Course Overview
This online course is for anyone interested in becoming a Business Analyst or anyone interested in this field, individuals who want to make a career change or anyone with a Business Analysis background who want a more formal and industry-standard business analysis approach.
The students will have a strong understanding of the role of a business analyst, structure of a project team, system development life cycle methodologies (SDLC), the importance of requirements gathering, different types of requirements, JAD (Joint Application Design) sessions , role of a Business Analyst in JAD session, and how to conduct JAD sessions. This training covers all in-depth elements and phases of business analysis. This course will go thru basics and will help you build a strong foundation in Business Analysis.
The assignments and practical exercises provided thrudocumentation will make you feel that you are already part of a project and brings added value to this course as comparing to other courses on the market.You will not onlybuild a solid theoretical foundation but alsohave access to practical resources in the same time.
At the end of the courseyou’ll be able to understand the terminology, the responsibilities of a business analyst and the tasks and challenges associated with this role.
Pre-requisites
No prior experience is necessary
Basic computer skills, good communication and documentation skills
Course Syllabus
1. Role of a Business Analyst
Business Analysis Elements and Phases. Business Analysis Defined
Structure of a Project Team
JAD Session.Role of a BA in JAD Session. How to conduct JAD session?
2. SDLC Methodologies
Project Life Cycle.System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Waterfall, Agile Scrum Methodology, RUP
3. Requirements Gathering
Requirement Gathering Techniques
Importance of Requirement gathering
Different Types of Requirements
4. Artifacts Business Requirements Document, Functional Requirements Document, UML Diagrams
5. Quality Assuranceand Project Management
Bonuses
The artifacts whichare included free in this course:
Business Requirements Document (BRD)template which will help you practice your documentation skills
Other project documents are included such as Project Charter, Use Cases and others.
You will not onlybuild a solid theoretical foundation but alsohave access to practical resources in the same time.
