BUSINESS ANALYST WORKSHOP

Module 1. Introduction to BA:

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  Business Analysis Overview & origin.
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  What is Business Analysis & Who is a Business Analyst (Functions)
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  Types of IT companies.
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  IT hierarchy
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  Stake Holders and types of Stake holders.
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  SPOC, SCOPE, SCOPE CREEP.
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  Business Analyst Prerequisites
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  Roles and Responsibilities of a BA
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  Do’s and Don’ts. Of a BA.
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  Problems faced by a BA with stakeholders in gathering requirements.
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  Stages in Business Analysis

Module 2. SDLC PROCESS:

• SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)-Phases:

• Enterprise planning

• Designing phase

• Development phase

• Testing phase

• Installation phase

• Maintenance phase

• Role of a BA in each phase

Module 3. SDLC METHODS & MODELS or Software Engineering Methods

SDLC-Methodologies and Models

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  Sequential Methodology/Water fall model
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  Iterative methodology/RUP
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  Evolutionary Methodology/spiral model/prototyping model

A. What are prototypes and different types?

B. Difference between a wireframe, prototype and mockup

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  Agile Methodology/XP or Scrum

Difference between method and model

Module 4. SIX KNOWLEDGE AREAS:

• 6-knowledge Areas or Stages in Business Analysis:
• Enterprise Analysis (Parito analysis, fish bone
  analysis, SWOT analysis, GAP analysis, Feasibility study, Business case writing)
• Requirement Planning and Management(RACI-Responsible, accounted, consulted and informed)
• Requirement Elicitation or gathering(Techniques of gathering requirements)
• Requirement Communication
• Requirement Documentation
• Solution assessment and validation

Module 5. REQUIREMNTS ANALYSIS PROCESS

Requirements and types.

Guide lines for good requirements.

Parameters of good requirement.

What is requirement gathering?

How to conduct requirement gathering session-phases.

Mistakes and challenges associated with requirement gathering.

Module 6. DOCUMENTATION (SRS, BRD, FRS & SOW):

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  Types of Documents prepared by a BA and their Standards(BRD & SRS Documents)

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  Contents of SRS & BRD documents

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  Preparation of SOW.

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  SOW-contents.

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  RTM (Requirement Traceability Matrix).

Module 7. OOPS & MVC ARCHITECTURE:

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  OOPS concepts

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  Elements of OOPS

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  Application of OOPS

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  MVC architecture

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  2-tier & 3-tier architecture.

Module 8. UML DIAGRAMS & TOOLS

• UML introduction and diagrams
• Use case Diagrams-Relationships in Use case Diagrams.
• Extend and Include Functions.
• Contents of Use Case description Documents
• Sequence Diagrams(Brief Introduction)
• Activity Diagrams(Brief Introduction)
• Software’s used for preparing UML diagrams, Documentation and Prototypes

Module 9. BPM, RUP & RAD:

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  What is BPM(Business Process Modeling)
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  RUP(Rational Unified Processing)-phases
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  Documents prepared in RUP
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  RAD(Rapid Application Development)
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  Stages in RAD.

Module 10. SOFTWARE SERVERS & DIFFERENT TYPES OF SERVERS

Types of servers

Development Server.

UAT server.

How to do UAT testing and important points to be followed while doing UAT testing

Production server

Role of BA in each server.

Module 11. SOFTWARE TESTING – AREAS OF TESTING

Testing-areas of testing

Types of Testing

Introduction to QA Methodology

Role of BA in Testing

Creating Test Plans

Creating Test Cases

Different Testing Methods

Functional and Regression testing

White Box and Black Box Testing

Positive and Negative Testing

GUI and Unit Testing

User Acceptance Testing

Module 12. CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROCESS:

Change Management Process



Reasons for requirement changes



Change request



Change of scope



Acceptable changes



How to handle Change request



Important points to be considered while handling CR

Module 13. Project Management System:

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  How Project is initiated.
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  Software bidding process.
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  Basic knowledge of project includes
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  BA proportion in project
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  Project types
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  Types of payment for projects
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  Mails management
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  Project standards

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  Time sheets
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  Budget allocation
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  Gantt charts
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  Project Milestone and pricing.
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  Company Approach on project.
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  Reasons for project failure.
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  Risk Analysis and Management.

Added features:

Resume Preparation

Resume Preparation Tips

Sample Resumes

Soft copy of Notes for each module

4 case studies on use case diagrams

2 Real-time project specifications

Interview Preparation:

• Interview Preparation Tips
• Sample Interview Questions
• How to clear an Interview