Business Analysis Foundations: Learn All The Essentials

Business Analysis Foundations: Learn All The Essentials, available at $49.99, has an average rating of 4.49, with 87 lectures, based on 992 reviews, and has 5550 subscribers.

You will learn about Learn the foundations of business analysis tools and techniques Understand what business analysts do Introduction to BABOK® and CBAP® How to initiate a project Best practices for gathering requirements Learn the key concepts, vocabulary, and stakeholders business analysts need. Strategies to monitor results and test outcomes Learn how to use the BABOK guide as a key resource. Understand the application process for the CBAP Examination. You'll then learn best practices on preparing to successfully pass the CBAP Exam. This course is ideal for individuals who are students or anyone looking to becoming a business analysis It is particularly useful for students or anyone looking to becoming a business analysis.

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Title: Business Analysis Foundations: Learn All The Essentials

Price: $49.99

Average Rating: 4.49

Number of Lectures: 87

Number of Published Lectures: 85

Number of Curriculum Items: 87

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 85

Original Price: $89.99

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What You Will Learn

Learn the foundations of business analysis tools and techniques
Understand what business analysts do
Introduction to BABOK® and CBAP®
How to initiate a project
Best practices for gathering requirements
Learn the key concepts, vocabulary, and stakeholders business analysts need.
Strategies to monitor results and test outcomes
Learn how to use the BABOK guide as a key resource.
Understand the application process for the CBAP Examination.
You'll then learn best practices on preparing to successfully pass the CBAP Exam.

Who Should Attend

students
anyone looking to becoming a business analysis

Target Audiences

students
anyone looking to becoming a business analysis

Did You Know?

Business Analysts skills are in high demand. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, a 20% job growth rate for Business Analysts is expected till 2025, and the outlook for the rest of the world should be higher still.

Welcome to this 3 part course!

In this course we’ll go over the fundamentals of business analysis where you’ll get a realistic overview of what a business analysis is, and what a business analyst does.

We’ll take you through the foundations of business analysis tools and techniques. We will go over on how these skills as a business analysis are used to gather requirements and identify solutions to provide better business outcomes. Learn the key concepts, vocabulary, and stakeholders business analysts need to be comfortable working with.�

Next you’ll then be introduced to the BABOK® Guide (Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge®). In order to be successful at your business analysis work and to pass any of the business analysis certification examinations, you need to have a solid foundation of business analysis key concepts.

You will learn foundational knowledge required to both deliver successful solutions as well as pass professional business analysis certification examinations. You will learn how to use the BABOK guide as a key resource.

Finally, you will be introduced CBAP® ( Certified Business Analysis Professional®) and understand this valuable certification and how to successfully achieve this prestigious international recognition to use in your professional career.

We’ll walk through the application process for the CBAP Examination and how to best approach the process. You’ll then learn best practices on preparing to successfully pass the CBAP Exam.

What does a Business Analysis do?

A Business Analysis helps businesses do business better. The person who carries out this task is called a business analyst or BA.

Business analysis work across all levels of an organization and identify business needs and determine solutions to business problems. Business analysis may be involved in everything from defining strategy, to creating the enterprise architecture, to taking a leadership role by defining the goals and requirements for programs and projects or supporting continuous improvement in its technology and processes.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Getting Started

Lecture 1: Introduction

Chapter 2: Business Analysis Overview

Lecture 1: What is business analysis?

