Advanced Business Analysis

Course:   BPA3
Duration:   5 Days
Level:   III
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Course Summary

This 5-day course focuses on developing collaboration, consensus building, and communication skills for business analysis leadership. Participants will learn to effectively listen, learn, and be a liaison between the business and other organizational teams.

Topics Covered In This Course

Introduction

Identify Successful Leadership Styles for Business Analysis

The Responsibility and Accountability of Business Analysts

Exercise 1: Business and Business Analyst Interaction

The Business Analysis Problem Domains

Business Analysis Team Requirements

Creating Strong Relationships with the Business

Exercise 2: Creating Strong Relationships with the Business

Developing Strong Relationships with Development Teams

Exercise 1: Developing Strong Relationships with Development Teams

Understanding and Defining Conflict in Projects

Conflict Resolution Approaches

Exercise 2: Defining Conflict

Exercise 3: Resolving Conflict

Managing Customer Agreements

Facilitation Skills for Business Analysis

Conducting a Requirements Gathering Session

Exercise 1: Conducting a Requirements Gathering Session

Using Tools During Facilitation

Exercise 2: Using Tools During Facilitation

Conducting Interviews with Customer sand Users Resistant to Change

Exercise 3: Conducting Interviews with Customers and Users Resistant to Change

Key Elements of Stakeholder Analysis

Exercise 1: Conducting Stakeholder Analysis

Understanding Troubled Projects

Recovering Troubled Projects

Exercise 2: Recovering Troubled Projects

Communication Skills for Business Audiences

Communication Skills for Technical Audiences

Exercise 3: Communications Skills for Business and Technical Audiences

Presenting Complex Business Analysis Projects

Exercise 1: Complex Presentations

Presenting in Conjunction with Tools

Exercise 2: Presenting in Conjunction with Tools

Requirements Validation Throughout the Requirements Lifecycle

Exercise 3: Using Tools in Requirements Validation Throughout the Requirements Lifecycle

Class Wrap-up and Summary

What You Can Expect
Who Should Take This Course

This course is intended for anyone actively involved in business process analysis or interested in learning about business process analysis. Ideally, candidates have taken the "Introduction to Business Analysis" and "Intermediate Business Analysis" classes that occur in this series of courses.

Training Style

Instructor-led participative lecture with group exercises and live demonstrations.

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