BUSINESS ANALYSIS

Analysis to understand structure,policies & operations of an organization

• IT Industry & Business Analysis Role – A Practitioner’s Perspective
• Introduction to IIBA Body of Knowledge (BOK)
• Requirements Planning and Management
• Requirements Elicitation Models
• Requirements Analysis and Documentation
• Requirements Communication
• Solution Assessment & Validation
• Enterprise Analysis

IT Industry & Business Analysis Role – A Practitioner’s Perspective

• International Institute of Business Analyst (IIBA) and Role of a Business Analyst
• Client Organization
• IT Company Organization
• Project Governance Structure
• SDLC Models
  1. Waterfall
  2. V Model
  3. Prototype Model
  4. Iterative Model
  5. Spiral Model
  6. Agile Methodologies – Scrum

Introduction to IIBA Body of Knowledge (BOK)

• Enterprise Analysis
• Requirements Planning and Management
• Requirements Elicitation
• Requirements Communication
• Requirements Analysis and Documentation
• Solution Assessment and Validation

Requirements Planning and Management

• Understand Team Roles and Stakeholder Analysis (RACI Matrix)
• Identify Requirement Activities and Estimation Technique
• Scope Management and Traceability Matrix
• Change Management Process
• Risk Management Process
• Real Time Case Study to understand the above concepts

Requirements Elicitation Models

• Interviews
• Observation
• Prototyping
• Document Analysis
• Focus Groups
• Brainstorming
• Interface Analysis
• Workshops
• Reverse Engineering
• Surveys / Questionnaires
• Real Time Case Study to understand the above concepts

Requirements Analysis and Documentation

• Structured Analysis
• Data Flow Diagrams & Flowcharts
• ER Diagrams
• Object Oriented Analysis
• Introduction to Object Orientation Concepts
•  Advantages of OO over Structured Analysis
•  Introduction to UML
•  UML Diagrams relevant to a Business Analyst
• Use Case Diagrams and Use Case Stories
• Class & Object Diagrams
• Sequence & Collaboration Diagrams
• State Transition Diagrams
• Activity Diagrams
•  Other Techniques
• Work Flows
• Process Flows / Swimlanes
• SIPOC – Document Maps
• Mind Maps
• Navigation Maps
• Wire Frames

Requirements Communication

• Preparing Communication Plan
• Defining Communication Requirements of Project
• Conflict Management
• Approvals & Signoffs

Solution Assessment & Validation

1. Role of Business Analyst in Testing
2. Stages of Testing
3. Testing Process
   • Test Strategy & Plan
   • Test Case Preparation
   • Test Execution
   • Defect Fixing
4. Testing Types
   • Functional Testing
   • UI Testing
   • Performance Testing
   • Access Control & Security Testing
   • Regression Testing
5. Testing Techniques
   • Black box Testing
   • White Box Testing
6. Test Matrics

Enterprise Analysis

• Enterprise Analysis Process
• Maintaining Business Architecture 
  • Zachman Framework
  • POLDAT Framework