1. IT BUSINESS ANALYST CAREER TRAINING MODULE 1

2. WELCOME

3. AGENDA INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS ANALYSIS INTRODUCTION TO RATIONAL UNIFIED PROCESS INTRODUCTION TO REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT INTRODUCTION TO RATIONAL REQUISITE PRO INTRODUCTION TO J.A.D SESSIONS Q & A

4. CLASS RULES #1 Please be on Time #2 You MUST TALK in Class

5. IT BUSINESS ANALYST AN INTRODUCTION

6. IT BUSINESS ANALYST THE TWO BIG QUESTIONS #1 What does an IT BA do? #2 What skills does an IT Business Analyst need?

7. Business Analyst Business Systems Analyst IT Analyst Process Manager Requirements Engineer What’s in a Name? Solutions Expert

8. IT BUSINESS ANALYST “It's not what you're called, it's what you do.”

9. IT BUSINESS ANALYST

11. IT BUSINESS ANALYST THE HOW Earn a degree in a business related discipline (such as economics, finance, or accounting) and, on the job, continue their education by learning systems design skills and by getting involved as stakeholders in IT projects. Many such business practitioners attend additional courses in software design, use cases, modeling in order to round out their modern analyst skills. Another very common path is to earn a degree in computer science or related field (such as engineering, information systems, etc.) and begin work as programmers, web designers, etc. Slowly, on the job, they acquire business domain skills from the projects they worked on as developers. Most developers take additional courses in communication, writing, requirements elicitation to round out their modern analyst skills. #2

12. Rational Unified Process

14. Waterfall Method

15. S.D.L.C

17. It can be viewed as a Software Development Framework which is extensible and features:

18. Iterative Development

19. Requirements Management

20. Component-Based Architectural Vision

21. Visual Modeling of Systems

22. Quality Management

24. Templates for all major artifacts, including:

25. RequisitePro templates (requirements tracking)

26. Word Templates for Use Cases

27. Project Templates for Project Management

29. Phases Inception Elaboration Construction Transition

30. Two dimensions of RUP

32. J.A.D SESSIONS AN INTRODUCTION

33. J.A.D SESSIONS

34. J.A.D SESSIONS

37. J.A.D SESSIONS PROPERTIES OF A J.A.D MEETING Every JAD session has a sponsor 2. Every meeting participant other than the sponsor is invited to play a role in the sponsor’s project vision JAD sessions have a well defined agenda 4. The Business Analyst is responsible for Facilitating, Moderating and recording the meeting

38. J.A.D SESSIONS Typical Makeup of a JAD Session

39. J.A.D SESSIONS Typical Flow of a JAD Session

41. Stay on time. Schedule the meeting with realistic time frames and respect everyone's position and time within the company. End on time, not a minute later.

42. Designate one area of the room as the parking lot for ideas or comments that were brought up that are on a tangent with the problem at hand. You will come back to the lot either later if there is time or will call another meeting with only those involved at a later date to discuss the parking lot items.

44. REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT AN INTRODUCTION

46. REQUIREMENTS What is a Requirement? -> What a system must do, referred to as a Functional Requirement -> how a system is supposed to be, referred to as a Non-Functional Requirement -> Constraints (also known as Business Rules)

47. REQUIREMENTS Requirements Tree Traceability Tree

48. REQUIREMENTS Use Case Model Use Case Specification Activity Diagram Sequence Diagrams

49. REQUIREMENTS

50. REQUIREMENTS What makes a Good Requirement?

51. REQUSITE PRO RequisitePro is a powerful, easy-to-use requirements management tool that helps teams manage project requirements comprehensively, promotes communication and collaboration among team members, and reduces project risk.

56. REQUSITE PRO ARTIFACTS Stake-Holder Request Document Vision Document Use Case Specification Document Software Requirements Specification Document

57. Q&A