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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Foundations of Business Analysis

  • Defining Business Analysis
  • Duties and scope of a Business Analyst
  • Career trajectories and professional certifications for BAs

Navigating the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

  • Summary of SDLC methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid)
  • The BA's contribution throughout the SDLC
  • Collaboration with developers, testers, and stakeholders

The BABOK Framework Explained

  • Overview of BABOK and its publisher
  • Key knowledge areas and foundational concepts
  • Practical application of BABOK in live projects

Classifying and Documenting Requirements

  • Distinguishing functional from non-functional requirements
  • Drafting clear and verifiable requirements
  • Utilizing templates and recommended practices

Strategies for Eliciting Requirements

  • Conducting stakeholder interviews and surveys
  • Running facilitated workshops and brainstorming sessions
  • Employing observation, document review, and prototyping

Validating and Tracking Requirements

  • Reviewing and confirming requirements with stakeholders
  • Overseeing requirement changes
  • Utilizing traceability matrices and linking use cases

Hands-on Activities and Simulation

  • Mimicked elicitation sessions
  • Drafting a model requirements document
  • Group-based feedback and iterative improvement

Recap and Future Directions

Requirements

  • Familiarity with fundamental business processes
  • Curiosity regarding IT projects and stakeholder engagement
  • Previous experience in business analysis is not necessary

Target Audience

  • Emerging or prospective business analysts
  • Project team members moving into analytical positions
  • Professionals engaged in requirements collection or documentation

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