18 Business Case Development courses delivered Live Online

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for intermediate business and requirements analysts who are looking to improve their business case development and presentation skills. This course is also a great fit for project managers and product owners who work closely with business analysts or who perform some form of business case work themselves. Overview Understand the role of the business analyst within the business case process Understand the main professional associations and standards that support business analysts in the industry Discuss the benefits of business case creation Explore how to define the business need Describe the role of the business analyst in supporting the enterprise to determine how to optimally invest in the right project initiatives Explain how to identify stakeholders and the significance to the pre-project activities Discuss the importance of analyzing the enterprise Describe and explore the activities performed to assess the current business environment Explain how a business analyst describes a ?future? state environment including how to identify gaps in enterprise capabilities Present and explore how to define the scope of a solution Describe the activities performed and techniques used to determine viable solution options Explore various techniques for evaluating solution options including feasibility and risk analysis Thoroughly understand the purpose of conducting a feasibility assessment Discuss and practice a number of business analysis techniques that support the business case process Explore the components of a business case Describe how the business case supports decision makers in making go/no-go decisions Demonstrate how to assemble the output from pre-project activities into a well-structured business case Present techniques for presenting business cases to top level managers and obtaining buy-in Discuss methods for preparing for challenges during business case delivery Students learn the steps to effective business case development and support your strategic business recommendations with sound budgeting and financial back-up. The one course you need to make high-impact recommendations and receive full management support for your ideas. INTRODUCTION * Module Learning Objectives * What is Business Analysis * Polling Question * International Institute of Business Analysis * BABOK© Guide Components * Project Management Institute * Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide * BABOK© Guide Knowledge Areas * Benefits of Business Analysis * Polling Question * A Business Analyst can Influence Project Success Factors * Challenges of Business Analysis * Polling Question * Purpose of a Business Case * Exercise 1a: What Should a Business Case Include * Define the Business Case Elements * What to Look Out For * Who is Involved * Exercise 1b: Review Business Case Outline * Module Learning Objectives PRE-PROJECT ACTIVITIES & THE BUSINESS ANALYST * Module Learning Objectives * The Definition of a Business Analyst * The Role of a Business Analyst * Responsibilities of a BA * BA Role vs. PM Role * Business Analysis vs. Systems Analysis * Business Analysis Competencies * Polling Question * Business Analyst Role and Stakeholders * Exercise 2a: Review the Case Study * What is a Stakeholder? * The Importance of Stakeholders * Stakeholder Identification * Tips for Identifying Stakeholders * Other Stakeholder Tips * Stakeholder Identification/Analysis * Exercise 2b: Identify Roles and Responsibilities * Stakeholder Map * Stakeholder Matrix & Onion Diagrams * A Stakeholder Map * Onion Diagram * Exercise 2c: Why do we Need to Understand the Enterprise? * Why Study the Enterprise? * What is Enterprise Architecture? * What is Strategy Analysis? * About Strategy Analysis * Purpose of Strategy Analysis * When to Perform Strategy Analysis * Strategic Planning * Module Summary THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT PROCESS * Module Learning Objectives * Business Need Defined * Define Business Need * The Needs Assessment Process * Problem or Opportunity * Exercise 3a: Problem/Opportunity Identification * Understanding Why * Situation Statements * Business Need and Current State * Determine the Stakeholders * Polling Question * Goals and Objectives * Polling Question * Exercise 3b: Give 3 Examples of Business Goals * Define Business Need Techniques * Exercise 3c: Identify the Business Need * Definition of Strategy Analysis * When Business Strategy is not Driving Project Definition * Typical Project Profile * The Executive Paradox * Solution to the Paradox * Exercise 3d: Describe 3 Outcomes You Would Expect from the Case Study * The Four ?Ares? * Understand How to Create a Business Model * Business Model Example * Exercise 3e: Create a Business Model * The Business Case Approach * Financial and Strategic Measurement Tools * Module Summary DETERMINING THE REQUIRED CAPABILITIES & DEFINING SOLUTION SCOPE * Module Learning Objectives * Business Need and Current State * Purpose of Analyzing the Current State * Analyzing Current Capabilities and Process * Capabilities Defined * Techniques for Analyzing the Current State * Define the Future State * Techniques for Defining the Future State * Assess Capability Gaps * Stakeholders Involved when Reviewing Capability Gaps * Discussion: Assessing New Capabilities * Defining Solution Scope * Determining Scope Boundary * How to Define Solution Scope * Defining Solution Scope * Project Scope and Product Scope * Scope Modeling * Techniques Used to Define Scope * Define Scope Boundaries * Modeling Scope: Context Diagram * Exercise 4a: Create a Context Diagram from the Case Study * Communicating Solution Scope to Stakeholders * Stakeholders Participating in Scope Activities * Exercise 4b: Discuss Managing Expectations * Module Summary ASSESSING FEASIBILITY & PROPOSING SOLUTION OPTIONS * Module Learning Objectives * Financial Analysis * Purpose of Financial Analysis * Costs versus Benefits * Financial Models * Timing for Assessing Financial Benefits * Risk * Assessing Risks * Risk Process * Exercise 5a: Identifying Risks * Risk Analysis * Capturing and Categorizing Risks * Risk Strategies * Tolerance for Risk * Determining Solution Options * Solution Option Process * Determining and Analyzing Solution Options * Brainstorming * Conducting an Outcomes Focused Brainstorming Session * Stakeholders Involved in Determining Solution Options * Exercise 5b: Determining Solution Options * Feasibility Analysis * Discussion: Ranking Solution Options * Discussion: Recommending the Most Viable Option * Exercise 5c: Assess the Most Viable Options * Solution Approach Definition * Exercise 5d: Review the Business Case Templates * Module Summary PACKAGING & PRESENTING THE BUSINESS CASE * Module Learning Objectives * Circumventing a Business Case * Documenting the Business Case * Value of the Business Case Process * Business Case Components * Business Case Techniques * Build a Convincing Business Case * Discussion: Identifying Decision Criteria * Exercise 6a: Supporting a Go/No Go Decision * Packaging the Business Case * Planning Business Case Delivery * Discussion: Planning Stakeholder Buy-in * Information and Communication Needs in the Business Case Process * Presenting your Business Case * Exercise 6b: Anticipating and Responding to Challenges * Module Summary COURSE WRAP UP * Course Summary * Questions * Additional Resources * Thank You * ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans BA03 - Writing Effective Business Cases training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the BA03 - Writing Effective Business Cases course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for The Foundation course is designed for individuals who want to gain an overview of Business Analysis (Business Analysts, Requirements Engineers, Product manager, Product Owner, Chief Product Owner, Service Manager, Service Owner, Project manager, Consultants) Overview Students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of business analysis principles and techniques. Key areas are: the role and competencies of a business analyst strategy analysis business system and business process modelling stakeholder analysis investigation and modelling techniques requirements engineering business case development The business analyst role analyzes, understands and manages the requirements in a customer-supplier relationship and ensures that the right products are delivered. The Foundation Seminar gives a good introduction to the spectrum of this responsibility. COURSE INTRODUCTION * Let?s Get to Know Each Other * Course Overview * Course Learning Objectives * Course Structure * Course Agenda * Introduction to Business Analysis * Structure and Benefits of Business Analysis Foundation * Exam Details * Business Analysis Certification Scheme WHAT IS BUSINESS ANALYSIS? * Intent and Context * Origins of business analysis * The development of business analysis * The scope of business analysis work * Taking a holistic approach * The role and responsibilities of the business analyst THE COMPETENCIES OF A BUSINESS ANALYST * Personal qualities * Business knowledge * Professional techniques * The development of competencies STRATEGY ANALYSIS * The context for strategy * The defiition of strategy * Strategy development * External environmental analysis * Internal invironmental analysis * SWOT analysis * Executing strategy BUSINESS ANALYSIS PROCESS MODEL * An approach to problem solving * Stages of the business analysis process model * Objectives of the process model stages * Procedures for each process model stage * Techniques used within each process model stage INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES * Interviews * Observation * Workshops * Scenarios * Prototyping * Quantitative approaches * Documenting the current situation STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT * Stakeholder categories and identification * Analysing stakeholders * Stakeholder management strategies * Managing stakeholders * Understanding stakeholder perspectives * Business activity models MODELLING BUSINESS PROCESSES * Organizational context * An altrnative view of an organization * The organizational view of business processes * Value propositions * Process models * Analysing the as-is process model * Improving business processes (to-be business process) DEFINING THE SOLUTION * Gab analysis * Introduction to Business Architecture * Definition to Business Architecture * Business Architecture techniques BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL CASE * The business case in the project lifecycle * Identifying options * Assessing project feasibility * Structure of a business case * Investment appraisal ESTABLISHING THE REQUIREMENTS * A framework for requirements engineering * Actors in requirements engineering * Requirements elicitation * Requirements analysis * Requirements validation DOCUMENTING AND MANAGING THE REQUIREMENTS * The requirements document * The requirements catalogue * Managing requirements MODELLING THE REQUIREMENTS * Modelling system functions * Modelling system data DELIVERING THE REQUIREMENTS * Delivering the solution * Context * Lifecycles DELIVERING THE BUSINESS SOLUTION * BA role in the business change lifecycle * Design stage * Implementation stage * Realization stage

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for Executives, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Business and IT stakeholders working with analysts, Quality and process engineers, technicians, corrective action coordinators or managers; supervisors, team leaders, and process operators; anyone who wants to improve their ability to solve recurring problems. Overview At the completion of this course, you should be able to: Identify the different types of tools and techniques available Apply change management successfully Review what to look for when applying business case thinking to Root Cause Analysis Develop a process to systematically approach problems Business success is dependent on effective resolution of the problems that present themselves every day. Often the same or similar problems continue causing repeated losses in time or money and your staff become experts at fixing rather than preventing the problems. Learn to find and fix root causes and develop corrective actions that will effectively eliminate or control these problems. SECTION 1: RCA FOUNDATION CONCEPTS AND OBJECTIVES * Section Learning Objectives * Discuss Definitions ? IT Perspective * Discuss What is a problem and why do they exist? * What is Root Cause? * RCA Benefits and Approaches * Event and Casual Analysis * Event and Causal Analysis: Exercise 1c Worksheet * RCA Tools for each approach * Section Summary and Conclusions SECTION 2: ENHANCE USE OF RCA TOOLS * Why use a Particular Method * Tool: Change Analysis * Change Analysis Examples * Tool: How to Resolve Conflict * Tool: 5 Why?s * Example Learning Management Problem * Tool: Cause and Effect * Tool: Fault Tree Analysis * Why do we use Fault Tree Analysis? * How does it work? * Fault Tree Diagram Symbols * Example #1 of FTA: Car Hits Object * Tool: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA) * Example: Failure Modes and Effects Analysis * Tool: Design / Application Review SECTION 3: PROBLEM RESOLUTION AND PREVENTION * Section Objectives * The Secret of Solving Problems: * -A Note about Statistical Control * -A Note about Fire Fighting * Technique: Business Process Mapping * Example: IGOE * Technique: Lean Six Sigma and DMAIC * Lean Six Sigma Benefits * Importance of Understanding the Business Process * The Business Process Mandate * Technique: Process Modeling * Graphical Notation Standard (BPMN): * -What is Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)? * -Benefits of BPMN * -Basic Components of BPMN * Technique: Business Process Maturity Model * Five Levels of Maturity SECTION 4: CAPABILITY IMPROVEMENT FOR RCA * Steps in Disciplined Problem Solving * RCA as a RCA Process * Key RCA Role Considerations * Sustainable RCA Improvement * Organizational Units * Process Area Goals, Practices * Specific and General Practices * Specific Practice Examples * Software Maturity Survey * SWOT Analysis Worksheet * Recognize the importance of the Change Management component in your RCA implementation * Using the ADKAR Model to Communicate Change * Review ADKAR© Model ? * -Awareness of the need for change * -Desire to participate and support the change * -Knowledge on how to change * -Ability to implement required skills and behaviors * -Reinforcement to sustain the change * The ADKAR Model: Reinforcement SECTION 5: COURSE SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS * Plan the Proposal and Business Case * Example: 1 Page Business Case * Resource Guide * Questions

