BUSINESS ANALYST COURSE
This business analysis course provides an in-depth understanding of the techniques and tools used in business analysis. Students will learn how to identify business problems, gather and analyze data, and develop solutions that meet stakeholder needs. The course covers topics such as requirements elicitation, process modeling, stakeholder management, and project management. Through hands-on projects, students will gain practical experience in applying these techniques to real-world business scenarios. Graduates of the course can expect to find employment in a range of industries as business analysts, project managers, or consultants. This course has been developed for real-world scenarios with in-depth explanations. IIBACBAP/CCBA certification guidance.
COURSE FEATURES
- Course Duration: 30-32 Hours (approx.)
- Category: Agile, Business, Project Management, Scrum, SDLC, STLC
- Available Modes: Online (Batch or One on One)
- Certificate: Yes
- Location: Online – Live Sessions
- Language: English
- Sessions: Weekday and Weekend
- Prerequisites: No
- Skill Level: Beginner
- Course Capacity: 20
Course Contents:
1. UNDERSTANDING BUSINESS ANALYSIS AND ESSENTIALS OF A BUSINESS ANALYST
- Introduction and understanding of business analysis.
- Effective ‘Business Analysis for desired results.
- Need and role of a Business analyst in an IT project.
- Essentials to be a successful business analyst.
- Deliverable by a business analyst in an IT project.
- Demand and the current market for the job profile of a Business analyst.
- Growth prospects
2. CORPORATE AND IT PROJECT STRUCTURE
Types of Organizations. What is a company /client /stakeholder? Structure
- Decision making, and the communication process of a company/client/stakeholder
- Structure of IT Project team.
- Positioning of a Business analyst.
3. STRATEGIC PLANNING PROCESS.
- Understanding Strategic analysis.
- Components of strategy analysis and strategic planning.
- Identifying stakeholders and structure/resources of the IT project team.
- To understand the business need and identify the scope of the process involved.
- Identify goals and deliverables.
- Business rule analysis.
- Techniques and tools for analysis.
- SWOT (Strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats).
- PEST (Political, Economic, social, and Technological analysis).
4. SDLC LIFE-CYCLE.
- Eliciting and analyzing the requirement.
- Planning.
- Design architectural design for the software.
- Development of the software.
- Testing the deliverable as per the acceptance criteria.
- Integration.
- Deployment and Training.
5. SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES.
- Understanding the software project, Structure, andcapabilities.
- Important and common methodologies for software development.
- Benefits and limitations of various methodologies.
- Popular software development methodologies.
- Iterative and agile methodology (Scrum, Kanban).
- Role of a Business analyst in different methodologies.
6. UNDERSTANDING AND ANALYZING BUSINESS NEEDS.
- Understand the scope.
- Know the stakeholders.
- Analyze current strategy, determining goals, future, performance, and Understanding internal & external environment for evaluation of the strategic alternatives.
- Feasibility study.
- Risk Assessment.
7. ELICITATION OF REQUIREMENTS
- Types of business requirements.
- Functional.
- Non – functional.
- Categories of business requirements.
- Architectural requirements.
- Structural requirements.
- Performance requirements.
- Design requirements.
- Performance parameters.
- Operational resources.
- Environmental factors.
- Requirement work plan.
- Approach to requirement planning.
- Analytical /Investigative approach.
- Iterative approach.
- Identifying questions for requirement elicitation.
- Elicitation techniques. Identify the stakeholders toprovide the relevant information.
- Determine the focus groups.Organize brainstorming sessions.
- Joint Application Development (JAD) meetings.
- One-on-one interviews.
- Prototype.
- Business rules.
- Collaboration with different teams.
- Document analysis document analysis
8. REQUIREMENTS PROCESS – BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING AND DOCUMENTATION.
- Understanding and modeling
business process. - Model existing processes, identify potential improvements and
design to-be process. - Requirement prioritization.
- Types of required documents
and templates. - Use case document.
- User story.
- Use case vs. user story.
- Business requirement
document. - Functional requirement
document. - Systems requirements
document. - UML Diagrams and process flow diagrams.
- Structure diagrams.
- Behavior diagrams.
- Interaction overview diagrams.
- Wireframe diagrams.
- Verify and validate requirement
9. QUALITY ASSURANCE AND SOFTWARE TESTING.
- Types of testing.
- Manual.
- Automation.
- Testing tools.
- Test Strategy.
- Test case/test steps.
- Testing methods.
- Defect management life cycle.
- Attributes.
- Template.
- Documentation.
- Role of BA in the testing phase.
10. SQL AND DATABASE MANAGEMENT.
- SQL – Basics.
- Data modeling –Entity, attributes, and relationships.
- Basic concepts of Database management.
11. METRICS
- Metric s – Purpose and usability.
- Burn-down charts.
- Understanding Burndown charts – Activity.
- Requirementtraceability matrix – Purpose and significance.