Business and Project Analysis Planning and Monitoring Training Course

Business Analysis is the application of knowledge, competencies, tools, and techniques to frame business issues and identify business needs; identify and suggest possible solutions to meet those needs; elicit, document, and manage stakeholder requirements to achieve project objectives; and facilitate project or program product, service, or result in realization.

The Business Analyst plays an integral role within the business, uniting current industry knowledge, practical tools, and techniques to deliver quality project solutions on time and within budget.

Day 1

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

• Business Analysis and Project Management contexts
• Key Concepts and Knowledge Areas
• Introduction to Tasks and Techniques
• Sources of Business Analysis Information
• Business Analysis as part of a Project Plan
• Identify, analyze and communicate with relevant Project Stakeholders
• Determining activities, deliverables, resources, and measures
• Define how to approve requirements and manage scope changes
• How to track, assess, and report on the quality of work 

Day 2

Requirements Elicitation Management and Communication

• How to ensure requirements are clear, correct, and consistent
• How to draw information out of stakeholders
• Recording and confirming the information provided by stakeholders
• Managing Stakeholder Consensus for Scope and Requirements

Requirements Elicitation Management and Communication (Cont.)

• Manage objectives, requirements, deliverables, and components relationships
• Manage post-implementation knowledge of requirements
• Ensure requirements are understood, and usable, by stakeholders
• Managing productive workshops and making effective presentations

Day 3

Business Analysis Planning

• Elements of a business analysis plan
• Value of creating a business analysis plan
• Differences between plan-driven and change driven approaches
• Decision Analysis
• Requirement gathering strategies
• Functional decomposition
• Creating a Work Breakdown Structure
• Estimating business analysis activities
• Identifying requirement risks
• Developing risk plans
• Writing a business analysis plan

Day 4

Enterprise Analysis and Requirements Analysis

• Identify and define why organizational change is required
• Identifying Needs for New Capabilities
• Defining solution scope and prepare the business case
• Does the Business Case justify the investment required to deliver the proposed solution?
• Prioritizing and Organizing Requirements
• Specifying and Modelling Requirements
• Defining Assumptions and Constraints
• Verifying and Validating Requirements
• Solution Assessment and Validation

Developing Business Analysis and Project Capabilities

• Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving
• Behavioral Characteristics
• Business Knowledge
• Communication Skills
• Interaction and Conflict Resolution Skills
• Risk, responsibility, and skills analyses
• Time Management
• Case Study

Day 5

Business Analysis and Project Management

• Project Scope, Schedule, and Metrics
• Team Development
• Power and Influence
• Personal Planning
• Commitment to Action

Stakeholder Analysis and Communication Strategy

• What is stakeholder analysis?
• Impact and value of stakeholder analysis
• Steps in completing a stakeholder analysis
• Techniques to analyze stakeholders
• Develop a business analysis communication plan
• Affinity diagram technique