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Essential Business Analysis For Consultants

Posted By: ELK1nG
Essential Business Analysis For Consultants

Essential Business Analysis For Consultants
Last updated 4/2022
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 1.05 GB | Duration: 1h 42m

For consultants, project managers and business analysts

What you'll learn

Describe the role of a business analyst

Improve your business analysis skills

How to determine a customer's requirements

Align business analysis with your customer's requirements

Understand how Universal Modelling Language helps determine the current and future business model

Learn facilitation for business analysts

Build a personal plan to improve your business analysis skills

Gathering data and information from customers

Requirements

There are no specific requirements for this course. It will help you practice if you are already or intend to be working on projects.

Description

Course ObjectivesBy the end of this course, you will be able to:Describe the role of the Business Analyst and the skills and attributes required for successDetermine mutually agreed customer requirements and priorities taking into account business objectives and benefits to ensure that any change adds valueDescribe how the UML approach is relevant to the Business Analyst and demonstrate basic competence in using Data Flow DiagramsUnderstand the principles of facilitation and demonstrate key behaviours to develop confidence as facilitatorsRole of the Business AnalystAn introductory session to put the role of the Business Analyst in a business context and enable delegates to consider the key skills and attributes essential for success.· Role of the Business Analyst as an agent of change· Key tasks and responsibilities within the Development Lifecycle· The key skills and attributes of the Business Analyst · Delegates are encouraged to identify their own strengths and weaknesses as the start point for personal improvementOverall Approach to using UML in Business AnalysisA high-level view of the approach and UML techniques available to assist with Business Analysis· What is UML?· Approach for Business Analysis· Where the UML techniques fitAn example UML model using Data Flow Diagrams to gather information and evidenceDefining Business RequirementsRequirements should be business-oriented and non-technical in their nature. Unclear or ambiguous requirements are the main causes of problems later in the project. It is important to produce well documented and understood requirements owned by specific users for commercial benefit.· The difficulties we face when defining requirements· Types of requirements - constraints, functional and non-functional· How to go about gathering requirements· Wants vs. Needs · Documenting requirements · Evaluation of requirements - business impact (business objectives, cost, benefits and risk), adequacy of current support and business prioritiesInterviewing Skills and other associated fact-finding methodsThe ability to gather accurate and detailed information is critical to the success of business analysis. The most popular method is interviewing but as an interactive communication skill, it is difficult to do well.· Need for a thorough approach - Who, What, Why, When, Where and How· Advantages and Disadvantages workshop - looking at the following methods - Interviewing, Observation, Questionnaires and Analysing Documents· Interviewing in detail - planning, arranging, preparing the structure, conducting and controlling the Interview, types of questions to use, the need for active listening, documenting the results What is Facilitation?Across most large organisations, facilitation has become a recognised and effective approach to help groups of people make changes, solve problems, develop commitment or resolve conflict. This session introduces facilitation and highlights its benefits. · What is Facilitation?· The benefits· Role and responsibilities of the facilitator· Role and ground rules for the participants· Stages in the facilitation processFacilitative behaviours/group dynamicsThis session looks in more detail at the people side of running effective facilitated workshops.· Building trust and empathy· Working in pairs/smaller groups· What makes a good listener/active listening· Picking up on non-verbal signals· Group dynamics

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Section 2: The role of the business analyst as an agent of change

Lecture 2 Business Analysis Context and the Productive inquiry

Lecture 3 Hire Yourself

Lecture 4 The Purpose and Approach

Lecture 5 The Role

Lecture 6 Key Skills and Experience

Section 3: Business modelling

Lecture 7 Business modelling

Section 4: Data flow diagrams

Lecture 8 Data Flow Diagram technique

Section 5: Defining business requirements

Lecture 9 Defining Business Requirements

Section 6: Interviewing and fact finding

Lecture 10 Interviewing and Fact Finding

Section 7: Facilitation

Lecture 11 An Introduction to Facilitation

Section 8: Course Wrap up

Lecture 12 Course Wrap Up

This course is for business analysts, consultants and project managers. It is also a great primer for internal management consultants an change managers.,It is also useful for managers leading internal change management projects and programmes,The course could also be useful for early researchers completing an MBA or Masters project or dissertation