Course objectives

Expanding knowledge in the area of business analysis/requirements engineering and introducing advanced techniques for acquiring and documenting requirements. It will also cover norms, standards, and best practices related to business analysis.

Benefits

Participants will gain both theoretical and practical knowledge in business/system analysis and requirements engineering, including:

• Advanced techniques for acquiring and documenting requirements
• Selected UML diagrams and the ability to model requirements using these diagrams within the notation
• Advanced techniques for modeling business processes
• Norms for documenting requirements (ISO 29148)

Training scope

1. Introduction

• Important definitions
• Classification of requirements
• Classification of stakeholders

2. Planning Business Analysis

• Methodology selection
• Business analysis management
• Information management

3. Business Need

• Defining the business need
• Analysis of the current state
  • Business Model Canvas
  • Analysis of business rules
• Defining the target state
• Evaluation and recommendation of options
  • Business Case
• Solution vision
  • MVP
  • Product Roadmap
• Exercises:
  • Creating a Business Model Canvas
  • Creating a Business Case
  • Defining MVP
  • Creating a Product Roadmap

4. Requirements Gathering

• Requirements source analysis
• Requirements gathering
  • Event Storming
  • Collaborative Games
  • Storyboarding
  • Document analysis
  • Stakeholder analysis
• Conflict resolution
• Exercises:
  • Event Storming
  • Collaborative Games
  • Stakeholder analysis

5. Requirements Documentation

• Behavior Driven Development (BDD)
• Data modeling (advanced)
• Process modeling (advanced)
• State modeling (advanced)
• Data dictionaries
• Exercises:
  • Describing requirements using BDD
  • Data modeling (advanced)
  • Process modeling (advanced)
  • State modeling (advanced)
  • Creating data dictionaries

6. Solution Evaluation

• Defining measures
• Results analysis
• Deviation analysis
  • Root cause analysis
• Recommending actions
• Exercises:
  • Defining KPIs

7. Business Process Modeling

• Conversation diagram
• Choreography diagram
• Exercises:
  • Creating a conversation diagram
  • Creating a choreography diagram

Audience

The training is addressed to Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, Requirements Engineers, and other individuals involved in creating IT project specifications. It is also suitable for those who already possess general knowledge in the topic and wish to enhance and broaden it in the field of business analysis/requirements engineering.