 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 Rol

1. BUSINESS ANALYST
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2. 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

3. 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.

4. 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...)

5. 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

6. 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

7. •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?

8. 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

9. •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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13.  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
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

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

19. 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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