Business Analysis
Introduction to Business Analysis
- What is a Business Analyst?
- Required areas of knowledge
- Business Analyst competencies
- General Analysis competencies
- Key concepts
Planning the Analysis Approach
- General Business Analysis Scenarios
- Document Analysis
- Enterprise Architecture
- Sponsor and Stakeholder Analysis
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Pre-Elicitation Planning
- Developing the Business Needs
- Developing a Solution Scope
- Developing a Business Case
- Stakeholder Roles and Responsibilities
Elicitation
- Elicitation Techniques
- Requirements Planning
- Risk Analysis and Management
- Enterprise Analysis/Business Case
- Elicitation Communications
- Enterprise Analysis Tasks
- Preliminary Solution Scope
- Transition Requirements
- Elicitation Results
Requirements Management and Communication
- Managing the Solution Scope Requirements
- Traceability
- Inputs to the Solution Scope
- Managing Requirements Changes
- Outside Vendor requirements
- Preparing the Requirements Package
- Communicating Requirements
- Approved Requirements Traceability
- Structured Walk-through Testing
Enterprise Analysis
- Business Needs
- Company Capabilities Analysis
- Solution Scope
- Risk Analysis
- SWOT Analysis
- Determining Solutions Approach
- Economic Feasibility Analysis
- Defining the Business Case
Requirement Analysis
- What is Requirement Analysis?
- Prioritize Requirements
- Organize Requirements
- Define Assumptions and Constraints
- Verify Requirements
- Validate Requirements
Solution Assessment and Validation
- Assess Proposed Solution
- Allocate Requirements
- Assess Organizational Readiness
- Define Transition Requirements
- Validate the Solution
- Evaluate Solution Performance
Overview of Business Analysis Techniques
- PESTLE – Political, Economic, Sociological, Technological, Legal, Environmental
- MOST – Mission, Objectives, Strategies, Tactics
- SWOT – Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats
- CATWOE – Customers, Actors, Transformation Process, World View, Owner, Environmental Constraints