Duration 1 Days 6 CPD hours This course is intended for Technical leaders Overview This course provides general overview of Blockchain technology and is specifically designed to answer the following questions:What is Blockchain? (What exactly is it?)Non-Technical Technology Overview (How does it work?)Benefits of Blockchain (Why should anyone consider this?)Use Cases (Where and for what apps is it appropriate?)Adoption (Who is using it and for what?)Implementation (How do I get started?)Future of Blockchain (What is its future?) This instructor-led 1 day Blockchain Architecture training is for technical leaders who need to make decisions about architecture, environment, and development platforms. WHAT IS BLOCKCHAIN? * A record keeping system * Trust * Decentralization * Trustless environment HOW DOES BLOCKCHAIN WORK? * Announcements * Blocks * Nodes * Chaining * Verification * Consensus * Scalability * Privacy * Crypto Hashing * Digital Fingerprinting * PoW vs PoS TYPES OF BLOCKCHAINS * Public vs Private * Open vs closed * Smart Contracts * Blockchain as History * Tokens / Coins * Gas HOW IS BLOCKCHAIN DIFFERENT FROM WHAT WE HAVE TODAY? * Decentralized * Peer-to-peer architecture * Software vs Firmware * Database vs Blockchain * Distributed database or other technology? * Data Sovereignty * Group Consensus WHAT ARE USE CASES FOR BLOCKCHAIN? * Use Case Examples * Currency * Banking Services * Voting * Medical Records * Supply Chain / Value Chain * Content Distribution * Verification of Software Updates (cars, planes, trains, etc) * Law Enforcement * Title and Ownership Records * Social Media and Online Credibility * Fractional asset ownership * Cable Television billing * High fault tolerance * DDoS-proof * Public or Private Blockchain? * Who are the participants? WHAT DOES A BLOCKCHAIN APP LOOK LIKE? * DApp * Resembles typical full stack web application * Any internal state changes and all transactions are written to the blockchain * Node.js * IDE * Public Blockchain visibility * Private Blockchain solutions * Oracles HOW DO I DESIGN A BLOCKCHAIN APP? * What does this solution need to let users do? * Will the proposed solution reduce or remove the problems and pain points currently felt by users? * What should this solution prevent users from doing? * Do you need a solution ready for heavy use on day 1? * Is your solution idea enhanced by the use of Blockchain? Does the use of Blockchain create a better end-user experience? If so, how? * Has your business developed custom software solutions before? * What level of support are you going to need? * How big is the developer community? * Does your vision of the future align with the project or platform's vision of the future? * Does the platform aim to make new and significant contributions to the development space, or is it an efficiency / cost play? * Should the solution be a public or private Blockchain? * Should the solution be an open or closed Blockchain? * Create a plan for contract updates and changes! * Hybrid solutions * Monetary exchanges? HOW DO I DEVELOP A BLOCKCHAIN APP? * AGILE approach pre-release * Define guiding principles up front * Software vs Firmware * Announcements, not transactions! * Classes, not contracts * Link contracts to share functions * Use calling contracts to keep contract address the same * Hyperledger vs Ethereum * CONSIDER No of Users * Avg No of Transactions (state changes) per User * Should a Blockless solution be applied? * Performance * Security * Anonymity * Security * Monolithic vs Modular * Sandwich complexity model HOW DO I TEST A BLOCKCHAIN APP? * Recommend 5x to 10x traditional application testing time * Security * Networks ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Blockchain - An Overview for Business Professionals training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Blockchain - An Overview for Business Professionals course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for application developers. Overview Describe the benefits of implementing a decision management solution with Operational Decision Manager.Identify the key user roles that are involved in designing and developing a decision management solution, and the tasks that are associated with each role.Describe the development process of building a business rule application and the collaboration between business and development teams.Set up and customize the Business Object Model (BOM) and vocabulary for rule authoring. Implement the Execution Object Model (XOM) that enables rule execution.Orchestrate rule execution through ruleflows. Author rule artifacts to implement business policies.Debug business rule applications to ensure that the implemented business logic is error-free.Set up and customize testing and simulation for business users.Package and deploy decision services to test and production environments.Integrate decision services for managed execution within an enterprise environment.Monitor and audit execution of decision services.Work with Operational Decision Manager features that support decision governance. This course introduces developers to IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.9.2. It