Description

Description

The Bringing Business Solutions to Life workshop equips Business Analysts with the skills to oversee the entire project lifecycle—from initial analysis to implementation. This interactive two-day course covers core fundamentals, technical design, quality assurance, and solution deployment. Participants will gain a deep understanding of their role in system implementation, ensuring requirements are fully realized and successfully integrated. With a hands-on approach, this workshop provides tools and techniques that Business Analysts can apply in later project phases to drive successful implementations.

Training Objectives

• Participants will gain the ability to:
• Create and utilize traceability matrices to track requirements.
• Evaluate and compare solution alternatives for implementation.
• Develop user interfaces using storyboards.
• Execute effective user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Perform impact analysis to assess current and future states.
• Identify key tasks for successful implementation including process system and organizational changes.
• Determine solution readiness for deployment.

Course Outline

• Competencies Covered<
• Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring<
• Planning business analysis approach<
• Requirements Life Cycle Management<
• Tracing and managing requirements<
• Requirements Analysis & Design Definition<
• Validating requirements<
• Solution Evaluation<
• Measuring solution performance<
• Underlying Competencies<
• Analytical thinking & problem-solving<
• Course Outline Summary<
• Introduction<
• Understanding the Business Analyst’s role throughout the project lifecycle<
• Case study setup and review of workshop objectives<
• The Fundamentals<
• Key factors for project success<
• Managing changing requirements during development and testing<
• Introducing requirements validation and traceability<
• Creating traceability matrices<
• Measuring project success with performance indicators<
• Technical Design<
• Identifying technical solution alternatives<
• Evaluating build vs. buy decisions<
• Analyzing design recommendations for UI and technical solutions<
• Testing<
• Supporting the testing phase as a Business Analyst<
• Reviewing different test types<
• Creating structured test cases<
• Running a simulated user acceptance testing (UAT) session<
• Determining solution readiness based on test outcomes<
• Implementation<
• Business Analyst's role in implementation<
• Performing impact analysis of the current vs. future state<
• Identifying transition tasks to the new state<
• Managing process, system, and organizational changes<
• Follow-Through<
• Ensuring post-implementation success<
• Presenting a go/no-go recommendation<
• Leading a stakeholder meeting to introduce the new solution<
• This workshop provides Business Analysts with the essential tools and strategies to successfully implement business solutions and drive organizational change.