Business Analyst course for Novice by People Consulting & Management Firm

Business Analyst Course Outline

Introduction to Business Analysis
Role of a Business Analyst
Ingredients of a Business Analyst
Why a Business Analyst?
Structure of Development Team
Position of a Business Analyst in the development team
System Development Life Cycle(SDLC)
Understanding concept of Business Modeling
Requirement Gathering
Analysis
Design
Implementation
Testing
Deployment

Requirement Gathering Strategy
Importance of Requirement gathering
Requirement Gathering Techniques
Different Types of Requirements.
JAD Session
Role of a BA in JAD Session
Preparing JAD Session Agenda
How to conduct JAD session?
Creating Functional Requirement Document
Creating Software Requirement Specifications

Software Engineering Methods
Waterfall Method
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
RAD methodology
AGILE Methodology
Synchronize & Stabilize Methodology
Prototype Model
Comparison between Waterfall & RUP
Artifacts Delivered at Each Phase of RUP

Use Case
Understanding Use Cases
Use Case Relationships
Use Case Brainstorming
Creating Use cases from Requirements
Creating Use Case Narratives
Change Management & Version Control Concept

UML Methodology
Use Case Diagrams
Activity Diagrams
State Chart Diagrams

Business Analyst TOOLS
Different TOOLS used at different SDLC stages

Requirement Gathering Tools
Rational Requisite Pro
Enterprise Architect

Business Modeling & Analysis TOOLS
Enterprise Architect
MS Visio