The training is intended for all who wish to become IT Business Analysts, or would like to increase their Requirements Management capabilities. Instructs how to create a proper Software Specification, create and improve understanding between the business stakeholders and the development team.

Business Analysis

• Overview of Business Analysis
• Overview of Requirements
• Role of the Business Analyst

Stakeholders

• Who are they?
• And why do they matter?
• The most common stakeholders: The project team, management, and the front line
• Handling Stakeholder Conflicts

Life Cycles

• Systems Development Life Cycles
• Project Life Cycles
• Product Life Cycles
• Requirement Life Cycles
• Seventh Morning’s Requirements Development Life Cycle

Forming Requirements

• Overview of Requirements
• Attributes of Good Requirements
• Types of Requirements
• Requirement Sources
• Gathering Requirements from Stakeholders
• Common Requirements Documents 

Transforming Requirements

• Stakeholder Needs Analysis
• Decomposition Analysis
• Additive/Subtractive Analysis
• Gap Analysis
• Notations (UML & BPMN)
• Flowcharts
• Swim Lane Flowcharts
• Entity-Relationship Diagrams
• State-Transition Diagrams
• Data Flow Diagrams
• Use Case Modeling
• Business Process Modeling 

Finalizing Requirements

• Presenting Requirements
• Socializing Requirements and Gaining Acceptance
• Prioritizing Requirements
• Evaluation of the requirements

Managing Requirements Assets

• Change Control
• Requirements Tools
• Software

Scenario

• Types of scenarios
• Pessimistic
• Optimistic
• Most likely
• Examples and case study

• 20 Classes
• The training package includes the course materials and hangs outs.