Business Analysis Essentials: Practical Skills for Real-World Success

What You’ll Learn

• Business Analysis Fundamentals – Understand the term Business Analysis, the role of a Business Analyst, as well as the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

• Requirement Gathering Techniques – Through live simulation of requirement-gathering sessions, learn how to collect requirements from Subject Matter Experts.

• Hands-On Learning: Creating Requirements Documents – Learn how to prepare BRD (Business Requirements Document), FRD (Functional Requirements Document), Use Case, and User Story.

• Hands-On Learning: Creating Wireframes & Prototypes – Document User Interface requirements by creating wireframes, prototypes, and UI specifications.

• Software Engineering Processes – Explore Agile Scrum, Waterfall Methodology, and RUP (Rational Unified Process).

• Hands-On Learning: Documenting User Stories – Practical exposure to structuring and documenting effective user stories.

• Hands-On Learning: UML (Unified Modeling Language) – Create Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and State Diagrams.

• Hands-On Learning: Business Analyst Tools – Practical training with tools like Jira, Rally, Microsoft Visio, Axure, Rational Requisite Pro, and Enterprise Architect.

• Bonus: Manual Testing – Learn how to design test cases, conduct manual testing, log defects, manage bug triages, and coordinate UAT (User Acceptance Testing).

• Case Studies – Real-world examples from Finance, Insurance, Retail/eCommerce, and Airlines industries.

• Traceability – Understand Traceability concepts, advantages of the Traceability Matrix, and the Business Analyst role recap.

• Interview Simulations – Real-time Business Analyst and Business Architect interview simulations with Allegiant Technology.