Business Statistics (521302)

Business Analysis

Course ID
521302
Department
IT Programs
Method
In-Person, Online

Business analysts work as liaisons among stakeholders to elicit, analyse, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies and information systems. They bridge the gap – translating between business needs and IT – and understand the organization, the users and IT. Business analysts must have a broad range of business, technical and interpersonal skills.

Key Topics:

Understanding and defining the organizational need.

Gathering the information needed to clearly define requirements.

Documenting requirements for use by all stakeholders.

Analysing, verifying and validating requirements.

Creating a framework for successful requirements management and communication.

Course Duration:

  • 90 Hours

NJ DOL Reference

https://njtrainingsystems.dol.state.nj.us/Program/Default.aspx?ProgramID=43616

The PLP in Drafting Legislation, Regulation, and Policy has been offered by the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies with considerable success since 2004.

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Course structure and modules

BUSINESS ANALYSIS FUNDAMENTALS

This course teaches participants the overall process of business analysis and where it fits in the bigger picture of the project life cycle and the business context.

FACILITATION SKILLS FOR BUSINESS ANALYSTS

This course teaches the methods needed to organize and run information-gathering events. It combines the basics of graphic decision making and modeling with facilitation, communication, and meeting management skills.

BUSINESS PROCESS MODELING

This course teaches the technique of process modeling and ties together the core methods of process, and data modeling to enable business analysts to fully describe business processes in levels of detail from multiple perspectives. It includes information on context diagrams, data-flow diagrams, data modeling techniques, workflow and process modeling as well as Unified Modeling Language (UML), Use Case models, and activity diagrams.

WRITING AND MANAGING REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENTS

This course will enhance the skill set needed for writing and managing requirements for the complex readership that business analysts interact with on a day-to-day basis.

Career opportunities

Our certificate program was developed to align with the IIBA® (International Institute of Business Analysis) Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK™).