Business analysis has become a competency of critical importance to many organizations. Inaccurate requirements gathering consistently ranks in the top three causes of project failure, yet only half of organizations have qualified human resources in place to perform this function properly, according to PMI’s Pulse of the Profession® research. The course covers the following domains:
Needs Assessment
- Defining Business Problems or Opportunities
- Developing a Solutions Scope Statement or Business Case
- Determining the Business Problem or Opportunity Value
- Identifying Business Needs
- Identifying Stakeholders and Stakeholder Values
Planning
- Determining Business Analysis Activities
- Establishing Requirements Traceability
- Preparing the Requirements Management Plan
- Defining Requirements Change Control and Communication Processes
- Identifying Document Control Processes
- Specifying Business Metrics and Defining Acceptance Criteria
Analysis
- Eliciting and Identifying Requirements
- Analyzing, Decomposing, and Elaborating Requirements
- Evaluating Options and Decision-Making
- Allocating Requirements and Creating a Requirements Baseline
- Facilitating Stakeholder Consensus in order to Obtain Sign-off
- Creating Requirements Specifications
- Validating Requirements with Stakeholders
- Elaborating and Specifying Detailed Business Metrics and Detailed Acceptance Criteria
Traceability and Monitoring
- Tracking the Status, Sources, and Relationships of Requirements
- Monitoring the Lifecycle of Requirements
- Updating the Status of Requirements and Communicating Requirements States to Stakeholders
- Using Communication Methods to Share Important Requirements Information and Status with Stakeholders
Evaluation
- Tracking the Status, Sources, and Relationships of Requirements
- Monitoring the Lifecycle of Requirements
- Updating the Status of Requirements and Communicating Requirements States to Stakeholders
- Using Communication Methods to Share Important Requirements Information and Status with Stakeholders
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