Course Agenda for Business Analysis Class

Business Analysis
1. Knowledge Area Content	Introduction BA body of knowledge Skills and Practices Underlying fundamentals and relationships to the solutions lifecycle
2. Enterprise Business Analysis Environment	Feasibility studies Risk assessment Cost/benefit analysis Identifying and scoping new business opportunities and deliverables
3. Requirements Planning and Managing Stake Holders	Methodologies & team roles Activities & milestone dates Change Management Cost estimating
4. Requirements Gathering	Identifying inputs, tasks & outputs: focus group Brainstorming Reverse engineering Job shadowing techniques Joint application Design Functional and Non-Functional Requirements Legacy systems
5. Requirements Analysis and Documentation Modeling Techniques	Use Cases Process Flow Data Flow Sequence diagrams Interface and reporting designs Information on shareware downloads for UML Use Cases and Class diagrams
6. Requirement Communication Identify Target Audiences	Formats Presentations Consensus and Sign-off
7. Requirements Implementation Managing RFP's	Evaluate technology options and operational impact Testing environments and script development Quality assurance and turn-over