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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Foundations of Business Analysis

  • Defining Business Analysis
  • Core roles and obligations of a Business Analyst
  • Career trajectories and professional certifications for BAs

Grasping the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

  • Survey of SDLC methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid)
  • The BA's involvement throughout the SDLC
  • Collaboration with developers, QA specialists, and stakeholders

Introduction to the BABOK Framework

  • What is BABOK and its governing body?
  • Key knowledge areas and fundamental concepts
  • Integrating BABOK into practical projects

Categorizing and Documenting Requirements

  • Distinguishing between functional and non-functional requirements
  • Drafting clear, testable requirement statements
  • Leveraging templates and established best practices

Methods for Gathering Requirements

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

Verifying and Tracking Requirements

  • Reviewing and validating requirements with stakeholders
  • Oversight of requirement changes
  • Establishing traceability matrices and use case connections

Hands-On Activities and Simulation

  • Mock elicitation sessions
  • Drafting a sample requirements specification
  • Team review and iterative improvement

Conclusion and Future Directions

Requirements

  • Familiarity with fundamental business workflows
  • Curiosity regarding IT initiatives and stakeholder engagement
  • No previous experience in business analysis is necessary

Target Audience

  • Emerging or prospective business analysts
  • Project team members moving into analytical positions
  • Professionals responsible for requirements capture or documentation

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