Overview of Business Analysis

Course Description

In order for business analysis to be successful in organizations, both the IT and business community must embrace the business analysis process. This seminar presents the business analysis role to managers and others who lead and work with business analyst professionals. The seminar can be used as a working session to discuss how your organization will implement the business analysis process and approaches for eliciting, analyzing and communicating requirements.

Both large and small organizations are realizing the benefits of using business analysis professionals on all of their application development projects. A business analysis professional acts as a liaison between business people who have a business problem and technology people who know how to create automated solutions. Improving the communication between your business areas and your IT team significantly increases the quality of the systems developed.

By understanding business analysis you will be able to maximize the impact your individual business analysis professionals and overall business analysis practice will have on your organization.

Learning Objectives 

• The positive impact a strong business analysis practice can have on your organization
• The key characteristics of a successful business analysis professional
• Tips for managing and working with business analysis professionals
• Current industry trends impacting business analysis

Intended Audience 

This seminar is a management overview of business analysis for managers, supervisors, and project managers who work with business analysis professionals.  

Prerequisites  

None