Fundamentals of Business Analysis

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Course Description

Course Overview

This course provides everything you need to get started in your career in business analysis.

Our courses focus on how analysis is performed in the real world, and they're full of examples, case studies and lessons learned from actual Business Analysts on the job.

This is a perfect first course in any business analysis curriculum.

Syllabus

1. Business Analysis

Overview of Business Analysis
Overview of Requirements
Role of the Business Analyst
2. Stakeholders

Who are they? And why do they matter?
Stakeholder Interests
Handling Stakeholder Conflicts
3. Lifecycles

Systems Development Lifecycles
Project Lifecycles
Product Lifecycles
Requirement Lifecycles
Seventh Morning's Requirements Development Lifecycle
4. Forming Requirements

Overview of Requirements
Attributes of Good Requirements
Types of Requirements
Requirement Sources
Gathering Requirements from Stakeholders
Common Requirements Documents
5. Transforming Requirements

Stakeholder Needs Analysis
Decomposition Analysis
Additive/Subtractive Analysis
Gap Analysis
Notations (UML & BPMN)
Flowcharts
Swim Lane Flowcharts
Entity-Relationship Diagrams
State-Transition Diagrams
Data Flow Diagrams
Use Case Modeling
Business Process Modeling
6. Finalizing Requirements

Presenting – 10 Tips
Presenting Requirements
Socializing Requirements and Gaining Acceptance
Prioritizing Requirements
7. Managing Requirements Assets

Change Control
Requirements Tools
What are the requirements?

A strong desire to learn business analysis
Some business strategy knowledge helpful
No technical background required
What am I going to get from this course?

Over 61 lectures and 6.5 hours of content!
Learn the foundations of business analysis
Learn how to gather requirements from stakeholders and documentary sources
Learn how to analyze, diagram and model requirements
Learn how to present requirements effectively and gain acceptance
Learn how to manage requirements assets after the project is complete
What is the target audience?

Novice to intermediate Business Analysts
Professionals looking to transition into a Business Analyst role