Business Analysis Overview

Fundamental Business Analysis Concepts
Course: 42 Minutes

• The Definition of Business Analysis
• The Business Analyst Role
• Business Analysis Value
• Business Analysis Knowledge Areas
• Business Analysis Key Terms and Concepts
• Project Team Stakeholders
• External Project Stakeholders
• The Requirements Classification Schema

Understanding Requirements and Designs
Course: 18 Minutes

• Requirements and Designs
• The Requirements and Design Cycle
• Exercise: Business Analysis Fundamentals

The BA Planning and Monitoring Knowledge Area

Overview of BA Planning and Monitoring
Course: 1 Hour, 6 Minutes

• Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring Tasks
• Core Concepts and the BA Role
• Considerations for Planning a BA Approach
• Guidelines and Techniques for Planning a BA Approach
• The Role of Stakeholders in Planning a BA Approach
• Considerations for Planning Stakeholder Engagement
• Techniques for Planning Stakeholder Engagement
• Stakeholder Roles in Planning Stakeholder Engagement
• Considerations for Planning BA Governance
• Guidelines and Techniques for Planning BA Governance
• Stakeholder Roles in Planning BA Governance
• Considerations for Planning Information Management
• Techniques for Planning Information Management
• Stakeholder Roles in Planning Information Management

Identifying Performance Improvements
Course: 32 Minutes

• Considerations for Identifying Improvements
• Techniques for Identifying Performance Improvements
• Stakeholder Roles in Identifying Improvements
• Exercise: Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

The BA Elicitation and Collaboration Knowledge Area

Overview of Elicitation and Collaboration
Course: 12 Minutes

• Elicitation and Collaboration Tasks
• Elicitation and Collaboration Responsibilities

Preparing for Elicitation
Course: 15 Minutes

• Considerations for Preparing for Elicitation
• Guidelines and Techniques to Prepare for Elicitation
• Stakeholder Roles in Preparing for Elicitation

Conducting Elicitation
Course: 11 Minutes

• Inputs and Elements for Conducting Elicitation
• Guidelines and Techniques for Conducting Elicitation
• Stakeholder Roles in Conducting Elicitation

Confirming Elicitation Results
Course: 9 Minutes

• Elements of Confirming Elicitation Results
• Techniques for Confirming Elicitation Results
• Stakeholder Roles in Confirming Elicitation Results

Communicating BA Information
Course: 14 Minutes

• Considerations for Communicating BA Information
• Techniques for Communicating BA Information
• Stakeholder Roles in Communicating BA Information

Managing Stakeholder Collaboration
Course: 31 Minutes

• Considerations in Managing Stakeholder Collaboration
• Techniques for Managing Stakeholder Collaboration
• Results of Managing Stakeholder Collaboration
• Exercise: BA Elicitation and Collaboration

The Requirements Life Cycle Management Knowledge Area

Requirements Life Cycle Management Overview
Course: 5 Minutes

• The Requirements Life Cycle

Tracing Requirements
Course: 8 Minutes

• Considerations for Tracing Requirements
• Techniques for Tracing Requirements

Maintaining and Prioritizing Requirements
Course: 15 Minutes

• Maintaining Requirements
• Considerations for Prioritizing Requirements
• Prioritizing Requirements

Assessing and Approving Requirements
Course: 31 Minutes

• Considerations for Assessing Requirements Changes
• Guidelines for Assessing Requirements Changes
• BA Responsibilities in the Approve Requirements Task
• Guidelines and Techniques for Approving Requirements
• Exercise: BA Requirements Life Cycle Management

The Strategy Analysis Knowledge Area

Strategy Analysis
Course: 7 Minutes

• Overview of Strategy Analysis
• Strategy Analysis Core Concepts

Current and Future State Analysis
Course: 27 Minutes

• Considerations for Analyzing the Current State
• Techniques for Analyzing the Current State
• Considerations for Defining the Future State
• Techniques for Defining the Future State

Assess Risks
Course: 29 Minutes

• The Assess Risks Task
• The Define Change Strategy Task
• Exercise: Business Analysis Strategy Analysis

RADD Knowledge Area: Part 1

Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
Course: 8 Minutes

• RADD Overview
• RADD and Core Concepts

Specifying and Modeling Requirements
Course: 11 Minutes

• Specifying and Modeling Requirements Considerations
• Requirements Modeling Guidelines and Tools

Verifying Requirements
Course: 5 Minutes

• Considerations for Verifying Requirements
• Tools and Techniques for Verifying Requirements

Validating Requirements
Course: 21 Minutes

• Considerations for Validating Requirements
• Techniques for Validating Requirements
• Exercise: Defining Requirements

RADD Knowledge Area: Part 2

Defining Requirements Architecture
Course: 12 Minutes

• Requirements Architecture Characteristics
• Considerations for Defining Architecture
• Techniques for Defining Requirements Architecture

Defining Design Options
Course: 12 Minutes

• Considerations for Defining Design Options
• Techniques for Defining Design Options
• Stakeholder Roles in Defining Design Options

Analyzing Value and Recommending Solutions
Course: 29 Minutes

• Considerations for Analyzing Potential Value
• Techniques for Analyzing Potential Value
• Options for Recommending Solutions
• Exercise: Defining Designs

The Solution Evaluation Knowledge Area

Solution Evaluation
Course: 7 Minutes

• Solution Evaluation Overview

Measure and Analyze Solution Performance
Course: 15 Minutes

• Measure Solution Performance Activities
• Techniques for Measuring Solution Performance
• Considerations for Analyzing Performance Measures

Assess Limitations
Course: 16 Minutes

• Assess Solution Limitations
• Assess Enterprise Limitations
• Techniques for Assessing Enterprise Limitations

Increase Solution Value
Course: 23 Minutes

• Actions to Increase Solution Value
• Techniques for Recommending Value-add Actions
• Exercise: Business Analysis Solution Evaluation

Certified Business Analysis Professional
Assessment: 1 Hour, 30 Minutes