BUSINESS ANALYSIS FOR SOFTWARE PROJECTS

What You'll Learn

 

• Documenting the project scope.

•  Plan Business Analysis’ requirements activities.

• Elicit requirements from stakeholders, with an emphasis on the different requirements elicitation techniques.

• Analyze requirements, using Use cases & UML modeling.

• Develop Detailed Software Requirements Specification Document.

• Verify and validate requirements.

• Elements of requirements management and communication and the BA's role in them.

• Business Analyst different roles.

• Necessary competencies and best practices of Business Analysts.

 

 

Hands-On Exercises

• Develop a Vision Scope Document.

• Plan Requirements Activities for a Project.

• Conduct the different elicitation techniques.

• Choose Elicitation Techniques.

• Develop a Business Requirements Document

• Analyze a Use Case Model

• Identify Actors & Use Cases

• Detailing Use Cases.

• Develop Use Cases & Activity Diagrams.

• Develop a Personal Action Plan to Improve Your Business Analysis Skills or Environment.

 

Course Outline

Introduction to Business Analysis

• Importance of Effective Business Analysis

• Role of the BA

• Standardization and Adaptability

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Requirements Planning

• Role of the BA in Requirements Planning

• Vision and Scope Document

• Types of Requirements Stakeholders

• Develop Business Analysis Plan

• Develop Requirements Communication Plan

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Requirements Elicitation

• Role of the BA in Requirements Elicitation

• Investigative approach Iterative approach

• Techniques

  • Interviews

  • Focus groups

  • Requirements workshop

  • Brainstorming

  • Observation

  • Survey

  • Prototype

  • Document Analysis

  • Interface Analysis

• Developing Business Requirements Document

 

Requirements Analysis

• Requirement Analysis Activities

• Prioritize Requirements

• Organize Requirements

• Specify & Model Requirements

• Requirement Analysis Techniques

  • Business Rules Analysis

  • Data Dictionary & Glossary

  • Non-Functional Requirements

  • Scope Modeling

  • Process Modeling

  • Use Cases & Scenarios

• Use Cases Development

  • Identifying Actors & Use Cases

  • Modeling Use Cases

  • Detailing Use Cases

• UML Modeling Techniques

  • Use case Diagrams

  • Activity Diagrams

  • State Diagrams

  • Sequence Diagrams

  • Class Diagrams

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Requirements Documentation

• Project Vision Scope Document

• Business Requirements Document

• Detailed Use Cases Documentation

• Detailed Software Requirements Specification Document

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Business Analyst Skills & Competencies

• Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving

• Behavioural Characteristics

• Business Knowledge

• Communication Skills

• Interaction Skills

• Software Applications