Course Outline

Day 1

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1. Introduction to Business Analysis (BA) and BA roles

2. What do Business Analysts do?

3. BA certifications and certifying bodies

4. Key concepts and terms

5. Introduction to BABOK and the 6 Knowledge Areas 

6. Software Development Life Cycle - Waterfall and Agile methodologies

7. Business Requirements, Stakeholder Requirements, Solution and Transition Requirements

8. Introduction to a Fictional project (case study)

9. Writing a Business Case

10. Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

11. Defining Problem Statement and Scope of the overall solution

Day 2

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1. Analysing Current State (AS IS) and Defining Future State (TO BE)

2. Gap analysis and Defining Change Strategy

3. Running requirement workshops

4. Conducting Stakeholder interviews and doing Observations

5. Requirements modelling and analysis

6. Making Swimlane/Activity diagrams (BPMN/UML), Mind Maps, Decision Tables, Data Flow Diagrams and others

7. Writing Functional requirements

8. Prioritising requirements

9. Writing Agile User stories and Acceptance criteria

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Day 3

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1. Writing Use Cases and Business Rules

2. Using Jira

3. Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)

4. Requirements management (changes, reviews and approvals)

5. Writing and measuring Non-functional requirements (NFRs)

6. Involvement in Software Testing (including UAT)

7. BA roles in various industries/domains

8. How to enter the Business Analysis job market *Bonus content

9. Tips for writing resume (showcasing analysis skills) *Bonus content

10. Preparing for BA interview (sample questions) *Bonus content