Business Analyst Role

Object Oriented Analysis &Design (OOAD)

SDLC & UML
Unified Process
Business model
Use case model
Storyboarding/Mock-ups
Elicitation Techniques
Requirements documentation (BRD, SRS etc...)
Requirements verification
Systems thinking
Negotiation skills
Translation of requirements to design
Data Modelling and Data Analysis

BA CONCEPTS

Tools Training Overview (MS Visio)

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 projects
scope and requirements highlights
Use business analysis & project management tools
Assist decision-makers in analyzing and prioritizing business needs
Create a business case Communicate the results of a business case to
stakeholder

INTRODUCTION & OVER VIEW ON BUSINESS ANALYSt

What is Business Analyst?

A look at different viewpoints
What is being analysed?
Whats the goal?
Current trends in business analysis
Key concepts
Definition
Reconciled to common understanding within the organization
Review topics to be covered
Real time BA work Scenarios

THE ROLE OF THE BUSINESS ANALYST

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 BAs Core Knowledge Set

THE PRACTICE OF BUSINESS ANALYSt

 BA Responsibilities
Requirements Gathering

OVER VIEW OF SOFTWARE PROJECT & IT COMPANY

What is software project

What is software product
Difference between Project & product
Different project teams from IT company description
Clients side project team member description
How the project are coming to IT companies
Introduction Pre sales-post sales
What is RFI, RFP and RFQ

OVER VIEW OF KICK OFF MEETING

What is kick of meeting

Minutes of meeting
Role of BA in Kick of meeting
Real document presentation of Kick of meeting, business proposal & project
document

INTRODUCTION TO IIBA & BABOK

What is the BABOK?

What is Business Analysis?
Key Concepts
Knowledge Areas
Domains knowledge Areas
Techniques
Underlying Competencies
Other Sources of Business Analysis Information

OVER VIEW OF ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES IN PROJECT

Customer, stake holder

End users
SMES & TSMES
Project sponsors, Vendors
It project team like Project manager, developer, test engineer, solution
architect

SDLC METHODS

SDLC phases
Project plan Phase
Analysis Phase
Design Phase
Coding-development Phase
Testing Phase
Deployment Phase

DIAGNOSING THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT (ENTERPRISE ANALYSt)

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

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

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING PROCESS MODELS

SDLC
Water Fall Model
Spiral Methodology
Agile (more evolved, RAD session: reverse-engineer session)
Incremental Model

SDLC

What is requirement
Requirement classification

Business case requirements

Stake holder requirements
Solution requirements

i. Functional requirements
ii.Non functional requirements

Transition requirements

Moscow techniques
Zach man frame work
3D frame work for requirement gathering
3D Model for requirement gathering

Documentation Preparation

BRD, FRD, SRS, DRD, AS-IS & TO BE, Use case , User stories
Real time documentation preparation scenarios
Real time documentation assignments
Difference BRD/FRD/SRS/DRD

Analyst of Requirements Elicitation

Fact gathering methods

Interviewing
Observation
JAD session
Prototypes, wire frames, storey board ,Mock up, Blue prints
Questionnaires
GAP analysis
As-is & to be document
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

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

Structural Analyst

What is structural analysis

Data flow diagrams
System flow charts
HIPO charts
Work flows

Modeling using UML & OOAD (object oriented analysis and design)

UML
UML Defined
UML History
UML diagrams
UML modelling mechanisms
Reviews
Object oriented analysis and design-UML diagrams
Structural diagrams

Class, object, package, component, composite and deployment diagrams.

Behavioural diagrams

Use case diagrams

Activity diagrams
State machine diagrams

Interaction diagrams

Sequence diagrams
Communication diagrams
Timing diagrams
Over all interaction diagrams

Concepts of OOPS(object oriented programming system)

Use Case Analyst 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

Introduction to Data Modeling, Data Analyst & Testing

Goals of Data Modelling, Logical & Physical Design (E-R Diagram)

Introduction SQL, SQL queries.
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
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

Basic Project Management Principle

Roles and responsibilities of PM

Project management process
Project management knowledge areas
Project management tools
PMP certification

Projects

Writing Use Cases, Business Rules, Supplemental Specifications in Requisite

Pro, Understanding and using attributes
Introduction to UML Business Modelling and UML
Advantages to visual modelling, interface, views and diagrams
Managing UML entities and relationships for the various UML diagrams
Use Case, Activity and State Diagrams
Sequence and Class Diagrams

Others

Mock up interviews
Resume preparation
Interview questions
Interview schedules
Domain training
Case studies