teaches participants the concepts and skills required to design, develop, and integrate a business rule solution with Operational Decision Manager. This course begins with an overview of Operational Decision Manager, which is composed of two main environments: Decision Server for technical users and Decision Center for business users. The course outlines the collaboration between development and business teams during project development. Through instructor-led presentations and hands-on lab exercises, participants learn about the core features of Decision Server, which is the primary working environment for developers. Participants design decision services and work with the object models that are required to author and execute rule artifacts. Participants gain experience with deployment and execution, and work extensively with Rule Execution Server. In addition, students become familiar with rule authoring so that you can support business users to set up and customize the rule authoring and validation environments. Participants also learn how to use Operational Decision Manager features to support decision governance. INTRODUCING IBM OPERATIONAL DECISION MANAGER * Exercise: Operational Decision Manager in action * DEVELOPING DECISION SERVICES * Exercise: Setting up decision services * PROGRAMMING WITH BUSINESS RULES AND DEVELOPING OBJECT MODELS * Exercise: Working with the BOM * Exercise: Refactoring * ORCHESTRATING RULESET EXECUTION * Exercise: Working with ruleflows * AUTHORING RULES * Exercise: Exploring action rules * Exercise: Authoring action rules * Exercise: Authoring decision tables * CUSTOMIZING RULE VOCABULARY WITH CATEGORIES AND DOMAINS * Exercise: Working with static domains * Exercise: Working with dynamic domains * WORKING WITH QUERIES * Exercise: Working with queries * DEBUGGING RULES * Exercise: Executing rules locally * Exercise: Debugging a ruleset * Enabling tests and simulations * Exercise: Enabling rule validation * MANAGING DEPLOYMENT * Exercise: Managing deployment * Exercise: Using Build Command to build RuleApps * Executing rules with Rule Execution Server * Exercise: Exploring the Rule Execution Server console * AUDITING AND MONITORING RULESET EXECUTION * Exercise: Auditing ruleset execution through Decision Warehouse * WORKING WITH THE REST API * Exercise: Executing rules as a hosted transparent decision service (HTDS) * ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans WB402 IBM Developing Rule Solutions in IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.9.2 training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the WB402 IBM Developing Rule Solutions in IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.9.2 course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for This course has been expressly designed for the Business Analyst, Business System Analyst, System Analyst, and/or Requirements Engineer. The Designer, Developer and Tester who are actively involved in utilizing use cases may also benefit from this workshop. Overview Employ use cases to elicit requirements, at a business, system or subsystem levelEmploy use cases to document the scope of a projectWrite use cases in a clear and unambiguous way.Model use cases with workflow diagramsPlan and divide up the project work based on your use casesManage a use case as it evolves over time and goes through many changes This course provides a strong foundation in the mechanics of use case diagramming and writing textual descriptions of use cases. In this highly interactive workshop, you will learn how to enhance and refine your use case skills, how to involve your stakeholders in the use case process, and how to develop use cases that provide valuable information to the designers and testers. Use cases that meet the needs of designers can be too technical and too detailed for other stakeholders. Use cases that satisfy business users are usually not very helpful to designers and testers. How do you satisfy these two disparate interests? And how do you handle the details like business rules, data validations and user interface specifications? INTRODUCTION * Course objectives * Understanding of business analysis * Knowledge areas of BABOK© Guide OVERVIEW OF USE CASES * Describe the purpose and value of a use case approach * Use case terminology * Introducing a use case approach NEEDS ASSESSMENT * Purpose of Needs Assessment * Needs Assessment and use cases * Defining and understanding the strategic goals and objectives * Understanding the business process * Identifying actors * Identifying business information * Analyzing locations and operations * Drawing the business use case diagram * Building the business architecture * Defining solution options DEFINING SYSTEM SCOPE * Product scope/project scope * System actors versus business actors * Analyzing the business process model * Analyzing business use cases * Identifying candidate use cases * Identifying scenarios * Diagramming use cases * Draw a use case diagram * Create a use case