Business Analysis - Foundation

3 Days

18 CPD hours

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)

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