Introduction To Business Analysis

The role and techniques needed for a Business Analyst

What you'll learn

Understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC)

Understanding the role of a Business Analyst (BA) within the SDLC

Techniques for eliciting requirments

Techniques for documenting requirements

An overview of how a BAs role changes in an Agile vs. Waterfall environment

Requirements

None

Description

This class is designed for anyone involved in software development, with a focus on new developers.  At DT Group, we believe application development is about more then just code.  The more all members of an application development team understand the other roles, the more effect each member of the team will become. In this class, we will walk through the role of a Business Analyst   Review the SDLC and roles, to see where the Business Analyst fits into the wholeA review of several types of projects where I was a Business Analyst to see the diverse types of situations these skills can be appliedA review of the most effective elicitation techniques and formats A review of the types of documentation often required in both a Waterfall and Agile projectThe most common types of documentation and documentation formats Throughout the class, I will discuss the need to stay curious.  The most valuable skill a Business Analyst has is curiosity.  What does the user really need?  Why do they need it?  How will the help them?  This class will help you understand that curiosity mindset and give you different techniques to explore these questions more deeply. I hope you enjoy!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Review of the Software Development Lifecycle

Lecture 3 Role of a Business Analyst

Section 2: A day in the life of a Business Analyst

Lecture 4 Leading Requirements meetings

Lecture 5 Managing scope creep

Lecture 6 Requirements gathering with a Subject Matter Expert

Lecture 7 Process documentation and improvement (no technology)

Section 3: Requirements Gathering

Lecture 8 I need a button…

Lecture 9 Solutions vs. Requirements

Lecture 10 Layers of Abstraction

Lecture 11 Root Cause vs. Symptom

Lecture 12 Elicitation Techniques

Lecture 13 Elicitation Formats

Lecture 14 Brainstorming

Lecture 15 Voting

Lecture 16 Grounding

Lecture 17 Introduction of the 5 Whys

Lecture 18 The 5 whys example

Lecture 19 The 5 whys video

Lecture 20 The 5 whys forking

Lecture 21 MOSCOW

Lecture 22 Additive and Subtractive analysis

Lecture 23 Gap Analysis

Lecture 24 Decomposition

Section 4: Documentation

Lecture 25 Waterfall Documentation

Lecture 26 Agile Documentation

Lecture 27 Agile and Decomposition

Lecture 28 Agile User Stories

Lecture 29 Agile User Stories: INVEST

Lecture 30 Documentation Techniques

Lecture 31 Flow Chart Introduction

Lecture 32 Flow Chart Example

Lecture 33 Swim Lane Example

Lecture 34 Mockups

Lecture 35 Documentation Validation and Sign-off

Section 5: Wrap up

Lecture 36 Wrap up

Anyone new to software development,Anyone looking to learn or improve their skills in eliciting or documenting requirements,Citizen Developers who need to help gather their own requirements