catalog EVALUATING, PRIORITIZING, AND PACKAGING USE CASES * Iterative nature of this work * Evaluating use cases * Use case priority * Use case risk * Use case complexity * Use case dependencies * Evaluate and Prioritize use cases * Dividing work up between releases * Packaging * A process for how to perform packaging WRITING THE MAIN SUCCESS SCENARIO * Use case descriptions * Primary and secondary goals * Assumptions * Pre-conditions * Triggers * Post-conditions * Scenario example * Main success scenario * Conditional execution * Use cases and requirements * Best practices for writing a use case description WRITING THE OTHER SCENARIOS * Scenarios and flows * Alternate scenarios and flows * Alternate vs. basic flow * Guidelines for alternate flows * Exception flows * Failed post conditions * Write alternate and exception flows PROCESS MODELING TO DESCRIBE USE CASE FLOWS * UML© Activity Diagram Notation * Sequencing activities * Developing an activity diagram * Facilitated sessions * Draw a UML© Activity Diagram USING ADVANCED DIAGRAMMING TECHNIQUES * Commonality * Dependency Relationships * Identify relationships * Comparing the different relationships DEVELOPING A REQUIREMENTS SPECIFICATION * Requirements and use cases * Detailed requirements * Common approaches to specifications * Non-functional requirements * Write non-functional requirements * User interface requirements * UI data descriptions * Business rules * Decision tables and inference rules * How to document simple calculations * Reporting requirements * Data requirements * Data accessibility requirements * Traceability COURSE SUMMARY * Wrap-up * Finding more information ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans BA28 - Requirements Analysis and Use Cases training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the BA28 - Requirements Analysis and Use Cases course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for The course is designed for individuals who want to gain in-depth knowledge and practice in the discipline of Business Analysis (Business Analysts, Requirements Engineers, Product manager, Product Owner, Chief Product Owner, Service Manager, Service Owner, Project manager, Consultants) Overview Students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding and application of Business Analysis principles and techniques. Key areas are: The breath of the role of a Business Analyst The processes and techniques of strategy analysis Investigation of an organization's business systems Techniques used within stakeholder analysis and the need for analyzing perspectives Conceptual modelling and business activity models Business improvements through gap analysis The Business case within the business change lifecycle The Business Analyst role analyzes, understands and manages the requirements in a customer-supplier relationship and ensures that the right products are delivered.The course provides in-depth knowledge and practice in Business Analysis COURSE INTRODUCTION * Let?s Get to Know Each Other * Course Overview * Course Learning Objectives * Course Structure * Course Agenda * Introduction to Business Analysis Practice * Exam Details * Business Analysis Certification Scheme RATIONALE FOR BUSINESS ANALYSIS * The role of the BA throughout the stages of the Business change lifecycle * The scope of the BA role within the context of the range of analysis activities * Three areas of competencies UNDERSTANDING THE STRATEGIC CONTEXT * Techniques in practice: * MOST * Resource audit * PESTLE * Porter's Five Forces * SWOT analysis * CSF, KPI and Performance target * Balanced Business Score Card UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT SITUATION * Identification of stakeholder categories * Identification of relevant investigation techniques * The rationale for taking a holistic view * Rich pictures, Mind Maps and Fishbone diagrams STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT * Power/interest and level of interest * Appropriate stakeholder management strategy * Stakeholder perspectives and CATWOE technique ANALYSING AND MODELLING BUSINESS ACTIVITIES * Conceptual models of a business situation * Five types of high level activity * Planning activities * Enabling activities * Doing activities * Monitoring and control activities * Three types of business events * The consensus business activity model IDENTIFYING POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS * Different categories of business rules * Gap analysis (through conceptual business activity model and as-is business situation) * Components of a new business model BUILDING THE BUSINESS CASE * Rationale for the development of a business case * Contents of a business case * Identification of tangible/intangible costs and benefits, risks and impacts * Rationale for the financial case and appraisal techniques * Business case review in the business change lifecycle ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Business Analysis - Practice