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Explore the business analysis framework and the big picture to define products and projects, project requirements, life cycles, process groups, knowledge areas, organizational process assets, and enterprise environmental factors.
Understand the relationship between products and projects by examining their definitions and life cycles. See how needs assessment guides investment and how product and project life cycles evolve together.
Explore the definition of needs assessment in PMI PBA, learn seven processes to analyze problems or opportunities, assess current and future states, and support charter development and roadmaps.
Identify the problem or opportunity to lay the foundation for prioritizing requirements in the needs assessment knowledge area. Evaluate the current environment and discern impact and size.
Use brainstorming as an elicitation technique to generate diverse ideas in a facilitated group, keep ideas unjudged, then analyze and organize them with affinity diagrams to solve problems.
Explore four transition plan strategies: massive, segmented, time boxed coexistence, and permanent coexistence, and learn how dual solutions impact operations and how to select the most appropriate approach.
Examine how metrics and measurements drive business analysis performance, using KPIs like percentage of requirements, defects, missed requirements, delivery slippage, and open questions about the requirements to evaluate effectiveness.
Explore the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the prepare for elicitation process. Learn to tailor elicitation, plan questions and agenda, and create preparation materials.
Defines the analysis knowledge area and its nine processes, highlighting data analysis and modeling, visual models, and how requirements, risks, and design options are analyzed and prioritized.
Create and analyze models to visualize product information and reveal gaps in data. Align this two-part process with the PMI guide to clarify requirements and drive project outcomes.
Identify the inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the validate requirements process, linking requirements to acceptance criteria and business objectives through traceability, walkthroughs, and Delphi consensus.
Trace relationships and dependencies between requirements and other product information, as described by the PMI guide to Business Analysis, to sequence work, manage scope, and support value-delivering release decisions.
This course is designed to prepare you for the PMI PBA certification exam. The exam is the gold standard for business analysts, and it demonstrates that you have the skills and knowledge to be successful in this role.
Key Features
Shorter videos and to-the-point lessons allow you to control your own learning time.
Certificate of completion is provided upon completion of all videos and assignments, meeting the 35 PDUs of PMI-PBA exam application requirements
The course covers the essential business analysis concepts and techniques that you need to know to pass the exam. You will learn how to Understand the business analysis processes such as:
Needs Assessment
Understand the business need for the project
Identify the stakeholders and their needs
Gather requirements from stakeholders
Identify and define solution options
Requirements Management
Manage the requirements throughout the project lifecycle
Communicate requirements to stakeholders
Track changes to requirements
Resolve conflicts in requirements
Stakeholder Management
Identify and manage the interests of stakeholders
Build relationships with stakeholders
Manage conflict between stakeholders
Analysis
Analyze the business need and requirements
Validate requirements with stakeholders
Evaluate solution options and select the best solution
Solution Evaluation
Evaluate the solution against the business need and requirements
Identify and manage risks associated with the solution
Implement the solution and monitor its performance
Benefits
Gain the skills and knowledge you need to pass the PMI PBA certification exam.
Advance your career in business analysis and gain the recognition of the PMI.
Improve your business analysis skills and better understand the role of business analysts in projects.
Learn more about the business analysis process and how to work effectively with business analysts.
The target audience for this course includes:
Business analysts who are looking to advance their careers and gain the recognition of the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Project managers who want to improve their business analysis skills and better understand the role of business analysts in projects.
IT professionals who are involved in the development or implementation of new products or services.
Business stakeholders who want to learn more about the business analysis process and how to work effectively with business analysts.
The course is delivered online, and it includes a variety of learning materials, including:
Video lectures
Interactive exercises
Study guides
Why does Udemy show the course as only 7.5 hours?
Udemy measures course length based only on video content duration. My course currently contains 7.5 hours of video lectures, which is why Udemy displays this number on the course page and certificate of completion.
I designed the course this way because I truly value your time. Instead of filling the videos with repetitive wording to make them artificially longer, I made the content concise and to the point. This way, you stay in control of your time — if you want to repeat or review something, you can always pause or go back to the video as needed.
Why does PMI recognize it as 35 PDUs?
PMI does not count only the video playback time when considering Professional Development Units (PDUs). Instead, PMI looks at the total learning effort involved in completing the course, which includes:
Watching all lectures
Completing chapter quizzes and knowledge checks
Taking the full-length practice exam in “exam mode”
Repeating practice simulations and reviewing explanations
Studying additional reference material provided
When all these activities are combined, the learning effort is equivalent to 35 contact hours, which meets PMI’s requirement for exam eligibility.
Why two types of certificates?
The Udemy completion certificate is automatically generated by Udemy and only reflects the course’s video duration (7.5 hours).
The separate certificate issued directly by me (melhout@mohamedelhout.com) confirms 35 PDUs / 35 contact hours, as designed for PMI eligibility. This certificate takes into account the entire course structure, not just lecture length.