About IIBA® and Certifications

• Types of Business Analysis Certification
• About the Exams
• Overview of the BABOK Guide

Business Analysis Key Concepts

• Key Terms
• Business Analysis Stakeholders
• Plan-Driven and Change-Driven Approaches
• Requirements
• Tasks/Techniques Reference Sheet
• Business Analysis Terms Reference Sheet

Enterprise Analysis

• Define Business Need
  • Benchmarking
  • Functional Decomposition
  • Root Cause Analysis
• Assess Capability gaps
  • Gap Analysis
  • SWOT Analysis
• Determine Solution Approach
• Define Solution Scope
  • Scope Modeling
• Define Business Case
  • Decision Analysis
  • Metrics and key performance Indicators
  • Risk Analysis
• Practice Exam / Simulator Fast Track

Elicitation

• Prepare for Elicitation
• Conduct Elicitation Activity
  • Note Taking
  • Active Listening
• Document Elicitation Results
• Confirm Elicitation Results
• Techniques of Elicitation
  • Brainstorming
  • Document Analysis
  • Focus Groups
  • Interface Analysis
  • Interviews
  • Observation
  • Prototyping
  • Requirements Workshops
  • Survey/Questionnaire
• Practice Exam / Simulator

Requirements Analysis

• Prioritize Requirements
  • Timeboxing
• Organize Requirements
  • Organizing Around Modeling Concepts
  • Organizing by Requirements Type
  • Organizing with Templates
• Specify and Model Requirements
  • Business Rules Analysis
  • Data Dictionary and Glossary
  • Data Flow Diagrams
  • Data Modeling
  • Non-functional Requirements Analysis
  • Process Modeling
  • Scenarios and Use Cases
  • Sequence Diagrams
  • State Diagrams
  • User Stories
• Define Assumptions and Constraints
• Verify Requirements
  • Structured Walkthrough
• Validate Requirements
• Practice Exam / Simulator

Requirements Management and Communication

• anage Solution Scope and Requirements
  • The Director of Requirements
  • Problem Tracking
• Manage Requirements Traceability
• Maintain Requirements for Re-use
  • Requirements Repository
• Prepare Requirements Package
  • Vendor Selection
• Communicate Requirements
• Practice Exam / Simulator

Solution assessment and Validation

• Assess Proposed Solution
  • Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria Definition
• Allocate Requirements
• Assess organizational Readiness
  • Organization Modeling
• Define Transition Requirements
• Validate Solution
  • Problem Tracking
• Evaluate Solution Performance
• Practice Exam / Simulator

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

• Plan Business Analysis Approach
  • Plan-driven and Change-Driven Approaches
  • How Will Your Team Prioritize Requirements?
  • How Will You Manage Requirements Changes?
• Conduct Stakeholder Analysis
  • Sample Stakeholder List
• Plan Business Analysis Activities
  • Sample Business Analysis Plan
  • Estimation
• Plan Business Analysis Communication
  • Sample Business Analysis Communication Plan
• Plan Requirements Management Process
• Manage Business Analysis performance
  • Lessons Learned Process
• Practice Exam / Simulator

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