1. BA COURSE CONTENT
Business Analysis Training Brochure
BUSINESS ANALYST
CLIENTS/STAKEHOLDERS
BUSINESS ANALYST TRAINING /JOB ORIENTED REAL
TIME WORK TRAINING
Audience:
Business Analysts, QA Analysts, Domain/ Functional consultants
Objective:
A branded program suite which provides knowledge, skill and attitude required
for Business Analysts. This suite of program covers all aspects of Business
engineering, Requirements elicitation, Requirements verification,
Requirements documentation and Requirements tracing.
This brochure provides a high level description of the Business Analyst training
program offered by UNITED GLOBAL SOFT. The intent of the training is to
enable candidates to be marketed in minimal time by providing a hands-on
course on the fundamentals of the roles, responsibilities and skills required of
a Business Analyst.
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2. BA COURSE CONTENT
Business Analysis/Quality Analysis/Project Management
Course Content
Business Analyst Role
Object Oriented Analysis &Design (OOAD)
SDLC & UML
Rational Unified Process
Business model
Use case model
Storyboarding/Mock-ups
Elicitation Techniques
Requirements documentation (BRD, SRS etc...)
Requirements verification
Systems thinking
Negotiation skills
Translation of requirements to design
Data Modelling and Data Analysis
BA Concepts
Tools Training –Overview (MS Visio, Rational Rose)
Upon completion of the course, you will be able to (Learning Objective)
Describe the responsibilities of the business analyst and the major deliverables for each
major step in the business solutions life cycle
Distinguish between the role of the business analyst and the project manager
Distinguish between the role of the business analyst and the systems analyst
List the critical skills needed to be a successful BA
Define business problems and find their true cause
Develop tactics for diffusing resistance to change
Prepare a stakeholder analysis to identify and classify those who will influence and be
affected by the solution
Create and execute a Requirements Development plan
Use modelling tools and techniques to elicit, document and validate a project’s scope
and requirements highlights
Use business analysis & project management tools
Assist decision-makers in analyzing and prioritizing business needs
Create a business case Communicate the results of a business case to stakeholders.
Introductions of consultants/students
Consultants Name
Work experience
Back ground –Education Qualification
Knowledge on Business Analysis
Why do you want to be business analyst?
Knowledge on Software technologies-project-
Knowledge & Experience on Domains
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Introduction & over view on business analysis
What is Business Analysis?
A look at different viewpoints
What is being analysed?
What’s the goal?
Current trends in business analysis
Key concepts
Definition
Reconciled to common understanding within the organization
Review topics to be covered
Real time BA work Scenario’s
The Role of the BA
The relationship of business analysis to project management
Differentiating between business analysis and other “analyst” roles
Customer Needs & IT Needs
The Skill Set Of A BA
The BA’s Core Knowledge Set
The Practice of Business Analysis
BA Responsibilities
Requirements Gathering
Over view of Software project & IT company.
What is software project
What is software product
Difference between Project & product
Different project teams from IT company description
Clients side project team member description
How the project are coming to IT companies
Introduction –Pre sales-post sales
What is RFI,RFP,RFQ
Over view of Kick off meeting
What is kick of meeting
Minutes of meeting
Role of BA in Kick of meeting
Real document presentation of Kick of meeting, business proposal & project document.
Introduction to IIBA & BABOK
What is the BABOK?
What is Business Analysis?
Key Concepts
Knowledge Areas
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Domains knowledge Areas
Techniques
Underlying Competencies
Other Sources of Business Analysis Information
Over view of Roles and responsibilities in Project
Customer, stake holder
End user’s
SME’S & TSME’S
Project sponsor’s, Vendor’s
It project team like Project manager, developer, test engineer, solution architect
SDLC Methods
SDLC phases
o Project plan Phase
o Analysis Phase
o Design Phase
o Coding-development Phase
o Testing Phase
o Deployment Phase
Diagnosing the Business Environment (Enterprise analysis)
Business problem solving
Understanding the business environment
Capturing business initiatives across the enterprise
Diagnosing a business problem or opportunity (i.e.; business initiative)
Definition of a problem
Finding and verifying true causes
Techniques to identify business problems and causes Workflow modelling
Gap Analysis
Requirements Definition and Documentation
Assessing stakeholder roles and responsibilities
Identifying internal and external stakeholders
Conducting stakeholder analysis
Selecting requirements development templates
Stake Holder Request Template
Software Engineering Process Models
SDLC
Water Fall Model
Spiral Methodology
Agile (more evolved, RAD session: reverse-engineer session)
Incremental Model
RUP (Rational Unified Process)
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Requirement Management & analysis
What is requirement
Requirement classification
o Business case requirements
o Stake holder requirements
o Solution requirements
Functional requirements
Non functional requirements
o Transition requirements
Moscow techniques
Zach man frame work
3D frame work for requirement gathering
3D Model for requirement gathering
Documentation Preparation.
