Business Analysis Within a Project Environment
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Business Analysis Within a Project Environment Course
Introduction:
In today's fast-paced and complex organizational landscape, it is crucial for managers to constantly improve their skills to maximize their effectiveness. This course offers valuable insights on: Understanding and applying the best practices in business analysis. Conducting thorough business-needs analysis to gather stakeholder requirements. Using a variety of methods, tools, and techniques to identify and address issues and opportunities. Developing comprehensive requirements and communication plans. Planning, managing, and executing solution assessment and validation. By participating in this course, you will gain the knowledge and competencies needed to excel in the field of business analysis.
Course Objectives:
- Understand how a business analyst acts as an intermediary managing the interests and needs of both the business/project management and IT communities
- Learn how to use a systematic approach based on “A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide)” Version 2.0 and “A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)” 5th Edition
- Understand and apply the systematic framework for conducting business analysis activities through the phases of the business analysis life cycle
- Provide best practices and theory with practical tools and techniques that can be applied immediately in your own organization
Who Should Attend?
This course is useful for anyone who needs to understand or apply knowledge and skills from the business analysis discipline.
- Project managers who want to better understand the role of business analysis and business analysts within a project
- Business analysts who want to develop their ability to contribute to a project
- Project personnel and stakeholders seeking to advance their careers who desire to strengthen their professional abilities including:
- Functional managers
- Developers and testers
- Systems analysts
Course Outlines:
This course covers the essential skills that are necessary for the effective contribution from the business analysis discipline to a project. The Course begins with the consideration of business analysis skills within a project context. It then moves to consider tools for requirements analysis and the critical skills that are needed for an effective business analyst, including prioritization, analytical thinking and conflict resolution.
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
- Business Analysis and Project Management contexts
- Key Concepts and Knowledge Areas
- Introduction to Tasks and Techniques
- Sources of Business Analysis Information
- Business Analysis as part of a Project Plan
- Identify, analyze and communicate with relevant Project Stakeholders
- Determining activities, deliverables, resources and measures
- Define how to approve requirements and manage scope changes
- How to track, assess, and report on the quality of work
Requirements Elicitation Management & Communication
- How to ensure requirements are clear, correct and consistent
- How to draw information out of stakeholders
- Recording and confirming the information provided by stakeholders
- Managing Stakeholder Consensus for Scope & Requirements
- Manage objectives, requirements, deliverables, & components relationships
- Manage post-implementation knowledge of requirements
- Ensure requirements are understood, and usable, by stakeholders
- Managing productive workshops and making effective presentations
Enterprise Analysis & Requirements Analysis
- Identify and define why organizational change is required
- Identifying Needs for New Capabilities
- Defining solution scope and prepare the business case
- Does the Business Case justify the investment required to deliver the proposed solution
- Prioritizing and Organizing Requirements
- Specifying and Modelling Requirements
- Defining Assumptions and Constraints
- Verifying and Validating Requirements
- Solution Assessment & Validation
Developing Business Analysis and Project Capabilities
- Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
- Behavioral Characteristics
- Business Knowledge
- Communication Skills
- Interaction and Conflict Resolution Skills
- Risk, responsibility, and skills analyses
- Time Management
- Case Study
Business Analysis and Project Management
- Project Scope, Schedule and Metrics
- Team Development
- Power and Influence
- Business Analysis in a Project Environment
- Personal Planning
- Commitment to Action