Section Overview The Business Analysis and Strategy Analysis course is the fifth one of the Business Analysis certification program, which includes a total of 14 courses. The content is aligned with a Business Analysis Body of Knowledge guide, and in this course we are going to look at the knowledge area, strategy analysis, and the four tasks that make it up. It covers everything from assessing the current state of operations, doing some visioning regarding a desired future state, determining what the risk are that will need to be managed,…

Section Overview Business Analyzes and Requirements Lifecycle Management in this course we are going to begin looking at the Business Analyzes knowledge area called Requirements lifecycle Management. Requirements are the foundation of all your Business Analyzes activities. If the objective of approaching project is to deliver solutions that best meet requirements, then you’d best keep a close eye on those requirements and the designs that address them. So let’s look at what your role is in tracing and maintaining requirements and designs. The first part of the course called An…

Exercise – Maintain and Prioritize Requirements Assess requirements, changes, guidelines and Techniques After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize guidelines and techniques used when assessing changes to requirements. The following guidelines and tools will be used by the Business Analyst to manage changes. The change strategy is a plan of activities needed to move from the current state to the future state. When changes are requested, the Business Analyst reviews the context and the alignment of the business objectives. Domain knowledge is needed by the Business Analyst…

Maintain Requirements – Elements and Guidelines Prioritized requirements, inputs and Elements after completing this topic, you should be able to recognize issues around the prioritization of requirements. The purpose of the Prioritized Requirements task is to run requirements based on their relative importance to stakeholders. This is an ongoing process that addresses which requirements should be implemented before and after. The requirements are also prioritized based on the sequence of implementation and ensures that those requirements that are dependent on one another have the same priority. Designs include diagrams and…

Requirements and Traceability Trace Requirements guidelines and Techniques After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the guidelines and techniques used during the Trace Requirements task. Domain knowledge is the knowledge and expertise needed by the business analyst to support Traceability. In the example of the grocery store chain, the business analyst will need to be familiar with retail processes and reporting. Requirements of management, legal and regulatory information are regulations and rules that must be followed, especially if the organization is heavily regulated. Information Management the approach…

Trace Requirements Requirements. Lifecycle Management Knowledge area describes the tasks that the business owners perform in order to manage and maintain requirements and design from inception to retirement. In this session, you will learn about tasks to trace requirements. Using this task, we can analyze and make maintain the relationships between requirements, designs, solution components, etc. For impact analysis, coverage and allocation. The purpose provides a short description of the reason to perform the task and the benefits from performing the task. The purpose of trace requirements is to ensure…

Prepare for Elicitation Alicitation and collaboration knowledge area describes the task performed to obtain information and communicate with stakeholders to confirm the results. In this session, you will learn about tasks to prepare for all. The station using this task, we can understand the scope of alistation activity, select appropriate illustration techniques, and plan for appropriate resources. The purpose provides a short description of the reasons to perform the task and the benefits from performing the task. The purpose of prepare for illustration is to understand the scope of allocation…

Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements Business Analyst Planning and Monitoring knowledge Area Task organizes the efforts of business analysts and other stakeholders and produce outputs that are used as guidelines for task of all other knowledge areas. In this session, we’ll learn about tasks to identify business analysis performance improvements. Using this task, we can monitor, monitor and improve business analyst performance to ensure that commitments are met and improvement opportunities are realized. The purpose of Identify Business Performance Improvement Task is to assess business analyst work and to plan…

Introduction Welcome to the IIBA business certification course. This course is based on IIBA Baboc Guide Version Three and provides a well structured approach to help you prepare for various levels of certifications such as CBAP, CCBA and ECBA. Launched by IIBA in September 2016, this course is for all levels that is beginner to advance level and hence suitable for students, new graduates as well as experienced business analysts who would like to undergo self paced learning without spending hundreds of dollars. Briefly about myself. I am Thrived Patel….

Introduction Welcome to the IIBA business certification course. This course is based on IIBA Baboc Guide Version Three and provides a well structured approach to help you prepare for various levels of certifications such as CBAP, CCBA and ECBA. Launched by IIBA in September 2016, this course is for all levels that is beginner to advance level and hence suitable for students, new graduates as well as experienced business analysts who would like to undergo self paced learning without spending hundreds of dollars. Briefly about myself. I am Thrivith Patel….