Business Analysis Fundamentals (BAFM)

The field of Business Analysis is experiencing rapid growth as Business Analysts become an essential part of today’s project teams, using their skills to define business problems, opportunities, business needs, and recommend solutions that deliver value.

This workshop uses a case study and hands-on approach for participants to understand the business analysis process from the onset through post implementation review.

The workshop focuses on knowledge areas, underlying competencies and techniques described in the BABOK® Guide (A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) published by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®).

This course aligns with the BABOK® Guide version 3.0 of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®).

At Course Completion:

• Equip learners with a structured business approach to conduct business analysis work
• Apply knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques from the six knowledge areas defined in the BABOK® Guide
• Contextualize the business analysis approach and techniques for business analysis work
• Contextualize the application of business analysis underlying competencies for business analysis work
• Identify your strengths and weaknesses in each area of the ECBA™ syllabus, to help you to revise effectively and increase your chances of passing the ECBA™ exam

Course Outline:

• Overview of Business Analysis
• Overview of the BABOK® Guide
• Key terms and concepts
• Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
• Plan Business Analysis Approach
• Plan Stakeholder Engagement, Governance, and Business Analysis Information Management
• Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements
• Elicitation and Collaboration
• Prepare for Elicitation
• Conduct Elicitation
• Confirm Elicitation Results
• Communicate Business Analysis Information
• Manage Stakeholder Collaboration
• Requirements Life Cycle Management
• Trace, Maintain and Prioritize Requirements
• Assess Requirements Changes
• Approve Requirements
• Strategy Analysis
• Analyze Current State
• Define Future State
• Assess Risks
• Define Change Strategy
• Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
• Specify and Model Requirements
• Verify Requirements
• Validate Requirements
• Define Requirements Architecture
• Define Design Options
• Analyze Potential Value and Recommend Solution
• Solution Evaluation
• Measure Solution Performance
• Analyze Performance Measures
• Assess Solution and Enterprise Limitations
• Recommend Actions to Increase Solution Value
• Underlying Competencies, Perspectives, and Techniques