What Will You Learn?
1. The importance of business analysis as a profession
2. Different business analysis perspectives
3. The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) vision and mission
4. How to conduct strategic research for business initiatives
5. How to elicit and evaluate the various types of requirements
6. Selecting, implementing, and assessing business solutions
7. Managing the stakeholders’ engagement
8. The needed competencies for practicing business analysis
9. The preparation roadmap for the different levels of the business analysis certifications
Audience
1. Business and System Analysts
2. Product Managers
3. Project Managers
4. Software Engineers
5. Enterprise Architects
6. Business Development Managers
7. Quality Managers

1. Basic Definitions and Core Concepts
2. Generic Business Analysis Lifecycle
3. Business Analysis Knowledge Areas:
a. Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
b. Elicitation and Collaboration
c. Requirements Lifecycle Management
d. Strategy Analysis
e. Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
f. Solution Evaluation
4. Important Techniques:
a. Strategy Analysis: SWOT, PESTEL Analysis, BuValue Proposition Canvas
b. Stakeholder Analysis: Personas, Onion Diagram, Segmentation Model,
Power/Interest Grid
c. Elicitation Techniques:
Interviews, Brainstorming,
Workshops, Surveys & Questionnaires, Interface Analysis, etc.
5. Underlying Competencies and Required Skills
6. Certification Roadmap
7. Exam Preparation