Lecture 2: Understanding what business analysts do

Lecture 3: The skills business analysts use

Lecture 4: BA Mindset

Chapter 3: Initiating the Project

Lecture 1: Initiation phase of the business analysis

Lecture 2: Defining the business problem or opportunity

Lecture 3: Defining the business objective

Lecture 4: Capturing business information

Lecture 5: Understanding stakeholders

Lecture 6: Designing requirements

Lecture 7: Understanding the requirements

Lecture 8: Exploring requirement types

Chapter 4: Planning and Collecting Requirements

Lecture 1: Building the requirements plan

Lecture 2: Gather requirements

Lecture 3: Interviewing to gather requirements

Lecture 4: Brainstorming

Lecture 5: Observing

Lecture 6: Surveying

Lecture 7: Producing business rules and requirement traceability

Lecture 8: Building requirement traceability into the plan

Lecture 9: Determining when you have enough requirements

Lecture 10: Creating a requirements package

Chapter 5: Validating and Controlling Your Requirements During Project Execution

Lecture 1: Verifying your requirements

Lecture 2: Exploring requirement-verification techniques

Lecture 3: Creating procedure manuals and documentation

Lecture 4: Measuring verification activities

Lecture 5: Developing project acceptance criteria

Chapter 6: Implementing and Closing Your Project

Lecture 1: Testing project outcomes

Lecture 2: Using testing techniques

Lecture 3: Providing implementation support

Lecture 4: Capturing lessons learned

Lecture 5: Conclusion

Chapter 7: BABOK Guide and Business Analysis Key Terms

Lecture 1: Understanding How to Use the BABOK Guide

Lecture 2: Business Analysis Key Concepts

Lecture 3: Introducing the Business Analysis Knowledge Areas

Lecture 4: Studying Knowledge Areas for BA Certification Exams

Lecture 5: Studying Tasks for BA Certification Exams

Lecture 6: Studying Techniques for BA Certification Exams

Lecture 7: Studying Underlying Competencies for BA Certification Exams

Lecture 8: Studying Perspectives for BA Certification Exams

Lecture 9: Purpose of the Business Analysis Core

Lecture 10: Six Foundational Core Concepts

Lecture 11: Utilizing the Business Analysis Core Concept Model

Lecture 12: Working a Real-world Example through the BACCM

Lecture 13: Important Business Analysis Terms

Lecture 14: Additional Key Business Analysis Terms

Lecture 15: Two Most Critical Stakeholders for Business

Lecture 16: The Common Stakeholders Business Analysts Work With

Lecture 17: How to Identify Your Stakeholders

Lecture 18: Introducing the Requirements Schema

Lecture 19: Understanding Business Requirements

Lecture 20: Understanding Stakeholder Requirements

Lecture 21: Solution Requirements

Lecture 22: Transition Requirements

Lecture 23: Relationship of Requirements and Designs

Lecture 24: Designing Business Requirements with Personas

Lecture 25: Stakeholder Requirements with Scenarios

Lecture 26: Data Flow Diagrams

Lecture 27: Designing Transition Requirements with Prototypes

Lecture 28: Summary of the Requirements Schema and Designs

Chapter 8: Intro to the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Certification

Lecture 1: Intro to the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) Certification

Lecture 2: BABOK

Lecture 3: CBAP exam

Lecture 4: Understanding IIBA

Lecture 5: Benefits of IIBA

Lecture 6: IIBA website

Lecture 7: Value of CBAP Certification

Lecture 8: Obtaining CBAP

Lecture 9: IIBA website and creating profile account

Lecture 10: Resources available through IIBA website

Lecture 11: Accessing CBAP application and dashboard

Lecture 12: Filling in your CBAP Application

Lecture 13: Gathering your CBAP Application information

Lecture 14: Submitting your CBAP Application

Lecture 15: CBAP Exam Prep

Lecture 16: Business Analysis Core Concept Model (BACCM)

Lecture 17: Business Analysis Tasks

Lecture 18: Underlying Competencies and Perspectives

Lecture 19: Studying the Business Analysis Key Terms

Lecture 20: Studying the Business Analysis Stakeholders

Lecture 21: Practicing the Cheat Sheet known as the “Brain Dump”

Lecture 22: Review of the CBAP Study Plan

Lecture 23: Preparing for and Taking the CBAP Exam

Lecture 24: Summary of Preparing to Take Your CBAP Examination

Instructors

International Business Education Association
Business Educators

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