BA COURSE CONTENT

1. IT Industry & Business Analysis Role A Practitioners Perspective

International Institute of Business Analyst (IIBA) and Role of a Business Analyst
Client Organization
IT Company Organization
Project Governance Structure
SDLC Models
Waterfall
V Model
Prototype Model
Iterative Model
Spiral Model
Agile Methodologies - Scrum
2. Introduction to IIBA Body of Knowledge (BOK)
Enterprise Analysis
Requirements Planning and Management
Requirements Elicitation
Requirements Communication
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Solution Assessment and Validation
3. Requirements Planning and Management
Understand Team Roles and Stakeholder Analysis (RACI Matrix)
Identify Requirement Activities and Estimation Technique
Scope Management and Traceability Matrix
Change Management Process
Risk Management Process
Real Time Case Study to understand the above concepts
4. Requirements Elicitation Models
Interviews
Observation
Prototyping
Document Analysis
Focus Groups
Brainstorming
Interface Analysis
Workshops
Reverse Engineering
Surveys / Questionnaires
Real Time Case Study to understand the above concepts
5. Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Structured Analysis
Data Flow Diagrams & Flowcharts
ER Diagrams
Object Oriented Analysis
Introduction to Object Orientation Concepts
Advantages of OO over Structured Analysis
Introduction to UML
UML Diagrams relevant to a Business Analyst
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o Use Case Diagrams and Use Case Stories

o Class & Object Diagrams
o Sequence &Collaboration Diagrams
o State Transition Diagrams
o Activity Diagrams
Case Studies
6. Requirements Communication
Preparing Communication Plan
Defining Communication Requirements of Project
Conflict Management
Approvals & Signoffs
7. Solution Assessment & Validation
Role of Business Analyst in Testing
Stages of Testing
Unit Testing
Integration Testing
System Testing and
User Acceptance Testing
Testing Process
Test Strategy &Plan
Test Case Preparation
Test Execution
Defect Fixing
Testing Types
Functional Testing
UI Testing
Performance Testing
Access Control & Security Testing
Regression Testing
Testing Techniques
Black box Testing
White Box Testing
Test Metrics
8. Enterprise Analysis
Enterprise Analysis Process
Maintaining Business Architecture
Zachman Framework
POLDAT Framework