Professional Business Analysis PBA

Introduction:

Professional Business Analysis (PBA) focuses on equipping individuals with the skills to effectively define business needs, analyze solutions, and drive successful project outcomes. It involves understanding stakeholder requirements, identifying gaps, and ensuring project alignment with business goals. By mastering key business analysis techniques, professionals can enhance decision-making, improve process efficiency, and deliver value-driven solutions that meet organizational objectives.

Objectives:

By the conclusion of this Course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the importance of Business Analysts within organizations.
• Plan and manage various projects related to enterprise operations.
• Analyze organizational needs for strategic development.
• Manage requirements throughout all project stages, from planning to completion.
• Accurately define the scope of solutions to avoid confusion in project implementation.
• Ensure all project stakeholders clearly understand their roles.
• Recognize how accurate requirement gathering ensures that user needs are met across the organization.
• Communicate effectively by creating accessible documentation, avoiding technical jargon.
• Support developers in constructing solid applications with clear, explicit specifications.

Training Methodology:

• Role-playing exercises
• Practical classes
• Scenario-based learning
• Peer review sessions
• Simulated exams and quizzes
• Real-world case studies
• Individual and group presentations
• Q&A sessions
• Reflections and feedback sessions

Course Outline:

Unit 1: Introduction to Business Analysis

• Defining the role of a Business Analyst
• Understanding the Business Solutions Life Cycle (BSLC)
• Business Analysis techniques applied to various scenarios
• Enterprise Analysis: An overview
• Data-driven business cases
• Differentiating the solution scope of a project/program from that of an organization

Unit 2: Analyzing Requirements

• Identifying primary customers for system development projects
• Structured analysis using the Architecture Framework
• Basic concepts of modeling in Business Analysis
• Industry-standard approaches to data modeling
• Core tools of Business Analysis: Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN)
• Writing clear, unambiguous requirements to guide developers

Unit 3: Eliciting Requirements

• Conducting stakeholder interviews to identify latent needs
• Business observations for gaining insights into real organizational situations
• Applying large-scale questionnaires for collective opinions
• Document analysis and observational techniques for rich information gathering
• Facilitating workshops with key stakeholders to encourage collective intelligence

Unit 4: Managing and Communicating Requirements

• Resolving conflicts with key stakeholders effectively
• Maintaining project viability and stakeholder approval during changes
• Ensuring the solution scope aligns with project goals and stakeholder expectations
• Communicating requirements clearly to ensure proper implementation
• Continuously improving business analysis techniques based on project learnings

Unit 5: Solution Assessment and Validation

• Evaluating solutions for their suitability to meet specified needs
• Identifying and addressing gaps or shortfalls in proposed solutions
• Developing strategies to navigate critical issues
• Ensuring solution performance aligns with organizational objectives
• Conducting user acceptance testing to validate that solutions meet user expectations