Business Analysis Essentials

This boot camp-style course will help you to gain the foundational skills to perform the role of a business analyst (BA) in both waterfall and agile environments. You will learn how to plan business analysis activities; as well as the basics of eliciting, analyzing, modeling, and writing requirements. Learn how to verify and validate product requirements, gain approval, and manage the requirements through the life cycle of the project. Understand the BA role in the design, development, and testing phases of a project. Gain new perspectives through hands-on, interactive group activities led by subject matter experts. Enhance your experience through videos, discussions, and reflections. Get tools, templates, and samples to continue your learning and practice after class.

This course is aligned to the requirements management and business analysis principles outlined by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) and Project Management Institute (PMI).

Students pursuing a university-recognized and/or accredited certificate in Canada or continuing education units in the US must attend at least 90 percent of class time, participate in class exercises and section-knowledge checks, and score at least 70 percent on an end-of-class, multiple-choice assessment.

What You'll Learn

• Identification of stakeholders and other sources of requirements
• Planning of business analysis activities
• Elicitation techniques (interviewing, requirements workshops, observation)
• Modeling techniques (swimlane diagrams, use case diagrams, location models, and organization models)
• Requirements verification and validation
• Determining the impact of a proposed change
• Evaluating and critiquing a set of test cases

Who Needs to Attend

• Systems, business, and requirements analysts
• Developers
• Software engineers
• IT project managers
• Project managers who supervise business analysts and are responsible for business analysis activities, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, program managers, testers, and QA specialists