Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction

    • Introduction
  • 2

    Role of Business Analyst

    • Role Of Business Analysts

    • Role and Responsibilities of Business Analysts

    • Changing Role Of Business Analyst

    • Different Business Analyst Roles

    • Responsibilities Of Business Analyst And Project Manager
  • 3

    Business Analysis Book Of Knowledge (BABOK)

    • Introduction To Babok 2.0

    • Business Analysis Body Of Knowledge 2.0 Requirements

    • Requirements Schema

    • Solution Requirement

    • Transition Requirements
  • 4

    Knowledge Areas

    • Knowledge Areas

    • Tasks, Inputs, Outputs, Elements, Techniques

    • Underlying Competencies

    • Business Knowledge Areas

    • New Addition To BABOK

    • Knowledge Areas Summary
  • 5

    Exam Summary

    • Exam summary
  • 6

    Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

    • Introduction to Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

    • Plan Business Analysis Approach

    • Techniques in Business Analysis

    • Stakeholders Analysis

    • Techniques Used for Conducting Stakeholders Analysis

    • Stakeholder Profile

    • Business Analysis Activities

    • Performance Assessment

    • Stakeholders

    • Business Communication Plan

    • Plan Requirement Management Process

    • Requirement Attributes

    • Managing Business Analysis Performance

    • Organizational Maturity

    • Performance Measure

    • Understanding Outputs

    • Summary

    • Exam guide
  • 7

    Elicitation

    • Introduction to Elicitation

    • Elicitation Requirements

    • Preparation for Elicitation

    • Techniques for Elicitation

    • Focus Group And Document Analysis

    • Observation and Interface Analysis

    • How to Conduct Interface Analysis

    • Requirement Workshop

    • Questions asked during Elicitation

    • Elements in Elicitation

    • Glossary

    • Focus Group Importance

    • Documenting Elicitation Results

    • Confirming Elicitation Results

    • Application to Projects

    • Elicitation Summary
  • 8

    Requirement Management and Communication

    • Introduction to Requirement Management and Communication

    • Solution Requirements

    • Baselining technique

    • Sign off technique

    • Approved Requirements

    • Importance of Traceability

    • Requirement Management Traceability

    • Maintaining Requirements for re-use

    • Preparing Requirements Package

    • Inputs in Preparing Requirements Package

    • Requirement for Vendor Selection

    • Communicating Requirement

    • Business Analysis Communication Plan

    • Relevance to a Project

    • Exam Guide for this Chapter
  • 9

    Enterprise Analysis

    • Introduction to Enterprise Analysis

    • Defining Business Need

    • Benchmarking Technique

    • Assessing Capability Gaps

    • Assumptions in Capability

    • Determining Solution Approach

    • Decision Analysis Technique

    • Solution Scope

    • Solution Scope and Business Need

    • Business Case

    • Techniques in Business Case

    • Relevance of Enterprise Analysis to a Project

    • Enterprise Analysis Exam Guide
  • 10

    Requirements Analysis

    • Introduction to Requirement Analysis

    • Task 1- Prioritize Requirements

    • Different Types of Techniques Used

    • Task 2- Organize Requirements

    • Task 3- Specify & Model Requirements

    • Techniques used in Specify & Modelling Requirements

    • Data Modelling technique

    • NFR Analysis

    • Output of Specify & Model Requirements

    • Task 4 - Define Assumptions and Constraints

    • Task 5 - Verify Requirements

    • Problem Tracking Technique

    • Validating Requirements

    • Requirement Dependencies

    • Project Analogy

    • Exam Guide for Requirement Analysis
  • 11

    Solution Assessment and Validation

    • Introduction to Solution Assessment and Validation

    • Assess Proposed Solutions

    • Techniques for Assessing Proposed Solution

    • Allocate Requirements

    • Business Rule Analysis Technique

    • Assessing Organizational Readiness

    • Acceptance and Evaluation criteria

    • Inputs in Transition Requirements

    • Output in Transition Requirements

    • Evaluating Solution Performance

    • Relevance to a Project of SAV
  • 12

    Introduction to CCBA/CBAP Exams

    • Introduction to the exams

    • What is IIBA?

    • How to fill the Application

    • Business Analysis Experience

    • Requirement Management and Communication Experience

    • Hour Calculations

    • Application Filing

    • Examination Strategy
  • 13

    9 Underlying Competencies

    • Introduction to Underlying Compentencies

    • Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving

    • Problem Solving

    • Business Knowledge

    • Software Knowledge

    • Importance of documentation

    • Working with Other Teams

    • Conflict Management Techniques