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Learn how to evaluate projects based on project selection models. Then, develop a plan that includes determining and estimating the requirements activities a BA typically performs and how to control and manage changes to the deliverables.

You will also learn how to develop a high level test plan to verify and validate user requirements and achieve quality performance.

Earn PDU’s

• Attendees of this program are entitled to 14 Continuing Development Units from the International Institute of Business Analysis upon completion.
• Attendees of this program are entitled to 14 Professional Development Units from the Project Management Institute upon completion.

Program Content

Enterprise Analysis

• Evaluate proposed business initiatives for viability and organizational advantage
• Tips for a successful business case

Overview of Concepts and Environment

• What is a project?
• Examples of projects/BA involvement in project selection
• Why projects fail
• The project triple constraint and the BA
• Project relationships between the project manager and the business analyst

Planning and the BA

• Understand the importance of the planning and managing aspect in the role of the BA
• Understand team roles
• Identify and analyze stakeholders
• Determine product scope
• Determine appropriate methodology
• Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that is requirements driven, focusing on planning, testing and managing responsibilities
• Select and estimate requirements activities in all phases of the project
• Understand how project progress is monitored and controlled

Risk and the BA

• Risk management planning
• Risk Identification
• Qualitative risk analysis
• Quantitative risk analysis

Validating and the BA

• Examine the importance of testing and testing strategies
• Develop a high level test plan

Managing Requirements

• Identify, analyze, and manage requirements change
• Identify the means to perform requirements traceability throughout the project

Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP)

The Lifelong Learning Plan (LLP) allows you to withdraw up to $10,000 in a calendar year from your registered retirement savings plan (RRSPs) to finance full-time training or education for you or your spouse or common-law partner. You cannot participate in the LLP to finance your children’s training or education, or the training or education of your spouse’s or common-law partner’s children.

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Better Jobs Ontario (formerly Second Career)

Get skills-training and financial support when you qualify for Better Jobs Ontario.

The Better Jobs Ontario program is open to all laid-off workers and jobseekers, priority is given to applications for people who were laid off because of COVID-19 and want to retrain for jobs in sectors that have good potential for future employment.

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OSAP for Micro-credential Funding

Micro-credentials are rapid training programs offered by colleges, universities and Indigenous Institutes across the province that can help you get the skills that employers need. They help people retrain and upgrade their skills to find new employment.

Students enrolled in an Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) approved micro-credential program can apply for financial assistance through OSAP for Micro-credentials. Eligible students must apply for funding for each course separately by following the step-by-step application process. Applications for OSAP for Micro-credential assistance cannot overlap with another micro-credential study period (funding for multiple courses cannot be applied for concurrently).

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Canada Job Grant

The Canada Job Grant provides opportunities for employers, individually or in groups, to invest in their workforce, with help from the government.

The job grant provides direct financial support to individual employers or employer consortia who wish to purchase training for their employees. It is available to small, medium and large businesses with a plan to deliver short-term training to existing and new employees.

For more information or to find out if your organization qualifies for the Canada Job Grant, visit your provincial government page below.

List of Provincial Government pages:

• Alberta 
• British Columbia
• Manitoba
• New Brunswick
• Newfoundland and Labrador 
• Northwest Territories 
• Nova Scotia
• Nunavut
• Ontario
• Prince Edward Island
• Saskatchewan
• Yukon

PAYMENT POLICY

Course fees must be paid prior to the program start. Registration is open until all spots are filled, however we recommend registering three weeks in advance to ensure your spot in the program. 

For payment options, including payment plans, please contact futureedge@carleton.ca. Please note: International registrations do not qualify for payment plans.

A 5% discount is available to organizations that register three or more participants in the same program cohort. NSF cheques are subject to a $50 charge.

INTERNATIONAL REGISTRATIONS

Registrations from outside of Canada require full payment prior to the course start date. 

CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY

Written cancellations received a minimum of two weeks prior to the program start date will receive a full refund. Cancellations received less than two weeks but more than 2 business days prior to the program start date will  be subject to a 20% administration fee or loss of the deposit amount. Non-attendance or notice of cancellation received within 2 business days of the program start, will incur the full program fee. Non-attendance does not constitute notice of withdrawal.

