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Overview

Business requirements are the foundation upon which systems are constructed. Business Analysis is the most common name for the role that is responsible for capturing, clarifying, confirming and managing business requirements. The primary duties of this critical role include translating business needs into business requirements for information technology solutions. This workshop is designed to give participants a detailed overview of current and emerging tools and techniques that are the core of business analysis.

Outline

  • The IT Project Landscape
  • Will the Real Problem Please Stand Up!
  • The Cost of Errors
  • Requirements Activities
  • Current and Future Situations
  • Analysis of Business Systems Analysis
  • Two Critical Success Factors of System Development
  • What is an Integrated Business Solution?
  • The Uncertainty Principle
  • The Fate Chart
  • A Question File
  • A Problem with Language
  • Things to Talk About . . .
  • Categories and Types of Requirements
  • Another Common Classification
  • The Three C’s of Requirements Definition
  • What Do Business Analysts Do?
  • What Skills Do Business Analysts Need?
  • The Business Analyst Curriculum
  • IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysts)


Objectives
  • Define the evolving role of business analysts in the information technology landscape
  • List the 8 major activities that business analysts do
  • Distinguish between business analysis and system analysis
  • Predict the consequences of inadequate requirements gathering efforts
  • Have a basis for further training in critical skills for business analysts

 

Our vision of a virtual workshop is web-based training that is highly interactive. We absolutely avoid the death by page-turning and the passive learning approach that is highly prevalent in most web-based training.

1 hour

Target Audience

Business Analysts
Business Process Managers
Business Process Users
Subject Matter Experts
System Analysts
User Liaison Personnel
Anyone involved in defining or deciphering business system requirements.