Course Overview
Learn the fundamentals of Business Analysis-from planning to elicitation to solution assessment and change management. Ideal for any individual looking to become a business analyst.
Course Content:
Module 1: Business Analysis Overview
Give a business analysis overview to start with: what it is, its role in organizations, importance, understanding of basic concepts, methodologies for disciplines, and the differentiation between business analysis and project management. Understand how a business analyst adds value to the realization of business objectives.
Module 2: Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
Learn how to plan and oversee activities pertaining to business analysis effectively. It will deal with the way one can define the scope of the analysis, identify the stakeholders, and develop a comprehensive business analysis plan. Additionally, you will be studying progress tracking, risk management, and ways to ensure alignment with business goals.
Module 3: Elicitation and Collaboration
Acquire techniques of elicitation in collecting and recording requirements. Introductions to interviews, surveys, and workshops will be given. Emphasized will be effective collaboration with all the stakeholders for complete and accurate collection of information and expectations throughout. Module 4: Requirements Life Cycle Management
Understand the full life cycle of requirements from identification to realization. This module explains the documentation, traceability, and validation of requirements, including what to do if requirement changes. Consistency with a regard for the meeting of business needs are emphasized throughout each stage of the project lifecycle.
Module 5: Enterprise Analysis
Explore enterprise analysis for the evaluation of organizational needs and opportunities. Execute SWOT analysis, market analyses, and feasibility studies. Align business analysis to strategic objectives; drive strategies to effect business enhancement while appreciating its impact across the greater organization.
Module 6: Business Process Modeling
Learn how to model business processes so that workflows can be visualized and improved. Learn process mapping, flowcharting, and other forms of graphical expression. Hands-on process analysis and improvement to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of various business activities.
Module 7: Solution Assessment and Validation
The module below tests and validates potential solutions. Evaluate solution options and conduct cost-benefit analysis. Check the business needs to confirm that the solution alternatives outlined will indeed solve identified problems.
Module 8: Business Case Development
Elaborate business cases based on the decision-making and approval of projects. Learn how to define a problem, present solution options, estimate costs, and demonstrate benefits. This module equips the candidate with the important skills needed in presenting and justifying recommendations to the stakeholders for successful project endorsement.
Module 9: Data Analysis and Visualization
Identify data analysis and visualisation techniques that support business decisions; this includes learning methodologies for data collection, statistical analysis, and visualisation tools. Emphasize presenting data insights in a manner that is clear and would help facilitate strategic decision-making.
Module 10: Change Management
Understand the concepts of change management to handle any organizational change that may result from business analysis. Learn strategies in communication, stakeholder engagement, and resistance management. Develop the competencies required to facilitate seamless transitions toward the realization of the desired outcomes from implemented solutions.
Module 11: Technology and Tools for Business Analysis
Learn about a variety of tools and technologies currently being used to perform business analysis. Various software solution options for requirements management, process modeling, and data analysis are covered, followed by the practical application of these tools in enhancing your analytical competency toward better project outcomes.
Module 12: Capstone Project
Apply your knowledge to a real world or simulated business in the Capstone project: Stakeholder management, Business case analysis, Strategy and process modeling and Solution development and recommendation based on findings. This Capstone project leads the way to apply effective business analytics techniques.
Pre-requisites:
Some knowledge of business and the ability for analysis. Knowledge about project management is desirable.
Learning Outcomes:
Practice the skills of requirement gathering, process modeling, solution evaluation, and stakeholder communication that will prepare students for a career in business analysis and project management.
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