Perspectives for Effective Business Analysis

Perspectives for Effective Business Analysis

Overview/Description
Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
Course Number
Expertise Level

Overview/Description
When analyzing the business problems, or internal processes, that exist in your organization, you must be knowledgeable in the characteristics, required competencies, methodologies and analytics tools involved. You’ll also need to understand how different business analysis perspectives apply or can be combined depending on your organization’s context. In this course, you'll learn about characteristics of Agile and business intelligence. The course also covers different perspectives of information technology, business architecture, and business process management – perspectives that are also feature in the business analysis body of knowledge (BABOK) framework, which outlines the tasks that a business analyst must perform to deliver an effective solution to a problem.

Target Audience
Individuals interested in developing and refining business analysis skills; individuals preparing for the Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®) certification exam

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.8

Lesson Objectives

Perspectives for Effective Business Analysis

recognize Agile features

identify features of an Agile project that impact business analysis activities

recognize necessary competencies when using an Agile approach to business analysis

identify characteristics of the business intelligence perspective

identify business analysis activities that are specific to business intelligence initiatives

recognize characteristics of working from an IT perspective

identify considerations for working on an IT change initiative

distinguish between IT initiative methodologies

identify the four architectural principles that apply to business analysis

recognize outcomes of business analysis with a business architecture perspective

identify common business architecture techniques

recognize characteristics of the business process management perspective

distinguish between BPM business analysis outcomes

identify techniques used for BPM

demonstrate your understanding of common business analysis perspectives

Course Number:
aba_04_a03_bs_enus

Expertise Level
Intermediate