Mastering Business Analysis 2017

Topics

• Project Inception
  • Using the Business Model Generation canvas to ensure that the end result of the project is well understood and worthwhile
  • The foundation of the project
  • Understanding the intended future state of the business
  • Defining the value proposition, and how that can be brought about
• Business analysis
  • How business analysis fits into the development cycle
  • What is business analysis?
  • How business analysis works in your organisation
  • Why business analysis is vital part of any business change
• Modelling the Business
  • Business events as the optimal way of partitioning the problem space
  • The strategy of modelling
  • Process models – UML, BPMN, data flow, scenarios
  • Prioritising business events
  • Data models / class diagrams
• Business Reconnaissance
  • Defining the interfaces between the problem and the outside world
  • Setting the scope of the problem
  • Measuring and estimating the effort needed
  • Building a context model
  • Are we solving the right problem?
• Getting Approval
  • Communicating with your stakeholders
  • Having the best solution is not enough
  • Working effectively with stakeholderS
  • How to present and sell your ideas
• Finding the Solution
  • Innovation and how to make a real difference
  • Getting to the future state of the business
  • Systems thinking
  • Innovation techniques
  • Systems dynamics models

Who should Attend

• Systems Analysts
• Business Analysts
• Requirements Engineers
• Project Leaders
• Product or Program Managers