Business Analysis for the IT Professional (Live Online)

The business analyst role has evolved from that of a business procedures analyst to that of a business liaison between the non-technical user community and the technical solution providers. This course provides proactive, introductory coverage of the knowledge and skills essential to business analysts today and the foreseeable future.This IT Business Skills Series course does not follow the intensive hands-on lab methodology that is used in our traditional system administrator or developer classes. Our IT Business Skills classes have less of a hands-on component and more of a lecture/presentation style delivery.Who should attendNew business analystsExperienced business analysts looking to update their skills and understanding of their roleProject managers who incorporate business analysis roles in their projectsManagers that have business analysts on their staffIndividuals with a general understanding of database concepts and programming and systems developmentWhat you will accomplishDescribe the relation between projects and processesDescribe three major project development methodologiesDiscuss the basics of enterprise analysis and its impact on project selectionLearn the communications processes and how they can impact project requirementsDetermine each participant’s communications style (BEST profile) and how that understanding can help in eliciting requirementsGather and document user requirements using the following techniquesInterviewsCollaborative sessionsPrototypingUsing the Work Breakdown StructureUse case basicsBusiness process analysisModeling the businessFundamentals of Process ModelingRequirements validation through Data ModelingTesting fundamentals and quality assuranceCourse Outline:OverviewRequirements GatheringModelingFundamentals of testingTemplatesPractical Application Sessions