Duration

4 days

Overview

This 4-day course is designed to provide Business Analysts with a quick immersion in all the key knowledge areas of classic and modern Business Analysis. Through hands-on workshops and lectures, students learn and gain practical experience in business requirements gathering, data- and process modeling, structured analysis, object-oriented analysis, use cases, iterative processes and structured modeling and testing.

Audience

This course is intended for all Business Analysts who want to improve their skills in eliciting and analyzing requirements, in conducting facilitated group sessions, and in documenting their findings in a clear, understandable and unambiguous fashion. The course can be a refresher for those Bas who have been practicing for a while already or an hands-on introduction to the tools of the trade for the novice.

Prerequisites

Experience in requirements gathering, or systems analysis is desirable, but not mandatory.

Outline

The Business Analyst
What is a Business Analyst
Required Skills and Knowledge
Role within SDLC
Typical Deliverables
Eliciting Requirements

Requirement Planning & Management
Project Approach and Methodology
Strategic Planning
SWOT Analysis
Project Charter
Traceability Matrix
Change Control Process
Checklists
Guidelines for Success

Business Analysis Artifacts
Requirements Definition
Business Information Requirements
Business Process Requirements
Functional Requirements
Business Rules
Non-Functional Requirements
User Interface Requirements
Documentation

Business Information Requirements
Conceptual Model
Logical Model
Definitions
Advanced Modeling Concepts

Business Process Requirements
Essential Processes
Functional Decomposition
Use Case Framework
Elementary Use Case
Actors and Triggers
Business Results
Information Flow
Information Processing
Dependency Analysis
Interaction Analysis
Life Cycle Analysis

Requirements and Software Testing
User Acceptance Testing
Test Planning
Test Design
Test Development
Test Execution and Validation

Requirements and Solution Design
System Architecture
Prototyping
User Interface
System Interface
Outside Vendors

Additional Useful Techniques

Templates


For more training information, please call Sterlink at 416-859-6470 or
E-mail us at info@sterlink.ca