Businessanalysis Course

Get the foundation in business analysis you need to solve your organization's biggest problems.

Last updated 2022-01-10 | 4.5

- Learn the foundations of business analysis
- Learn how to gather requirements from stakeholders and documentary sources
- Learn how to analyze
- diagram and model requirements

What you'll learn

Learn the foundations of business analysis

Learn how to gather requirements from stakeholders and documentary sources

Learn how to analyze

diagram and model requirements

Learn how to present requirements effectively and gain acceptance

Learn how to manage requirements assets after the project is complete

* Requirements

* A strong desire to learn business analysis
* Some business strategy knowledge helpful
* No technical background required

Description

Course Overview

This course provides everything you need to get started in your career in business analysis.

Our courses focus on how analysis is performed in the real world, and they're full of examples, case studies and lessons learned from actual Business Analysts on the job.

This is a perfect first course in any business analysis curriculum.

Syllabus

1. Business Analysis

Overview of Business Analysis
Overview of Requirements
Role of the Business Analyst

2. Stakeholders

Who are they? And why do they matter?
The most common stakeholders: The project team, management, and the front line
Handling Stakeholder Conflicts

3. Life Cycles

Systems Development Life Cycles
Project Life Cycles
Product Life Cycles
Requirement Life Cycles
Seventh Morning's Requirements Development Life Cycle

4. Forming Requirements

Overview of Requirements
Attributes of Good Requirements
Types of Requirements
Requirement Sources
Gathering Requirements from Stakeholders
Common Requirements Documents

5. Transforming Requirements

Stakeholder Needs Analysis
Decomposition Analysis
Additive/Subtractive Analysis
Gap Analysis
Notations (UML & BPMN)
Flowcharts
Swim Lane Flowcharts
Entity-Relationship Diagrams
State-Transition Diagrams
Data Flow Diagrams
Use Case Modeling
Business Process Modeling

6. Finalizing Requirements

Presenting – 10 Tips
Presenting Requirements
Socializing Requirements and Gaining Acceptance
Prioritizing Requirements

7. Managing Requirements Assets

Change Control
Requirements Tools

8. Scenario

Who this course is for:

Novice to intermediate Business Analysts
Professionals looking to transition into a Business Analyst role

Course content

7 sections • 121 lectures

Overview of Business Analysis 15 lectures

Introduction to the Course Preview 02:34

What is Business Analysis? Preview 03:04

What is Business Analysis?

The Value of Business Analysis Preview 03:55

The Value of Business Analysis

What Problems does it Address? Preview 03:08

What Problems does it Address?

Requirements Preview 04:56

Requirements

Who Performs Business Analysis? Preview 03:54

Who Performs Business Analysis?

The Business Analyst Role Preview 05:13

Quiz: The Business Analyst Role

Section 1 Materials Preview 00:04

Introductions

Introduce yourself to your instructor and fellow classmates.

Stakeholders 16 lectures

Overview of Stakeholders Preview 02:15

Stakeholders

The Project Manager Preview 05:37

The Project Manager

The Developer Preview 06:36

The Developer

The QA/Testing Professional Preview 07:14

The QA/Testing Professional

Management Preview 09:30

Management

The Front Line Preview 05:52

The Front Line

Managing Stakeholder Conflict Preview 05:15

Managing Stakeholder Conflict

Section 2 Materials Preview 00:04

Stakeholders

In this assignment, you will consider the stakeholders you work with on the job.

Lifecycles 15 lectures

Overview of Life Cycles Preview 01:35

The PLC and SDLC Preview 05:16

The PLC and SDLC

Waterfall and Iterative SDLCs Preview 08:17

Waterfall and Iterative SDLCs

Agile SDLCs Preview 06:57

Agile SDLCs

The Product Life Cycle Preview 02:48

The Product Life Cycle

Requirements Life Cycles Preview 03:27

Requirements Life Cycles

NorwalkAberdeen's Requirements Definition Model Preview 03:52

NorwalkAberdeen's Requirements Definition Model

Section 3 Materials Preview 00:04

Life Cycles

In this assignment, you will consider two competing life cycles that Business Analysts commonly work in.

Forming Requirements 24 lectures

Overview of Requirements Preview 03:34

Overview of Requirements

Attributes of Good Requirements Preview 09:56

Attributes of Good Requirements

Business Requirements Preview 07:05

Business Requirements

User Requirements Preview 05:37

User Requirements

Functional Requirements Preview 04:30

Functional Requirements

Nonfunctional Requirements Preview 09:40

Nonfunctional Requirements

Requirement Sources Preview 05:42

Requirement Sources

Gathering Requirements in One-on-One Interviews Preview 09:14

Gathering Requirements in One-on-One Interviews

Gathering Requirements in Group Interviews Preview 04:02

Gathering Requirements in Group Interviews

Common Requirements Documents Preview 10:04

Common Requirements Documents

Agile Requirements Preview 05:57

Agile Requirements

Section 4 Materials Preview 00:04

Group Interviewing

In this assignment, you will come up with interview questions that you can use in future requirement-gathering situations.

Transforming Requirements 32 lectures

Overview of Analysis Preview 03:40

"Thinking about Stuff" Preview 02:36

Decomposition Analysis Preview 03:51

Decomposition Analysis

Additive/Subtractive Analysis Preview 02:34

Additive/Subtractive Analysis

Gap Analysis Preview 06:20

Gap Analysis

Decision Analysis Preview 13:40

Decision Analysis

Root Cause Analysis Preview 06:51

Root Cause Analysis

Stakeholder Needs Analysis Preview 04:24

Stakeholder Needs Analysis

Overview of Modeling Preview 01:36

Flowcharts Preview 07:18

Flowcharts

Swim Lane Flowcharts Preview 06:14

Swim Lane Flowcharts

Entity-Relationship Modeling Preview 07:23

Entity-Relationship Modeling

State-Transition Modeling Preview 08:11

State-Transition Modeling

Data Flow Modeling Preview 07:48

Data Flow Modeling

Use Case Modeling Preview 09:23

Use Case Modeling

Business Process Modeling Preview 13:13

Business Process Modeling

Notations: UML and BPMN Preview 03:33

Section 5 Materials Preview 00:04

Modeling a User-System Interaction

In this exercise, you will create a graphic model of a user-system interaction.

Finalizing Requirements 9 lectures

Finalizing Requirements Preview 01:47

Socialization Preview 07:19

Socialization

Presentation Preview 08:58

Presentation

Change Control Preview 05:43

Change Control

Section 6 Materials Preview 00:04

Gaining a Senior Manager’s Support

In this hypothetical scenario, you will review a typical requirements finalization problem and propose a strategy for addressing it.

Scenario 10 lectures

Scenario Overview Preview 01:39

High-Level Interview (with Solomon) Preview 07:31

Detailed Interview (with Martha) Preview 10:51

Initial Documentation Preview 06:38

Transforming the Requirements Preview 01:54

Stakeholder Needs Analysis Preview 04:22

Decomposition Analysis Preview 03:47

Swim Lane Flowchart Preview 03:17

Finalizing the Requirements (via a Walk-Through) Preview 14:53

Analysis & Modeling Method Selection

In this exercise, you will think strategically about the analysis and modeling methods Doug chose to perform in the scenario, and think through alternative approaches.