Planning, Validating and Managing User Requirements: Program Content
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