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Introduction to Business Analysis Training: Defining Successful

Projects
Level: Foundation

RATING: 4.70/5 Based on 306 Reviews

This Introduction to Business Analysis training course provides the essentials of the business analysis process, incorporating industry
best practices from IIBA®, BCS, and Project Management. Through interactive workshops you will conduct a business needs analysis to
elicit stakeholder requirements, apply business analysis techniques to identify key problems and potential opportunities in your
enterprise and create effective requirements and communication plans. Improve your analytical competencies by analyzing and
specifying requirements using industry best practices in this Introduction to Business Analysis course.

Key Features of this Introduction to Business Analysis Training:


After-course instructor coaching benefit
Learning Tree end-of-course exam included

You Will Learn How To:


Perform external and internal analysis to understand the pressures on the business and root cause of a problem
Write clear requirements for formal and Agile projects
Create UML models and diagrams to analyze requirements
Perform strategy analysis to understand your organization's business landscape
Develop user stories and use cases

Choose the Training Solution That Best Fits Your Individual Needs or Organizational
Goals
Live, Instructor-Led - In Class & Live, Online Training
PRODUCT #211 - $2295
3-day instructor-led training course
After-course instructor coaching benefit
Learning Tree end-of-course exam included
Earn 17 NASBA credits (live, in-class training only)

Training At Your Site - Team Training


PRODUCT #211 - $2295
Bring this or any training to your organization
Full - scale program development
Delivered when, where, and how you want it
Blended learning models
Tailored content
Expert team coaching

In Class & Live, Online Training

Introduction to Business Analysis Course Information


Course Description
In this 3-day Introduction to Business Analysis course, you will learn how to apply a core business analysis framework through
interactive workshops.
Introduction to Business Analysis Course Outline
Defining Business Analysis
Overview of the business analysis discipline
What is business analysis?
The scope of the business analyst’s work
Responsibilities of the business analyst
Introducing the business analysis process
From strategy analysis to requirements engineering
Best practices used throughout the business analysis process

Performing Strategic Analysis


Introducing strategy analysis
Identifying strategic context
Performing root cause analysis
Internal analysis
Responding to business challenges through internal analysis
Identifying your key stakeholders
Clarifying the organizational mission using MOST
External analysis
Optimizing organizational flexibility using external analysis
Investigating competitive pressures using Porter’s Five Forces
Analyzing the business landscape using PESTLE

Analyzing and Managing Your Stakeholders


Identifying your stakeholders
The stakeholder wheel and identification matrix
Creating stakeholder personas
Analyzing your stakeholders
Examining stakeholder impact for your project
Evaluating stakeholder attitude towards your project
Placing your stakeholder in the organizational hierarchy using STOP
Developing action-oriented business initiatives to address business needs and opportunities
Managing your stakeholders
Interacting with your stakeholders
Creating a stakeholder communication plan
Assessing your stakeholders

Defining the Solution


Exploring business and technical options
Forming scope from business goals and objectives
Writing the business requirements
Developing criteria and solutions
Making use of affinity diagrams to elicit high-level criteria
Comparing evaluation techniques

Making the Business Case


The structure of the business case
Creating a pyramid of information
Using customer-focused persuasion
Analyzing costs and benefits
Categories of costs and benefits
Identifying tangible and intangible costs and benefits
Investment appraisal using a cash flow forecast
Evaluating risk and impact

The Requirements Engineering Framework


Defining requirements
The cost of poor requirements
Distinguishing between functional and non-functional requirements
Key sources of requirements
Planning the requirements communication process
Addressing common pitfalls typically encountered during requirements development
Actors in the requirements engineering process
Dealing with tacit and explicit knowledge
Developing the requirements document
Building the requirements list
Applying requirements filters
Developing well-formed requirements

Establishing the Requirements


The elicitation process
Elicitation tools and techniques
Guidelines and checklists
Eliciting the requirements
Conducting effective interviews and workshops
Deploying observation techniques
Getting user feedback by using prototypes
Analyzing the situation using visualization techniques
Spotting non-functional requirements using quantitative analysis

Analyzing the Requirements


Organizing and prioritizing requirements
Arranging requirements by focus
Gap analysis techniques
Employing modeling techniques
Modeling the business context
Shaping the business processes
Inspecting the requirements

Writing the Requirements Documentation


Creating formal requirements documentation
Structuring a standard functional requirement
Structuring a standard non-functional requirement
Creating agile requirements documentation
Developing and splitting user stories
Crafting, and elaborating on, use cases
Validating the requirements
Stakeholders and their areas of concern
Types of validation
Managing the written requirements
Dealing with changing requirements
Sources of requirements change
Components of requirements management

Presenting the Business Solution


Delivering the requirements
Transferring the business solution
Supporting developmental activities

Team Training

Introduction to Business Analysis Training FAQs


Will I learn the essentials of business analysis in this introductory course?
You will improve your analytical competencies by learning to apply a core business analysis framework by gathering and
stakeholder management, allowing you to make a business case, providing solutions and valid outcomes.

How many CDUs/PDUs does this introduction to business analysis provide?


Business Analysis Introduction: Defining Successful Projects will give you 17 PDUs.

Can I gain this introduction to business analysis online?


Yes! We know your busy work schedule may prevent you from getting to one of our classrooms which is why we offer convenient
online training to meet your needs wherever you want, including online training.

Schedule of events
In the Classroom — OR — Live, Online
Tuition — Standard: $2295 Government: $2295
Jul 8 - 10 Online (AnyWare)** (3 Days)
Aug 5 - 7 Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)
Aug 19 - 21 Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)
Sep 16 - 18 Ottawa / Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)
Oct 14 - 16 Washington, DC / Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)
Nov 11 - 13 San Francisco / Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)
Jan 6 - 8 Atlanta / Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)
Jan 6 - 8 Boston / Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)
Jan 6 - 8 Philadelphia / Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)
Jan 6 - 8 Herndon, VA / Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)
Jan 27 - 29 Seattle / Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)
Feb 17 - 19 New York / Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)
Mar 17 - 19 Ottawa / Online (AnyWare) (3 Days)

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