Business Analyst

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Requirements Inc. is a training, consulting and IT solutions provider with focus on business analysis and requirement gathering functions in the systems delivery process. We provide 'mid-sourced IT solutions' where our clients benefit from conducting analysis and requirements elicitation on-site and the cost benefits of developing and testing off-shore. Learn more about our consulting services.

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We provide the following services:

Business Analysis Training Corporate Training Course Development Professional Mentoring Project Incubation to adopt Best Practices Software Development User Acceptance Testing

We support software and projects from ideas to implementations.

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Business Analyst Workshop

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FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ANALYSIS GATHERING REQUIREMENTS FOR SOFTWARE

H ow t o E lic it , A na l yz e , D ocu me nt a nd V al id at e R eq ui r eme nt s
Perspective to the BA discipline Roles, skills and job functions IT projects Software Engineering 101 Methodologies, Principles and Practices Group activity on software engineering Waterfall vs. RUP case study Eliciting, Analyzing, Documenting and Validating Requirements BA Tools of the Trade

DOCUMENTING FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS WRITING EFFECTIVE DETAILED REQUIREMENTS

Use Cases, Business Rules and Supplemental Specs
Functional and Non-Functional Requirements Primary and Secondary Actors Business Use Cases (BUCs), Application Use Cases (AUCs) and System Use Cases (SUCs) Identifying the right use cases in a solution model Describing the flows to capture the system-user interaction Primary, Alternate flow and Exception Flow in Use Cases I N - C LA S S F A C E T O F A C E
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U ML F un dam e nta ls, St o rybo ar di n g T ext U se Ca ses

THE BA CA RE ER
WHAT MAKES A GOOD BA

DID Y OU KN O W?
Business Analyst was featured as one of the 10 most recessionproof jobs by Forbes.com

Solid communication skills Strong analytical skills Good problem-solving skills

Why model? What is UML? How modeling helps deliver quality High level on the key business models: Use Case, Activity/ Workflow, Statechart Models Textual use cases to document functional requirements General career questions and answers

UNDERSTANDING DATA AND TESTING THE SYSTEM SUPPORTING DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING TEAMS
Da ta Mo d el in g a nd An al ysi s
Concept of Relational Database Management System (RDBMS) and using Structured Query Language (SQL) to create, retrieve and maintain data Basic SQL queries and SQL scripts querying tools, execution of commands

LIVE ONLINE
Via Teleconference and Web Conference

O b je ct-O r ie nt ed Ana l ysi s a nd D e si gn

Key concepts of object orientation as is relates to UML Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, Polymorphism

T e stin g Me th od s
Testing methodologies and types, functions performed during testing process, a Business Analyst approach to testing Identification of Test Scenarios, tracing test cases to test scenarios Traceability matrix Test plans, test procedures and deriving test cases from use cases
RECORDED ON -DEMAND
Learn any time, any where

WHATS HELPFUL
Business knowledge / experience in any domain Management experience

WHATS NOT REQUIRED

Prior IT / programming experience Technical expertise

DECIPHERING THE UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE SOLVING BUSINESS PROBLEMS

O b je ct-O r ie nt ed Ana l ysi s a nd D e si gn
Key concepts of object orientation as is relates to UML Encapsulation, Abstraction, Inheritance, Polymorphism

G etti n g U ser Acc ep ta nce to Go Li ve

Leading User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and getting release sign-off Business validation and verification

KE Y B EN EFIT S

WHATS THE CAREER PATH?

Business Architect Project / Product / Release / Program Manager

5 USING TOOLS THROUGH THE REQUIREMENTS LIFECYCLE

HARNESSING BUSINESS ANALYSIS TOOLS
B usin ess Mo deli ng, R eq uire m ent Ma nag e men t, V er sio n Co ntr ol a nd Chan ge Ma nag em ent T ools

U se C ase , A c tivit y/W or kfl ow an d Stat ec ha rt Mo d el s

Overview on the semantics (entities and relationships) of the key analysis models Purpose and process of creating UML models using examples How to conceptualize a business process and evolve the solution

Working BA Instructors Weekend Classes for 4 - 5 Weeks Never miss a class Recorded classes available Tools Training Comprehensive Course and Reference Materials

T ec hn ic al U ML D ia gr am s
How to read technical UML diagrams to understand system architecture Class, Sequence, Component, Package and Deployment Diagrams

Business Modeling Tool: StarUML (Hands-On) Requirements Tool: DOORS SQL Querying: Navicat SQL Tool (Hands-On) Version Control Tool: Rational ClearCase, Visual SourceSafe, TortoiseSVN (Hands-on) Change/Defect Management: Rational ClearQuest, Atlasian JIRA (Hands-on)

TESTI M O NIA LS
The breadth of the course modules are amazing. The instructor is very well versed in all aspects of each topic detail. Not only will you learn about Business Analyst tools, methods, and processes, you'll learn the fundamentals surrounding it.

Ha n ds-o n Tr ai ni n g
Solve problem domain on multiple business cases (Airline Reservation, Insurance, Credit Cards) Learn how to put theory into practice

Approximate Course Plan

TRIAL WEEKEND 1 (1 DAY)
Module 1.1

WEEKEND 4 (2 DAYS)
Module 5.1

Introduction to BA
Module 1.2

Requirement Management (Tool: IBM Telelogic DOORS)

Module 2.4

UML Modeling and Use Cases UML Class Modeling

WEEKEND 2 (2 DAYS)
Module 1.3

Module 4.1

Object Oriented Analysis and Design Online Test

Module 2.1

Entity Relationship Diagrams

Module 4.2 (Tool: Navicat SQL)

UML Use Case Modeling Online Test

Module 2.1 Demo (Tool: StarUML)

Structured Query Language (SQL) Online Test

Module 4.3

Testing Types , Fundamentals and UAT

UML Use Case Modeling

Module 2.2

UML Activity Modeling Online Test

Module 2.2 Demo (Tool: StarUML)

WEEKEND 5 (2 DAYS)
Module 2.5

UML Sequence Modeling

Module 2.6

UML Activity Modeling

UML Physical Modeling

Module 5.2

WEEKEND 3 (2 DAYS)
Module 2.3 Module 3.1

Repository Management or Version Control (Tools: IBM Rational ClearCase, Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, TortoiseSVN)
Module 5.3

UML Statechart Modeling Writing Use Cases Online Test

Module 2.3 Demo (Tool: StarUML)

Change Management or Defect Management (Tool: IBM Rational ClearQuest, Atlassian JIRA)

UML Statechart Modeling Online Test

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