Learn the fundementals of Business Analysis

Overview

The Business Analysis Essentials Workshop is designed to be a distilled view of the fundamental aspects of Business Analysis. It will provide a simple framework, and help you understand the involvement and activities of Business Analysis throughout a project lifecycle. The workshop will take a Business Analysis's run through a typical project lifecycle and periodically stop to dwell upon some of the important areas that can affect the success of a project. It will allow you to understand and develop the different activities, techniques, skills and styles that are used in Business Analysis.

Workshop Outline

• Before you start
• What is Business Analysis
• What will you need before you start
• The Requirements lifecycle

Understanding the requirements

• Sources of information
• Functional requirements
• Non-functional requirements
• External interfaces
• Development, delivery and business change requirements

The Functional Definition

• Solution/system definition
• User interfaces
• External interfaces
• Data definition
• Non-functional requirements
• Other activities for a Business Analyst

Techniques, skills & styles

• Methods of capturing the requirements
• Documenting the requirements, e.g. Use Cases
• Interviewing, meetings, workshops & communicating
• Traceability
• Quality controls

Workshop objectives

To provide a simple and concise view - the distilled view - of key things to successful Business Analysis
To provide a framework for Business Analysis helping to identify your activities for any project
To provide a variety of techniques to obtain, document and communicate the requirements and solution to the business

Who is this for?

For those with and without business analysis experience wishing to further develop their understanding, knowledge and skills in Business Analysis.
For business analysis's, business managers, project managers and project team members alike.