Description
Description
Successfully implementing new tools, techniques, and skills requires hands-on practice in real-world scenarios. Business Analysis Simulation is the capstone workshop for the Advanced Certificate in Business Analysis Program, providing participants with an immersive, project-based experience. This two-day, team-based workshop challenges participants to think critically, adapt to unexpected situations, and apply their accumulated knowledge to drive project success. By the end of the workshop, participants will be equipped with the confidence and competency to apply business analysis techniques effectively in their professional environments.
Training Objectives
- Participants will gain practical experience to:
- Apply business analysis tools and techniques in complex scenarios.
- Respond effectively to real-world business challenges.
- Analyze and design solutions that align with business needs and user requirements.
- Document functional requirements and design elements using industry standards.
- Conduct testing and quality assurance to validate solutions.
- Oversee solution implementation and follow-through to ensure success.
Course Outline
- Competencies Covered<
- Elicitation & Collaboration<
- Confirming elicitation results<
- Requirements Life Cycle Management<
- Maintaining and tracking requirements<
- Solution Evaluation<
- Measuring solution performance<
- Core Analytical & Communication Skills<
- Enhancing critical thinking and problem-solving abilities<
- Course Outline Summary<
- Introduction<
- Overview of project scenarios and workshop objectives<
- Establishing team norms and expectations<
- The Building Blocks<
- Reviewing the role of a business analyst and the system development life cycle<
- Defining success criteria for project outcomes<
- Introducing the case study project for analysis, design, testing, and implementation<
- Analysis<
- Comparing different analysis approaches<
- Creating context diagrams (IE & UML)<
- Developing use case diagrams and text<
- Mapping workflows with activity diagrams<
- Producing a traceability matrix<
- Design<
- Identifying data model elements (class, objects, entities)<
- Developing class diagrams and entity relationship diagrams<
- Designing user interfaces with storyboarding<
- Evaluating technical alternatives and solutions<
- Testing<
- Supporting the testing effort as a business analyst<
- Using use cases to develop test cases<
- Executing user acceptance testing<
- Implementation<
- Assessing organizational readiness for the new solution<
- Supporting final implementation activities<
- Preparing for go/no-go decision-making<
- Follow-Through<
- Providing post-implementation support<
- Ensuring continued stakeholder engagement<
- Evaluating the solution's long-term success<
- This workshop ensures that participants leave with the ability to apply business analysis knowledge confidently and drive project success in their organizations.
