Business Analysis

Business Analysis Introduction

· Business Analysis Definition and Core Concept

·Core Concepts of Business Analysis 

·Importance of Business Analysis 

·Key Domain Area of Business Analysis

·Business Analysis as A Service in the Industry

·Summary 

·Assessment

Business Process

·Introduction 

·Importance of Process in Organisation

·The Organisational View of Business Processes 

·Value Propositions 

·Business Process Models 

·Business Process Tools

·Developing the business process model

·Analysing tasks

·Hierarchy of process models

·Beginning and ending the process

·Analysing the ‘As Is’ Process 

·Identifying problems

·Analysing the hand-offs

·Analysing the processing 

·Other factors causing inadequate performance of a process

·Improving Business Processes 

·Process Measurement 

·Business Process Model and Notation

·Lean Six Sigma 

·Assessment

Business Analysis Planning

· Introduction to Business Analysis Planning

·Importance of Business Analysis Planning 

·Plan the Business Analysis Approach 

·Predictive vs. Adaptive Approaches 

·Create a Business Analysis Approach

·Plan Stakeholder Engagement 

·Perform Stakeholder Analysis and Mapping

·Define Stakeholder Collaboration

·Stakeholder Communication Needs

·Plan Stakeholder Engagement Approach

·Plan Business Analysis Governance 

·Decision Making

·Change Control Process

·Plan the Prioritisation Approach

·Plan for Approvals

·Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements 

·Performance Analysis

·Business Process Assessment Measures

·Actions for Improvement

·Assessment

Business Strategic Analysis

· What Is Strategy?

·Strategy Development

·External Environment Analysis

·Porter’s Five Forces Model

·Internal Environment Analysis

·Degree of Actual and Potential Competition

·Opportunity Analysis

·Competitive Strategy Analysis

·Achieving and Sustaining Competitive Advantage

·Corporate Strategy Analysis

·Assessment

Requirement Elicitation Techniques

·Introduction 

·Prior Research

·Investigation Techniques

·Document Analysis

·Financial Analysis

·Focus Groups

·Interviews

·Mind Mapping

·Observation

·Prototyping

·SWOT Analysis

·Use Cases and Scenarios

·Discovery Workshops

Requirement Documentation Management

· Introduction to Documenting and Managing Requirements 

·Importance of Documentation 

·Business Requirements Document

·The Solution Documentation 

·Requirements

·Categorisation 

·Requirements Specification 

·Documenting Assumptions

·Documenting Constraints.

·Guidelines for Writing Requirements 

·Functional Requirements

·Prioritising Requirements 

·Prioritisation Schemes.

·Technical Requirements Specification 

·Documenting with Use Cases and User Stories

·Backlog Items

·Risk Assessment 

·Assessment

Career Prospect as a Business Analysts in the Global Industry

· Responsibilities 

·Salary in different sectors

·Qualifications 

·Skills 

·Work Experience 

·Career Prospects 

·Future of Business Analyst