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Module 1 - Introduction To The BA Role

The document outlines a module for business analysis training containing 9 modules. It provides the topics to be covered in each module and exercises for students to complete. The modules cover topics such as defining requirements, interviewing stakeholders, process and data modeling, and requirements quality. Students are asked to complete exercises including defining requirements, process mapping, and prototyping screens from a case study. The final paper is to be submitted after classes resume following the lifting of an enhanced community quarantine.

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Module 1 - Introduction To The BA Role

The document outlines a module for business analysis training containing 9 modules. It provides the topics to be covered in each module and exercises for students to complete. The modules cover topics such as defining requirements, interviewing stakeholders, process and data modeling, and requirements quality. Students are asked to complete exercises including defining requirements, process mapping, and prototyping screens from a case study. The final paper is to be submitted after classes resume following the lifting of an enhanced community quarantine.

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AS A COMPLETION REQUIREMENT BECAUSE OF THE ECQ (Enhanced Community

Quarantine) I am asking you all to make a module using the 3 Books I have
forwarded at the beginning of the Semester in the GC . Below is outline for the
said module. Follow the module and make the exercises as necessary as if you
are making your own book.
Final paper should be formatted as:
Paper size: Short bond paper (8.5 X 110
Font: Calibri
Font size: 12
Margins : Normal
Submission: day after classes resume after ECQ lifted

Module 1 - Introduction to the BA Role

 What is a Business Analyst?

 The evolving role of the Business Analyst

 The BA roadmap - different ‘levels’ of business analysis

 The basic rules of Business Analysis

 IT and non-IT change

Exercise 1.1 – Delegates work in teams to define and document a set of requirements for a ‘simple’

project

Module 2 – Project Definition and Scoping

 Aspects of a project

 The importance of understanding and defining objectives and scope and identifying stakeholders

 Projects phases and deliverables

 The role of the BA across the project lifecycle

 Project approaches (and how they affect the BA) – Waterfall, Agile, Iterative, Incremental

Exercise 2.1 – Delegates define a list of measurable project objectives and initial scoping questions.
Module 3 - Interviewing and Fact Finding

 The user perception of IT and projects.

 How to interview different types of user and how to capture and assimilate information.

 How to use workshops effectively for requirements gathering.

Exercise 3.1 – Delegates work in teams to perform role-play interviews of 3 different stakeholders:

- Project Sponsor (Director level)

- Subject Matter Expert (Operational Manager)

- IT Manager

Module 4 - Requirements Definition

 What are requirements, why they need to be defined and different techniques for documenting

requirements

 Types of requirement including Business, Functional and Non-Functional

 The importance of defining requirements at a high and low level of detail

 The difference between requirements and solutions

 Where requirements come from and how to identify them

 How to work with business stakeholders to drive out high quality requirements

 Requirements problems

Exercise 4.1 – delegates review a set of requirements to categorise them into different types of

requirement

Exercise 4.2 – delegates work in teams to scope a piece of project work and also produce an initial set of

high-level functional and non-functional requirements.

Exercise 4.3 – delegates are asked to identify and document a set of high-level functional requirements

and non-functional requirements from the case study

Module 5 - Process Modelling

 Examines business process modelling and why and when it should be used

 Introduces the industry standard process modelling technique - BPMN

 Diagram levelling (how much detail to show in a diagram)

 Process modelling as a requirements definition tool

Exercise 5.1 – delegates practise BPMN techniques using a simple scenario


Exercise 5.2 – delegates work in teams to produce an ‘as-is’ swim-lane diagram from the case study

Module 6 - Data Modelling

 Why and when the BA should do data modelling.

 How to build entity relationship diagrams and define attributes.

Exercise 6.1 – delegates work with the instructor to develop an entity relationship diagram from the

case study

Exercise 6.2 – delegates identify and define attributes for the case study entities

Module 7 – Ensuring Requirements Quality

 Development of Use Cases and scenarios

 Requirements quality criteria

Exercise 7.1 - delegates work with the instructor to develop a use case diagram

Exercise 7.2 – delegates work with the instructor to develop a use case description

Exercise 7.3 – delegates work in teams to produce a use case description from the case study

Exercise 7.4 – delegates review a set of requirements against defined quality criteria

Module 8 - Managing Delivery

 Getting to solutions - the role of the BA beyond the requirements definition phase

 Defining detailed requirements – how much detail do you need?

 Identifying business impact

 Supporting business implementation

Exercise 8.1 – delegates develop a set of detailed requirements based on high-level requirements from

an earlier exercise and interviewing the business stakeholder

Module 9 – Requirements Engineering Techniques

 Production of a Requirements Catalogue

 Requirements Databases and CASE tools

 Knowledge Types and Investigative Techniques

 Prototyping

 Structured Walkthroughs

 Requirements Management
Exercise 9.1 – delegates work in teams to prototype screens from the case study

Exercise 9.2 – delegates decide on the elicitation techniques to use in a number of business situations

Exercise 9.3 – delegates perform a structured walkthrough of the use case descriptions produced during

Exercise 7.3

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