We took all 9 days of our Business Analysis Certificate program and combined them into a fast-paced 4-day Business Analysis Boot Camp. This course is perfect for Business Analysts that want to development their skills quickly.

This course explores the foundational aspects of Business Analysis from the following five courses: Introduction to Business Analysis Scope and Elicitation, Analyzing Requirements, Supporting and Managing Requirements, and Business Analysis Planning and Estimating.  

Course Length: 4 days

Type: Virtual - This course is virtual using the Zoom platform.

CDU/PDU: Earn 28 CDU/PDU for both IIBA and PMI certification

Prerequisites: Some experience with Business Analysis will be helpful, but it is not required.

What We Cover

Business Analysis Boot Camp Objectives

• Identify the roles and responsibilities of the Business Analyst

• Compare the BA role to other project roles

• Understand how business analysis works in both IT and business environments

• Understand the benefits and value of Business Analysis

• Understand the competencies of a Business Analyst

• Understand the high-level process of Business Analysis

• Understand general expectation of the Business Analyst role

Business Analysis Boot Camp Course Topics

• Introduction to Business Analysis

• Key business analysis terms, activities and general overview of business analysis

• Key business analysis activities, deliverables and techniques

• The breadth of business analysis from the business to IT projects

• Benefits of Business Analysis

• Barriers to Business Analysis

• BA Competencies

• BA Career Path

• Requirements defined and their classifications

• Methodologies/approaches to business analysis

• Comparing business analysis to other roles and where they overlap

• Trends in business analysis

• Overview of the IIBA BABOK and how it relates to Business Analysis and your training

• A high-level understanding of requirements, business rules, process, data, interfaces, interactions, scope

Business Analysis Scope and Elicitation Objectives

• Understand solution and product scope are and why they are needed for solutions

• Understand and practice Business Analysis scope modeling

• Learn and practice several elicitation techniques

• Understand the process for elicitation

• Learn what techniques work better in certain situations

• Understand team dynamics and how it plays a part in elicitation

Business Analysis Scope and Elicitation Course Topics

• Understanding the differences of project and product scope

• The process of solution scoping

• Several techniques and models for solution scoping

• Breaking down the scope to drive elicitation efforts

• The process of elicitation

• Elicitation in different approaches – Agile, Waterfall, Incremental

• The role team dynamics play in elicitation

• Learn 17 elicitation techniques

• Practice elicitation techniques and understand how they support future business analysis efforts

• When to use each technique and why

Analyzing Requirements Objectives

• Understand the importance of modeling and analyzing requirements

• Understand and practice different types of modeling including: process, data, interface and interaction

• Learn when and why to model

• Understand impacts to modeling based on stakeholder preferences and needs

• Understand progressive elaboration of requirements and what the right level of detail to model is

Analyzing Requirements Course Topics

• Process modeling (Process Maps, Swim Lanes)

• Data modeling (Data Matrix, ERD, Class Diagram, Data Mining)

• Interface modeling (Prototypes, Mockups, Wireframes, Storyboards)

• Interaction modeling (Use Cases, SIPOC)

• Business rules analysis in modeling

• Tying models back to scope modeling

• Levels of detail and abstraction in modeling

• Modeling based on approach (Agile, Waterfall, Incremental)

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