Business Analyst (3 Months)

Start Date: REOPENED

End Date: REOPENED

Course purpose

This course will bring the learner to the real world of the Business Analyst profession by presenting/analyzing the Business Analysis concept,
its values, competencies, responsibilities, types, requirements, and requirements life cycle.

Also, the training will analyze topics such as requirements and design, stakeholders, stakeholder Onion Diagram, RACI Matrix, business planning and monitoring, requirements life cycle management, strategy analysis, solution evaluation, requirements elicitation and its top techniques, SDLC steps, Waterfall model, Agile
Methodology, Scrum methodology, Visual Modeling, organizational chart, competitive comparison matrix, use case diagram, process flow
diagram, User Interface Wireframe, technical models, tools and business analysis tips, challenges faced by business analyst, and more.

What does a Business Analyst do?

Business Analyst works with software developers or not and the project’s stakeholders to analyze business tasks as stated in the BABOK
document to reduce to the extreme minimum the risk of failure. Also, a Business Analyst obtains or discovers, treats, and analyzes
information related to tasks, clarifies/elicits what the stakeholder needs and desires are, and conducts root cause analysis to identify issues and
their causes during a project. Finally, a Business Analyst is responsible in a company for finding areas or opportunities for improvement,
supporting the designs, documenting, and assuring the proper implementation of the system in place.

Business Analyst roles or job titles vary such as business consultant, operations analyst, process analyst, product manager, product owner,
business system analyst, business architect, data analyst, Business system analyst, chief data engineer, quality assurance analyst, enterprise
architect, and more.

How much does a Business Analyst make per year?

A Business Analyst’s salary per annum in Houston, based on years of work experience, education, on-site or remotely, varies from 63k to
140k. This annual pay varies also per city and State in the United States of America.

Where does a Business Analyst work?

A Business Analyst service is beneficial across industries: accounting, investment banking, market research, goods, and finance. However,
Business Analysts work mostly with management consulting firms and IT-related companies. They also work with non-profit, for-profit, and
government agencies.

Course Learning Objectives

At the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
✔ define and understand the business analyst job roles.
✔ Identify and implement business analysis values, competencies, responsibilities, job requirements, and its life cycle.
✔ Understand, identify, and implement requirements designs, stakeholders, stakeholder Onion Diagram, RACI Matrix, business planning and
monitoring.
✔ Understand, identify, compare, contrast, and implement professionally SDLC steps, Waterfall model, Agile Methodology, Scrum
methodology, Visual Modeling, and organizational chart.
✔ Understand, identify, compare, contrast, and implement professionally competitive comparison matrix, use case diagram, process flow
diagram, User Interface Wireframe, technical models, tools and business analysis tips, and challenges faced by business analysts.

Areas Covered in this Course

This course/training will cover mostly the following critical business analysis job areas:
✔ the Business Analysis concept,
✔ business analysis values, competencies, responsibilities, types, requirements, and requirements life cycle.
✔ the requirements and design, stakeholders, stakeholder Onion Diagram, RACI Matrix, business planning and monitoring,
✔ the requirements life cycle management, strategy analysis, solution evaluation, requirements elicitation and its top techniques,
✔ SDLC steps, Waterfall model, Agile Methodology, Scrum methodology, Visual Modeling, organizational chart,
✔ competitive comparison matrix, use case diagram, process flow diagram, User Interface Wireframe, technical models, tools and business
analysis tips, challenges faced by business analysts, and more.

Course Target Learner

This course is designed for:

• A recent immigrant to the United States of America looking for where to start a new lucrative profession in IT.
• First-time Business Analyst professionals aged at least 18 years old.
• IT professionals changing their career path to Business Analyst jobs.
• Non-IT professionals who want to join or switch to the lucrative business analyst career.
• A current business analyst who wants to refresh his/her knowledge and learn the current state of the art in the industry.
• Local, national, and -international corporations and government agencies employ Business Analysts who are looking for recycling and/or
  continuous education or training for employees to improve their productivity and quality of daily work.