Practical perspectives in Business Analysis and IT Project Management achieving results.

Introduction to Business Analysis – Overview (aligned with BABOK®)

• A high level discussion of fundamental concepts, knowledge areas and terms
• Understand:
  • The difference between stakeholders and actors
  • The general approach to analysis and the different activities associated with an analysis engagement
  • The different components of the solution
  • The different types of requirements  and the key characteristics of a good requirement

Introduction to Business Analysis – Techniques (aligned with BABOK® v3)

• A detailed discussion of various tools and techniques applied by analysts to gather and analyze requirements as well as evaluate solutions
• Explore and practice techniques for
  • Strategic analysis
  • Requirement elicitation
  • Requirement life cycle management
  • Stakeholder collaboration and engagement
  • Requirement analysis
  • Solution evaluation

Introduction to Project Management – Overview (aligned with PMBOK® v6)

• A high level discussion of fundamental concepts, knowledge areas and terms
• Understand:
  • The difference between a project, program, portfolio and operations
  • The key components of the project life cycle
  • The knowledge areas

Schedules and Budgets (aligned with BABOK® and PMBOK®)

• A detailed look at techniques to plan and monitor activities (whether your scope is the entire project or just a component)…
• Understand, explore and practice:
  • Various estimating techniques (for schedules and budgets)
  • Dependency determination techniques and concepts (for schedules)
  • Budget baseline and time phase budgets
  • Different types and purposes of contingency
  • Monitoring, reporting, and controlling

Stakeholder and Communications Management (aligned with BABOK® and PMBOK®)

• A detailed look at stakeholder management concepts, tools and techniques as may be applied by PMs or BAs.
• Understand, explore and practice:
  • Stakeholder identification techniques
  • Stakeholder mapping
  • Engagement strategies
  • Communications and engagement planning
  • Communications methods and models
  • Monitoring, reporting, and controlling

Risk and Opportunity Management (aligned with BABOK® and PMBOK®)

• A detailed look at risk and opportunity management concepts, tools and techniques as may be applied by PMs and BAs.
• Understand, explore and practice:
  • Risks and opportunities definition
  • Identification techniques
  • Approaches for categorizing
  • Approaches for managing
  • Contingency planning
  • Monitoring, reporting, and controlling

Resume preparation

• Tips on effective resume preparation as well as personal feedback on your resume for one position.

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