Business Analysis Overview Webinars

Business System Analysis in the 21st Century (45-60 min)

From the initiation of a project to the definition of the business requirements, the process that is often called analysis needs a new face. Analysis is, by definition, a process of examining the components of a whole to understand how it works, what’s good and what’s bad about it. In the business world, the real work just starts with that understanding. The goal of this process is to create a clearly defined set of business requirements that can serve as a blueprint for a future information technology solution.

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1. What is the Problem?
2. Tools, Techniques, and Tricks of the Trade
3. Where to go from here

• Evaluate the need for a business system analyst role in their organization
• Define the responsibilities of business system analysts
• Describe how to analyze a current and define a proposed business system

Requirement Gathering JAD Sessions in the 21st Century (45-60 min)

This overview offers an informative and critical look at the JAD process as it applies to requirements gathering. The assessment of the risks and rewards of using JAD sessions is based on extensive experience with JAD’s in a wide variety of organizations and projects. You will learn techniques to determine whether JAD’s are right for your project and how to integrate JAD’s into your organization.

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1. Why IT Projects Take So Long
2. Finding a Repeatable Approach
3. Is a JAD/JAR Approach Right for Your Project and Organization

• Understand what JAD/JAR sessions are and what they are not
• Identify projects that are suitable JAD/JAR candidates
• Recognize the risks of accelerating the analysis and design phases

Business Analysis and User Acceptance Testing (45-60 min)

Testing is your primary weapon in the war against errors. It does not require knowledge of the technology. You need to enter data and recognize the difference between a good response and a bad one. The testing phase has to start during the requirements gathering phase of the project. If you don’t know how you will test a requirement when the system is delivered, you need to know more about the requirement.

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1. The State of Information Technology Testing in Corporate America
2. Testing from the Technology Dimension
3. Testing the User Perspective

• Recognize the testing needs of their information technology projects
• Differentiate between 8 types of technology and business tests
• Identify the appropriate level of testing needed to support the business case

Business Analysis and the Unified Modeling Language (UML) (45-60 min)

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is currently viewed as the future method for developing and delivering information technology. This new language enables analysts, developers and end-users to work from a set of standard models that are created at the beginning of analysis and evolve to become the solution that is delivered. The challenge here is to understand the complex models and figure out how to implement them in your organization.

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1. The Unified Modeling Language — What is It and Why Do I Care?
2. Views of Your Business Systems
3. Where You Go From Here

• List 5 UML models that are typical early project deliverables
• Determine when each diagram is created and why
• Interpret what the diagrams say and what they don’t

System Development Life Cycles (SDLC) in the 21st Century (45-60 min)

There are currently several competing methodologies for developing information systems and each claims to be the best. Reality shows us that they may all be right — if the basic assumptions underlying their application are given. This presentation is designed to give a brief overview of the strengths and weaknesses of each methodology and provide guidance to those who would apply them.

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1. Chaotic Business Analysis
2. Structured Business Analysis
3. Object-Oriented Business Analysis
4. Agile Business Analysis
5. Which Methods Work For You?

• List the 4 major system development life cycles currently in use
• Describe the advantages and disadvantages of each approach
• Apply criteria-based evaluation to recommend the most promising methodology for a given project and organization

Use Cases and Business Systems in the 21st Century (45-60 min)

Use cases are rapidly becoming one of the most popular forms for documenting business requirements. What exactly is this ubiquitous tool and can you use it to make your IT projects more successful?

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1. Business Events and Use Cases
2. The Heart of the Use Case
3. Use Cases in their Environment

• Describe what business events are and how they interact with technology
• List the components of a use case document and explain their purpose
• Discuss the pros and cons of use case diagrams
• Present how use cases address 18 major requirement categories