solution overview
 

Upcoming Class Dates and Times

Jan 6,7
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
ENROLL $1,195.00 USD
Feb 3,4
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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Mar 10,11
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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Apr 14,15
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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May 12,13
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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Jun 16,17
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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Jul 21,22
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
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Aug 18,19
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
ENROLL $1,195.00 USD
Sep 22,23
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
ENROLL $1,195.00 USD
Oct 27,28
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM
ENROLL $1,195.00 USD
 



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