training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Business Analysis - Practice course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 2 Days 12 CPD hours This course is intended for The course is designed for individuals who want to gain in-depth knowledge and practice in the discipline of managing requirements (Business Analysts, Requirements Engineers, Product manager, Product Owner, Chief Product Owner, Service Manager, Service Owner, Project manager, Consultants) Overview Students should be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding and application of Requirements Engineering principles and techniques. Key areas are: Requirements Engineering framework The hierarchy of requirements Key stakeholders in the framework Requirements elicitation Requirements modelling Requirements documentation Requirements analysis Requirements validation Requirements management The Business Analyst role analyzes, understands and manages the requirements in a customer-supplier relationship and ensures that the right products are delivered.The practical course provides in-depth knowledge and practice in Requirements Engineering. COURSE INTRODUCTION * Let?s Get to Know Each Other * Course Overview * Course Learning Objectives * Course Structure * Course Agenda * Introduction to Business Analysis * Structure and Benefits of Business Analysis Foundation * Exam Details * Business Analysis Certification Scheme WHAT IS BUSINESS ANALYSIS? * Intent and Context * Origins of business analysis * The development of business analysis * The scope of business analysis work * Taking a holistic approach * The role and responsibilities of the business analyst THE COMPETENCIES OF A BUSINESS ANALYST * Personal qualities * Business knowledge * Professional techniques * The development of competencies STRATEGY ANALYSIS * The context for strategy * The definition of strategy * Strategy development * External environmental analysis * Internal environmental analysis * SWOT analysis * Executing strategy BUSINESS ANALYSIS PROCESS MODEL * An approach to problem solving * Stages of the business analysis process model * Objectives of the process model stages * Procedures for each process model stage * Techniques used within each process model stage INVESTIGATION TECHNIQUES * Interviews * Observation * Workshops * Scenarios * Prototyping * Quantitative approaches * Documenting the current situation STAKEHOLDER ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT * Stakeholder categories and identification * Analysing stakeholders * Stakeholder management strategies * Managing stakeholders * Understanding stakeholder perspectives * Business activity models MODELLING BUSINESS PROCESSES * Organizational context * An altrnative view of an organization * The organizational view of business processes * Value propositions * Process models * Analysing the as-is process model * Improving business processes (to-be business process) DEFINING THE SOLUTION * Gab analysis * Introduction to Business Architecture * Definition to Business Architecture * Business Architecture techniques BUSINESS AND FINANCIAL CASE * The business case in the project lifecycle * Identifying options * Assessing project feasibility * Structure of a business case * Investment appraisal ESTABLISHING THE REQUIREMENTS * A framework for requirements engineering * Actors in requirements engineering * Requirements elicitation * Requirements analysis * Requirements validation DOCUMENTING AND MANAGING THE REQUIREMENTS * The requirements document * The requirements catalogue * Managing requirements MODELLING THE REQUIREMENTS * Modelling system functions * Modelling system data DELIVERING THE REQUIREMENTS * Delivering the solution * Context * Lifecycles DELIVERING THE BUSINESS SOLUTION * BA role in the business change lifecycle * Design stage * Implementation stage * Realization stage ADDITIONAL COURSE DETAILS: Nexus Humans Business Analysis - Requirements Engineering training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Business Analysis - Requirements Engineering course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is designed for business analysts. Overview After completing this course, you should be able to:Describe the benefits of implementing an Operational Decision Manager solution, and the collaboration that is required between the business and development teamsIdentify the main user roles that are involved in designing and developing an Operational Decision Manager solution, and the tasks that are associated with each roleExplain modeling concepts and the UML notation that is relevant to modeling for business rules and eventsDefine and implement object models for business rulesSet up the rule authoring environment in Designer by working with decision services and synchronizing across development and business environmentsCustomize the vocabulary that is used in rulesDiscover and analyze business rules for implementationUse the Operational Decision Manager rule editors to author business rules and decision