Organizations may substitute candidates if notice is provided at least 2 business days prior to the program start date.  Future EDge liability is limited to the reimbursement of paid program fees. Fees, dates and speakers are subject to change.

Future EDge reserves the right to cancel a class at any time but will make its best efforts to provide a minimum of two weeks notice of such cancellation. In such cases, we will refund the course fee(s) in full. Our liability is limited to course fee(s) only. We cannot be held liable for travel or other related expenses.

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Attendance in all programs is mandatory for successful completion.  Certificates will not be awarded until the entire program has been completed.  For extenuating circumstances for a missed module or course, please contact FutureEdge@carleton.ca in advance of the absence. 

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The University Senate defines plagiarism in the regulations on instructional offenses as: “to use and pass off as one’s own idea or product work of another without expressly giving credit to another.”

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Program Outline

Module 1a: Program Introduction

This course sets the historical, political, legal and geographic context for contemporary land development, introduces the players, and explores the policies that control the built environment.

Module 1b: Planning and Zoning Dimensions

What are the processes through which development applications are made? How does zoning work? What’s involved with challenging and/or changing zoning? Considering that all cities are chartered by their provinces, what happens when local bylaws contradict provincial policies?

Module 1c: Legal Dimensions in Real Estate Development

Following an overview of property ownership, the course will cover basics in Corporate Law, Contracts. Municipal Law & Remedies, Real Property Fundamentals and Real Estate Transactions. The latter will include information on negotiating the deal (LOIs, due diligence, etc.), mortgage financing (collateral vs. conventional), construction loans, leasehold financing, dealing with tenants, etc.

Module 2a: Finance Fundamentals

The goals of this course are a basic introduction of financial statements and project evaluation tools to allow for rational decisions on projects, and an understanding of concepts that will facilitate intelligent discussions with financial people. Included will be: analysis and interpretation of financial statements, including income statements (revenue, cost of sales, gross and net profit, capital and operating expenditures), balance sheets (assets, liabilities, equity, current and fixed assets, short / long term liabilities, depreciation and retained earnings), and real estate specific ratios and metrics (capitalization rates, ROI, payback period, discounted cash flow, etc.).

Module 2b: Real Estate Finance

Building on the first principles learned in the Finance Fundamental Course (TVM, NPV, IRR, Capital Structure), the Real Estate Finance course examines the essential concepts, metrics, and calculations employed in real estate investment analysis for development projects. This course focuses on key topics such as income and cash flow analysis, valuation, return metrics and sources and uses of capital in real estate. .

Module 3a: Marketing and Transactions

This course examines the market research, marketing and sales process and will answer the following questions; What is the feasibility of the development? Who is the target market? What is the product offering? What is the brand positioning for the development? How will the development be sold? How will the success of the development be measured?

Module 3b: City Building by Design

Returning to the theme of city building, this course explores the realities of city building by understanding the essential forces that drive the contemporary city. Topics include the importance of economic infrastructure, the potential and limits of community consultation, public-private synergies, the interface between government and private sector interests, public development agencies, tax increment financing, development fees, density bonussing and other mechanisms of financing improvements to the public realm. The course examines the role of design in achieving the “quadruple bottom line” of profit, environmental sustainability, social responsibility and purposeful improvement to the built environment. As a bridge back to “City Building by Policy” this course re-examines the limitations and possibilities of planning and policies.

Module 4: The Pro Forma

A pro forma analysis is a fundamental decision-making tool in assessing the viability of a real estate development project and is used to test the financial feasibility of the development. The proforma includes three key elements; costs assumptions, revenue assumptions, and timeline assumptions. All assumptions are gathered and compiled into the proforma to project the financial return for the project. These calculations yield a net financial return that the developer can expect to achieve, and is the analysis that developers use to decide whether to move forward with a project. As a final part of this Certificate program, instructors will guide candidates in the writing of a pro forma for a hypothetical project.