BRD,FRD,SRS,DRD,AS-IS & TO BE, Use case , User stories
Real time documentation preparation scenario’s
Real time documentation assignment’s
Difference BRD/FRD/SRS/DRD
Analysis of Requirements Elicitation.
Fact gathering methods
Interviewing
Observation
JAD session
Prototypes, wire frames, storey board ,Mock up, Blue prints
Questionnaires
GAP analysis
As-is & to be document
Research
Organizing the facts
Determining requirements
Managing requirements
Building a model of the solution
Intro to Process modelling using DFDs
Intro to data modelling –Information modelling
Requirements Management with Use Cases
Key Concepts, Use case Model
Essentials elements of Use Cases:
The writing process . . . (Dos and Don'ts)
Analysing Use Case text to uncover specific system requirements
Converting Use Case description sentences into well-formed requirement
A style guide with suggested formats for different levels of Use Case
List of time-saving Use Case writing tips
A proven methodology for taking advantage of Use Cases
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6. BA COURSE CONTENT
Business modelling i.e. techniques of identifying business concepts and tasks, and
introducing relevant parts of UML along the way/during Analysis phase.
Activity Diagram
Structural Analysis
What is structural analysis
Data flow diagrams
System flow charts
HIPO charts
Work flow’s
Modeling using UML & OOAD (object oriented analysis and design)
UML
UML Defined
UML History
UML diagrams
UML modelling mechanisms
Reviews
Object oriented analysis and design-UML diagrams
Structural diagrams
o Class, object, package, component, composite and deployment diagrams.
Behavioural diagrams
o Use case diagrams
o Activity diagrams
o State machine diagrams
Interaction diagrams
o Sequence diagrams
o Communication diagrams
o Timing diagrams
o Over all interaction diagrams
Concepts of OOPS(object oriented programming system)
Use Case Analysis Overview
Use Case Analysis Overview
Supplement Use case Description
Find Classes from Use Case behaviour
Distribute Use case behaviour to Classes
Responsibilities of classes
Describe attributes and associations
Class Diagrams
Sequence Diagram
Collaboration Diagram
Introduction to Data Modeling, Data Analysis & Testing
Goals of Data Modelling, Logical & Physical Design (E-R Diagram)
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7. BA COURSE CONTENT
Introduction SQL, SQL queries.
Goals of testing, functions performed during testing process, a Business Analyst approach
to testing
Testing methodologies – Black box and white box testing, Positive and Negative tests
Testing (UAT)
Reusable test plans, test procedures and Test Cases – template
Derived test cases from use cases
Identification of Test Scenarios, tracing test cases to test scenarios
Traceability matrix
Business validation and verification
Analysis of the System results – Documenting unexpected behaviours
User signoff – Process and fulfilling expectations
Basic Project Management Principle
Roles and responsibilities of PM
Project management process
Project management knowledge areas
Project management tools—
PMP certification
Tools Training -
Introduction to Requirements Management and Rational Requisite Pro
Identifying and creating Business requirements in Requisite Pro
Editing, Linking, Searching, Reporting, Importing and Exporting modules and
Projects
Writing Use Cases, Business Rules, Supplemental Specifications in Requisite Pro,
Understanding and using attributes
Introduction to UML Business Modelling and Rational Rose / UML
Advantages to visual modelling, Rational Rose interface, views and diagrams
Managing UML entities and relationships for the various UML diagrams
Use Case, Activity and State Diagrams
Sequence and Class Diagrams
Hands-On Training
Candidates are required to complete take away and in class mini projects to effectively
utilize the classroom course and grasp the fundamentals of the UML.
Candidates will have the opportunity to write use cases for business scenarios and build
the solution model in a team / individual basis. Mini projects will be reviewed in class in
order to ensure quality work product creation required to complete take away and in
class mini projects to effectively utilize the classroom course and grasp the fundamentals
Of the UML
Candidates are presented with online demonstration of UML Modelling software like
Rational Rose / UML. Candidates are encouraged to create UML diagrams for the
assignments using the software tools. Specific emphasis will be on the business diagrams.
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8. BA COURSE CONTENT
Others
Mock up interviews
Resume preparation
Interview questions
Interview schedules
Fast track course training
Domain training
Real time project training
Case studies
Domain Related Concepts.
Domain project training
o Finance
o Banking
Core banking
Retail banking
o Insurance
Property & causality
General insurance
o Telecom
Call center technologies
Mobile application technologies
Route calling
o E commerce domain
o HRM domain
Payroll system
Performance management system
Leave management system
Idea management system
Hr portals
o Health care domain
Claims
HIPPA
Medicare
Med claims
Insurance
o ERP domain
If you have any questions related to Business Analysis do not hesitate to call or mail us.
Thanks Regards
United Global Soft
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