tablesRun tests and simulations in the Decision Center Enterprise console to validate decision logic and rule changesExplain governance issues and work with Operational Decision Manager features that support decision governance This course introduces business analysts to IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.7.1. You learn the concepts and skills that are necessary to capture, author, validate, and manage business rules with Operational Decision Manager. COURSE OUTLINE * Course introduction * Introducing IBM Operational Decision Manager V8.7.1 * Exercise: Operational Decision Manager in action * Modeling for business rules * Exercise: Building the model on paper * Exercise: Implementing the model * Understanding decision services * Exercise: Setting up a decision service * Working with the BOM * Exercise: Working with the BOM * Introducing Decision Center * Exercise: Exploring the Decision Center Business console * Exercise: Exploring the Decision Center Enterprise console * Introducing rule authoring * Exercise: Understanding the case study * Discovering and analyzing rules * Exercise: Discovering rules * Exercise: Analyzing rules * Working with conditions in rules * Exercise: Working with conditions in rules * Working with definitions in rules * Exercise: Working with definitions in rules * Writing complete rules * Exercise: Writing complete rules * Authoring decision tables and trees * Exercise: Authoring decision tables and trees * Exercise: Authoring rules: Putting it all together * Running tests and simulations in the Enterprise console * Exercise: Running tests and simulations in the Enterprise console * Introducing decision governance * Exercise: Working with the decision governance framework * Course summary

Software comes in a variety of guises - application software, firmware, middleware, system software. Increasingly, however, it doesn't necessarily present that way, especially as the boundaries between software, data and source code are becoming more and more blurred. And as software becomes more complex and more difficult to disentangle, so it becomes harder to manage and to value. But as it becomes more integral to every aspect of a business, so it is ever more important to keep on top of the technical, legal and commercial issues that arise, issues such as: To address these issues, organisations need a process for evaluating their current situation from all perspectives and for identifying the key actions they need to take to ensure holistic management of their software. This very practical programme will help set your organisation on the right path. Note: this is an indicative agenda, to be used as a starting point for a conversation between client and consultant, depending on the organisation's specific situation and requirements. This programme is designed to give you a deeper understanding of: * The technical, legal and commercial risks associated with software development, procurement, use and commercial exploitation * The most appropriate processes and responsibilities for managing those risks Note: this is an indicative agenda, to be used as a starting point for a conversation between client and consultant, depending on the organisation's specific situation and requirements. 1 SOFTWARE BUSINESS MODEL * What is the software business model? * What options exist? * Has the software business model been thoroughly reviewed to ensure its viability? This means fully understanding the market opportunity, the business environment and customer and end-user expectations. 2 TECHNOLOGY * What are the technologies? * How has the technology selection been validated considering the competitiveness, structure, and potential for future innovation? 3 UI AND UX * What is the UI and UX? How to best articulate this? * Has the user interface and user experience been studied from both a subjective and objective view to give insight into customer behaviour? 4 LEGAL FRAMEWORK / COMMERCIAL ASPECTS * Has the necessary legal framework or commercial aspects that may impact upon use or operation of the software been understood and risks identified and mitigated? 5 SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT * What is the software development process? * Are both the business management and development team's processes resilient in order to improve the company's capability and the maturity of the software? 6 SOFTWARE QUALITY * What is quality? * What are the metrics around software quality? What is the maturity level, based around a qualitative and quantitative assessment? 7 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ASSOCIATED * What IP should be considered when it comes to software? * Does the company understand both the intellectual property risks and potential opportunities associated with this software? 8 SECURITY * What does software security mean in this context? * How is it being addressed? 9 AN HOLISTIC APPROACH * Review of roles and responsibilities to ensure appropriate management and protection