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Foundation in Business Analysis
30 Hours
Online Instructor-led Training
USD 2800
About this Course
Course Overview
The Foundation in Business Analysis course introduces a broad range of techniques within the structure of the business analysis process model. It forms an excellent introduction to business analysis, providing participants with knowledge that underpins the Practitioner level BCS BA qualifications. Key areas covered include:
- Examination of the competencies of a Business Analyst
- Strategy Analysis
- Investigation techniques
- Stakeholder analysis and management
- Modelling business systems and processes
- Requirements engineering
- Making a business and financial case
This is a Foundation in Business Analysis course by Uplatz.
Foundation in Business Analysis
Course Details & Curriculum
Introduction to business analysis
- The rationale for business analysis
- The development of business analysis
- The scope of business analysis
- The responsibilities of a business analyst
Competencies of the business analyst
- The Business Analysis Maturity Model
- The competencies of a business analyst
Business strategy analysis
- The strategic context
- Strategic analysis techniques
- SWOT analysis
- Implementing strategy
The Business Analysis Process Model
- The lifecycle for business analysis
- Creative problem-solving approach
- Stages of the process model
- Deliverables and techniques for each stage
Investigation techniques
- Interviewing and workshops
- Observation approaches
- Scenarios and prototyping
- Quantitative investigation techniques
- Documenting the business situation
Stakeholder analysis and management
- Categorising stakeholders
- Analysing stakeholders
- Stakeholder management
Modelling the business system
- Soft systems methodology
- Documenting business situations
- Business perspectives
- Business activity models
- Business events and business rules
- Performance measures
- Gap analysis
Modelling business processes
- Organisational view of processes
- Value chain and value propositions
- Business process modelling techniques
- Improving business processes
Gathering the requirements
- Requirements engineering framework
- Actors in requirements engineering
- Requirements elicitation
- Requirements analysis
- Requirements validation
Documenting and managing requirements
- The requirements document
- The requirements catalogue
- Types of requirement
- Managing requirements
Modelling requirements
- Modelling functionality
- Modelling data
Delivering the requirements
- Delivering the solution
- Delivery lifecycles - waterfall, V model, incremental, iterative
Making a business and financial case
- The business case in the project lifecycle
- Identifying options
- Assessing feasibility
- Structure of a business case
- Investment appraisal techniques
- Realising the benefits
Implementing business change
- The change management process
- The emotional impact of change