What you'll learn:
- Business Analysis Fundamentals- Understand the term "Business Analysis'", the role of a Business Analyst as well as System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Requirement Gathering Techniques- Via live simulation of requirement gathering session, understand how to gather requirements from Subject Matter Experts
- Hands On Learning: Creating Requirements Documents- Learn how to document BRD (Business Requirements Document), FRD (Functional Requirements Document), Use Case & User Story
- Hands On Learning: Creating Wireframes (Screen-Mock Ups) & Prototypes: Learn how to document User Interface requirements by creating wireframes, prototypes and documenting UI specification
- Learn Software Engineering Processes: Learn Agile Scrum Process, Waterfall Methodology & RUP (Rational Unified Process)
- Hands On Learning: Documenting User Stories
- Hands On Learning: UML (Unified Modeling Language)- Learn how to create Use Case Diagram, Activity Diagrams & State Diagrams
- Hands On Learning: Business Analyst Softwares: Hand-on learning the following softwares: Jira, Rally, Microsoft Visio, Axure, Rational Requisite Pro, Enterprise Architect
- Bonus Learning: Manual Testing- Learn how to create test cases, conduct manual testing, create defects, conduct bug triages and co-ordinate UAT (User Acceptance Testing)
- Case Studies- Real time case studies from Finance, Insurance, Retail/eCommerce & Airlines Industries
- Understand Traceability and advantages of Traceability Matrix, Business Analyst role recap.
- Real Time Business Analyst Interview Simulation
- Real Time Business Architect Interview Simulation
This is a practical approach to learning Business Analysis. If you are a fan of reading books, this course may not be for you as this course is aimed at delivering everything that Ihave learnt while working as a Business Analyst over the last 16 years. This course covers the following modules:
Module 1: Introduction to Business Analysis, Why a Business Analyst?, Training Ladder, Role of a Business Analyst, Business Analyst Ingredients, IT Team Structure
Module 2: Business Team Structure, Hands On- Documenting Business Requirements Document (BRD)
Module 3: System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Overview, understanding 'As-is Business'
Module 4: Case Study- Understanding As Is Business and Documenting BRD for a Life Insurance Company
Module 5: Live Simulation Session to Gather Requirements, Understanding Requirements Types: Business Rules, Functional Requirements, Non-Functional Requirements (User Interface (UI) Requirements), Performance Requirements, Scalability Requirements, Security Requirements)
Module 6: Hands On-Documenting Functional Requirements Document (FRD)
Module 7: Case Study- Documenting FRD
Module 8: Hands On- Creating Wireframes / Screen Mockups via Axure
Module 9: Hands On- Documenting Use Case
Module 10: Case Study- Documenting Use Case for a Retail Company
Module 11: Hands On-Drawing UML (Unified Modeling Language) Diagrams-: Activity Diagram, State Diagram, Use Case Diagram
Module 12: Hands On- Using Visio to draw UML Diagrams
Module 13: Software Engineering Processes: Waterfall, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Agile Scrum
Module 14: Hands On- Documenting User Story
Module 15: Bonus: Create Test Cases, Perform Manual Testing, Creating Defects, Different Types of Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Module 16: Understanding Traceability, importance of traceability matrix and BA role recap.
Module 17: Case Study on Use Case and User Story
