The business analyst has become a pivotal role for information technology projects, responsible for bridging the gap between IT and the key business participants of any project. The business's needs must be communicated in a way that supports business user validation as well as providing the foundation for the technical staff to design and build a successful solution. This class focuses on the many types of modeling techniques that are used by the business analyst in system development and provide hands-on experience for attendees to learn how to develop and interpret the models. The techniques taught are compliant with the BABOK® version 3.0 and have been endorsed by the IIBA® and offers 32 CDU credits | 16 PDU's from PMI.
 

Upon completion of the Business Analyst course, students will be able to:

• Distinguish the BA role
• Discover Modeling
• Identify the most common system development methodologies (SDLCs)
• Recognize how modeling supports the SDLCs
• Study Business Process Improvement, Re-engineering and modeling
• Apply Context Models
• Relate Process Models
• Discover Usage Models
• Develop Data Models
• Apply Design Models
• Distinguish Tips for Success

Overview

• BA Role
• Modeling
• SDLCs
• BPI and BPR

Context Models

Process Models

• Business Rules
• Decision Trees/Tables

Process Models

• Events and Triggers
• Functional Decomposition Diagram
• Workflow Models
• Flowcharts & Activity Diagrams
• SIPOC Models
• Sequence Diagrams
• State Models

Usage Models

• User Profiles
• Use Case Modeling
• User Stories
• Storyboards
• Prototyping
• Screen Navigation and User Interface Design

Data Models

• Data Dictionaries
• Data Flow Diagrams
• Entity Relationship Diagrams
• Data Transformation and Mapping
• Metadata

Design Models

Tips for success and apply these techniques to your own project(s)Conclusions
 

• Business Analysts
• Systems Analysts
• Business Architects
• Project Managers

No certification available.

• None