Business Systems Analysis a common and challenging exercise exhibited by Business/Systems Analyst or Lead IT Analyst in order to understand and transcribe the Client/User requirements and act as a potential bridge between the client/User and development teams to develop & document explicit requirements in order to develop a high quality software product. Two Day Workshop on Business/Systems Analysis: Date: 28th & 29th of September, 2013 Venue: TBD

Topics Covered

Section 1: Philosophy of Requirements & Elicitation: 8 hours - Introduction to the philosophy of requirements - Roles, Vision & Scope - Work plan and Management consensus with the requirements - Types of requirements, Managing Change - Open source Tools & Templates - Techniques in Analyzing requirements - Industry anticipated elicitation techniques - QUIZ & Short Case study to solve for next day (or next class) Section 2: Data & UML Modeling: 8 hours - Elicitation Strategy, Different methods of Analysis & Introduction to Modeling - Business Process ReDesign, As-Is/To-Be analysis, fit-gap analysis, JAD Prototypes - Creating work plan, stakeholder identification & Managing Risk - UML Design: Identifying & describing use cases, Advanced Use case modeling, object modeling etc., - Quiz & Simulation Lab that contains hands-on practice on the tools Section 3: Enterprise Analysis & Documentation: 8 hours - Logical Data Modeling, Entity Models - Enterprise Analysis I: Business Case Design, Competitor Analysis for Requirements - Enterprise Analysis II: Project Scope Statement, Business Requirements Document, High level Use Case requirements - Functional & Non-Functional requirements: A session on SRS & FRD - Documenting requirements: Purpose, formulation, elements, activities & Validation - Quiz & Simulation Lab with MS Vision or other open source tools on the covered topics during the entire training

Who should attend

Entry level - Business Analysts, Fresh MBA & Engineering Grads, Experienced S/W engineers, Testers, Product Analyst, Business Analyst, Marketing Analysts & IT consultants

Pre-requisites

Engineering Degree or Business Masters/Bachelors for people who want to enter or shift the corporate jobs

What you need to bring

Loads of Enthusiasm and energy to learn & implement in your career

Key Takeaways

- Market readiness to become a Business/Systems Analyst - Best industry practices, tools & techniques - Become an expert to deal with different customers from different industries - Shift from a normal techie to an expert Business/Systems Analyst