Business Analysis Master Class

Overview:

This program is designed to develop you into an agent of change. Business Analysis is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations, whether they are for-profit businesses, governments, or non-profits.

Business analysis is used to identify and articulate the need for change in how organizations work, and to facilitate that change.

Business analysts work across all levels of an organization and may be involved in everything from defining strategy, to creating the enterprise architecture, to taking a leadership role by defining the goals and requirements for programs and projects or supporting continuous improvement in its technology and processes.

The Training Tree possess the specialized knowledge to act as a guide and lead each delegate and their business through unknown or unmapped territory, to get it to its desired destination. The Training Tree program is designed to articulate and explain the latest principles in business analysis used by the top organisations globally.

The value of business analysis is in realization of benefits, avoidance of cost, identification of new opportunities, understanding of required capabilities and modelling the organization.

Through the effective use of business analysis, we can ensure an organization realizes these benefits, ultimately improving the way they do business.

Objectives

Demonstrate an understanding of business strategy and strategic analysis techniques
Act as effective members of a team investigating an organisation’s business systems with a view to recommending business improvements
Apply techniques in order to analyse and model business systems
Identify recommendations for business improvement
Assist in the production of a rigorous business case covering the development and implementation of business changes
Identify how business requirements may be supported by IT systems
Work with business stakeholders to gather and document different types and levels of requirement
Work with business stakeholders to define, scope and initiate a project
Work with stakeholders to develop optimum solutions to defined requirements
Confidently present findings to business stakeholders and their project team

How this helps your organisation?

Evident increase in productivity of the delegate in business analysis activities
Improved ability through delegate training and preparation
Better relationships and performance
Delegate will be able to provide knowledge and insight into the implementation of the fundamental principles of business analysis
Yield improved results by implementing an effective business strategy
Delegates will provide the organisation with the skills and instruments to improve their business analysis strategy in both long term and short term
Improve the skills and morale of organisations employees through increased knowledge, confidence and capability

How this helps you personally?

Improve your ability to locate cost saving opportunities
A greater sense of confidence and professionalism.
Improved ability and implement tactics to get the result you want
Increased recognition by the organization due to improved performance.
Understand how to apply the most optimum practices
Learn from the experience of other delegates and the trainer
Attain a strong knowledge of the principles of supply chain management
Add value to your knowledge and competency
Improve your prospective career opportunities through self-development

Course Structure

Introduction to Business Analysis

What is a Business Analyst?
The role of the Business Analyst vs. the Systems Analyst
Purpose of analysing and modelling business systems
Business Change Lifecycle
IT and non IT change
Case Study & Videos

Strategic Analysis in Context

Environment analysis and SWOT
Overview of areas strategy including IS strategy
Critical success factors and key performance indicators
The Balanced Business Scorecard
Case Study & Videos

Project Discipline for Business Analysis

Terms of reference/project initiation
Business and project objectives
Deliverables from business analysis
Case Study & Videos

Understanding the Situation and Business Perspectives

Stakeholder analysis and investigative techniques
Identifying and defining business perspective
Identifying and resolving conflicts
Case Study & Videos

Analysing and Modelling Business Activities

Identifying activities and dependencies
Building a Business Activity Model (BAM)
Business events / activity indicators
Rules and constraints
Case Study & Videos

Identifying Potential Solutions

Creative approaches to problem solving
Gap analysis
Defining a new business model
Case Study & Videos

Identifying Requirements for the New Business Model

Presenting the business case and options for change
Cost-benefit, risk and impact analysis
Risk analysis and management
Case Study & Videos

Accepting the Business Case

Testing the system for user acceptance
Managing the implementation of change and benefits realisation
Case Study & Videos