The course will address business analysis activities including identifying stakeholders, defining roles and responsibilities of stakeholders in the business effort, planning how the business analyst will communicate with stakeholders, and planning how requirements will be approached, traced and prioritized.  It addresses developing estimates for the business analysis effort, determining the deliverables that the business analyst will produce, defining and determining business analysis processes, and determining the metrics that will be used for monitoring business analysis work. This class also includes practice exam questions that will help you prepare for taking the CCBA certification exam.

This course addresses the following knowledge areas identified by the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (IIBA):

• Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
• Enterprise Analysis

Performance Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you should be able to:

• Understand and apply how to plan a business analysis approach to a project.
• Conduct a stakeholder analysis using business analysis tools.
• Plan business analysis activities.
• Create a business analysis communication plan.
• Create a business analysis requirements management plan.
• Assess business analysis performance and manage assets.

Intended Audience: Systems analysts, business analysts, requirements analysts, developers, software engineers, IT project managers, project managers, project analysts, project leaders, senior project managers, team leaders, program managers, testers, QA specialists or anyone involved in organizational decision making.