  
International Business Analysis Bootcamp
 
In this intensive five day training course you will get acquainted with the full scope of the business analysis discipline and you will acquire practical skills in the requirements analysis domain. Business Analysis is about the (re)arranging of business processes in such a way that these processes support the objectives of the organization. This means that the needs of the business should be recognized, and that these needs should be translated toward workable solutions and an implementation approach for these.
The boot camp starts with a thorough introduction to the BA domain by means of knowledge transfer and exercises based on practical cases. In the next part you will learn how to deal with requirements and how establish requirements for a solution to a business problem. You will gain insight in the requirements management process and you will learn how to prepare different types of requirements. In addition, you will discover the importance of formulating SMART.
Course Details
General Information
- Language: English
- Material: English
- Duration: 5 days
- Instructor Led Course
Learning objectives
Upon the completion of the Business Analyse & Requirements Boot Camp the participant will have an insight in:
- the role of the business analyst and the BA approach
- the skills that are needed to collaborate with senior staff of the ‘Business’ in order to analyze the needs of the ‘Business'
- modeling business processes
- investigating business problems, crafting creative solutions and advising about these
Furthermore the participant will be able to:
- to express what requirements are
- to execute the requirements process
- to identify requirements
- to distinguish different types of requirements
- to identify stakeholders
- to deal with changing requirements
- to position the requirements process in the (system)development process
- to apply different techniques to identify requirements such as workshops, interviews, reuse, etc.
- to determine the appropriate level of detail of requirements
- to express the importance of concepts such as traceability, impact analysis, prototyping, workshops and quality in relation to requirements
Target audience
Intended audience for this boot camp are (prospective) business analysts.
Training content
The following topics are covered at an introductory level in the first part of the training:
- Rationale: business change lifecycle, Business Analyst role and BA approach
- Strategic Analysis in Context
- Project discipline for BA
- Understanding the situation/issues: stakeholder analysis, investigative techniques, representation of the business situation
- Business perspectives
- Analyzing and modeling business activities
- Identifying potential solutions
- Creating and presenting the business case
- Accepting the business case: user acceptance testing, managing the implementation of change, realizing business benefits
- Case Study: a simulated business analysis assignment
In the second part of the training topics related to requirements analysis are covered and practiced more in-depth. The following subjects are addressed:
- Introduction requirements
- The requirements engineering process
- Positioning of requirements analysis in the development process
- Various types of requirements
- Functional requirements
- Non-functional requirements
- Quality of requirements
- Prioritizing requirements
- Requirements and budgeting
- Change and configuration management
- Tools.
Entry level
Participant are expected to have business experience; it is advisable to also have some knowledge of systems development.
Pricing 2012
EU 2745,- ex. taxes.
Schedule 2012
- Week 7 2012 = Belgium
- Week 9 2012 = Germany
- Week 11 2012 = Sweden
- Week 13 2012 = United Kingdom
- Week 15 2012 = United States
- Week 17 2012 = France
To enroll to this international Bootcamp or for more information, please contact our Customer Service.
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