Certified Business Systems Analyst Discovering, Analysing, Modelling and Specifying User Requirements

Certified Business Systems Analyst:
Discovering, Analyzing, Modelling and Specifying User Requirements

OBJECTIVES

• Understand the role of the business systems analyst
• Understand the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Define the system scope
• Identify system stakeholders
• Create a business case
• Understand and apply The Architecture Framework
• Model the business across all its dimensions: data, activities, locations, people, time and motivation
• Apply information gathering techniques
• Define functional and non-functional business requirements
• Write a business requirements specification

WHO SHOULD ATTEND?

This course is designed for business and systems analysts, business experts, business managers, enterprise architects, systems development project leaders, systems development team members and information technology professionals.

COURSE OUTLINE 

DAY 1

Introduction to Business Systems Analysis

• The role of the business systems analyst
• The Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• The business systems analysis process
• Identifying system users and other stakeholders
• Defining the system scope
• Creating a business case

DAY 2

Modelling the Business

• An introduction to modelling concepts
• The Architecture Framework
• Modelling data requirements
• Business process modelling for business systems analysis

DAY 3

Modelling the Business (Continued)

• Writing and modelling use cases
• Modelling the location dimension
• Modelling organisations, people and roles
• Analysing business and time events
• Discovering and documenting business rules

DAY 4

Gathering Information

• Communication for business systems analysts
• Interviewing methods
• Using questionnaires
• Document analysis and observation
• Workshop facilitation using Joint Application Design (JAD) techniques
• Eliciting and capturing requirements in workshops

DAY 5

Preparing a Business Requirements Specification

• Functional and non-functional requirements
• Writing effective requirements
• Validating requirements
• The content of a business requirements specification