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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 APEX . 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. BA COURSE

CONTENT

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 – Big picture view

Negotiation skills Translation of requirements to design Data Modelling and Data Analysis QA 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 analysing and prioritizing

business needs • Create a business case Communicate the results of a

business case to stakeholders. BA COURSE CONTENT

Introduction • 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 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

Software Engineering Process Models •SDLC •Water Fall Model •Spiral Methodology

• Agile (more evolved, RAD session: reverse-engineer session)

•Incremental Model • RUP (Rational Unified Process)

Modelling using UML •UML •UML Defined •UML History

• UML diagrams •UML modelling mechanisms •Reviews BA COURSE CONTENT

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

Analysis of Requirements • Fact gathering methods• Interviewing• Observation• Questionnaires• 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

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• A proven methodology for taking advantage of Use Cases

• 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

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 Modelling, Data Analysis & Testing • Goals of Data Modelling, Logical & Physical Design

(E-R Diagram) • 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

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 BA COURSE CONTENT

• 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 miniprojects 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. TOOLS

• MS VISIO --- UML DIAGRAMS/DFD • RATIONAL ROSE---UML DIAGRAMS/DFD • MS WORD—BRD/SRS/DRD/FRD document

preparations • ER-DIAGRAMS • FUNCTIONAL TEST CASE PREPARATION

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