In this 4 day introduction to the CBAP and CCBA Training class students will learn:
- Purpose of the BABOK Guide
- Navigating the BABOK Guide contents
and structure
BABOK Guide Overview
Core concepts of business analysis
- The role of BA
- Effective practices
- Introducing six BABOK Guide
knowledge areas
Underlying competencies of BA
- Analytical thinking
- Business knowledge
- Problem solving
- Interaction
- Software applications
- Communication
Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
Allocating requirements resources and tasks
- Identifying team roles and responsibilities
- Assigning work activities to team members
- Performing stakeholder analysis
Determining planning considerations
- Deciding how to manage requirements risks
- Selecting and estimating activity duration and effort
Agreeing to solution scope and change
- Reporting and communicating requirements status
- Quantifying project and product metrics
Elicitation
Collecting the stated requirements
- Preparing for and conducting elicitation activities
- Documenting and confirming elicitation results
- Actively engaging key stakeholders
Selecting the right elicitation techniques
- Brainstorming
- Document analysis
- Focus groups
- Interface analysis
- Interviews
- Observation
- Prototyping
- Requirements workshops
- Survey
Requirements Management and Communication
Communicating solution scope and requirements
- Addressing requirements traceability and reuse
- Building appropriate requirements packages
Managing conflicts, issues and changes
- Tracing requirements from origination to implementation
- Presenting requirements for approval and sign-off
Enterprise Analysis
Defining the business problem or opportunity
- Identifying capability gaps
- Conducting feasibility studies
- Approving the business case
Charting the project investment path
- Defining solution scope
- Participating in project selection
Requirements Analysis
Progressively elaborating the real requirements
- Structuring and specifying requirements
- Performing gap analysis
- Verifying and validating
- Stating solution capabilities, assumptions and
constraints
Applying the appropriate modeling techniques
- Data and behavior models
- Process and flow models
- Usage models
Solution Assessment and Validation
Ensuring solutions meet stakeholder objectives
- Proposing alternate solutions and technology options
- Reviewing proposed solutions relative to requirements
- Allocating requirements across solution components
- Defining transition requirements for the new solution
Assessing organizational change readiness
- Validating that the solution meets the business need
- Creating training and user documentation
- Providing post-implementation support
- Evaluating solution performance after deployment
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