
Intro - Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) (PBA)
A day in the life of a business analyst
The Business Analysis Certification Program is aligned with the (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge Guide) BABOK v3 and has a total of 14 sections that are also presented as individual courses for your convenience.
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The Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) Guide v3 is a comprehensive guide that provides a framework for the practice of business analysis.
It's designed to be a resource for business analysts at various levels of expertise, from entry-level to very experienced.
Published by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), the BABOK Guide serves as the globally recognized standard for the practice of business analysis.
FAQs
In this Introduction to Business Analysis course, we're going to talk about some of the foundational concepts related to business analysis.
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the definition of business analysis.
The Science of Better Learning
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize activities that a business analyst may perform within an organization.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize how business analysis adds value to an organization.
Business Analysis (beyond projects)
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the basics of business analysis.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the business analysis knowledge areas.
Tools and Techniques for BOBOK Guide v3.
Relationships Between Knowledge Areas
After completing this topic, you should be able to match key terms used in business analysis with their definitions.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the meaning of six core concepts within the context of business analysis.
The BACCM Model
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the business analysis knowledge areas, key terms, and core concepts.
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify examples of project team stakeholders.
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify examples of project stakeholders who are outside the project team.
The BACCM Components
After completing this topic, you should be able to label requirements according to the business analysis classification schema.
After completing this topic, you should be able to differentiate between requirements and designs.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize characteristics of the requirements and design cycle.
Requirements and design concepts
After completing this topic, you should be able to practice concepts related to business analysis stakeholders, requirements and designs.
Congratulations for finishing the Introduction to Business Analysis course! We covered some of the foundational concepts related to business analysis.
In this course, we're going to begin looking at the business analysis knowledge areas, beginning with business analysis planning and monitoring.
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify planning and monitoring tasks.
The Core Concept Model in Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the business analyst's role with regard to core concepts during planning and monitoring tasks
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the tasks and responsibilities during BA planning and monitoring.
Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize considerations when planning a business analysis approach.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the guidelines and techniques used in planning the business analysis approach.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the role of stakeholders with respect to the business analysis approach.
Plan Business Analysis Approach Input/Output Diagram
Formality and Level of Detail of Business Analysis Deliverables
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize what's involved in planning a business analysis approach.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize considerations when planning stakeholder engagement.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the guidelines and techniques used in planning stakeholder engagement.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the role of stakeholders with respect to the stakeholder engagement approach.
Plan Stakeholder Engagement Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize what's involved in planning stakeholder engagement.
Plan Business Analysis Governance: Inputs and Elements
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the guidelines and techniques used in planning the business analysis governance approach.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the roles of stakeholders in developing the business analysis governance approach.
Plan Business Analysis Governance Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize what's involved in planning an approach to business analysis governance.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize considerations when planning how to manage business analysis information.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the guidelines and techniques used in planning business analysis information management.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the roles of stakeholders in developing the approach to managing business analysis information.
Plan Business Analysis Information Management Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize what's involved in planning an approach to business analysis information management.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize considerations when assessing business analysis performance.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize techniques used to assess business analysis performance.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the roles of stakeholders in identifying business analysis performance improvements.
Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize what's involved in identifying business analysis performance improvements.
The Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring course is aligned with the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge Guide (BABOK3), and in this course, we're going to begin looking at the business analysis knowledge areas, beginning with business analysis planning and monitoring.
In this course, we're going to examine the ongoing process of elicitation and collaboration and find out how business analysts identify and reach agreements with stakeholders on requirements.
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify tasks involved in elicitation and collaboration.
The Core Concept Model in Elicitation and Collaboration
Elicitation and Collaboration Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify roles of the business analyst during the elicitation and collaboration process
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the tasks and roles involved in BA elicitation and collaboration
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise considerations when preparing for elicitation
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise guidelines and techniques used to prepare for elicitation
After completing this topic, you should be able to distinguish between the roles of stakeholders involved in preparing for elicitation
Prepare for Elicitation Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the tasks, techniques, and roles involved in preparing for elicitation
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize inputs and elements used to conduct elicitation
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise guidelines and techniques used to conduct elicitation
After completing this topic, you should be able to distinguish between the roles of stakeholders involved in conducting elicitation
Conduct Elicitation Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the tasks, techniques, and roles involved in conducting elicitation
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise inputs and elements used to confirm elicitation results
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise guidelines and techniques used to confirm elicitation results
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the key stakeholder in confirming elicitation results
Confirm Elicitation Results
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the tasks, techniques, and roles involved in confirming elicitation results
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise considerations for communicating business analysis information
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the guidelines and techniques used to communicate business analysis information
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how to work with stakeholders when communicating BA information
Communicate Business Analysis Information Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the tasks, techniques, and roles involved in communicating BA information
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify inputs and elements used in managing stakeholder collaboration
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the guidelines and techniques used in managing stakeholder collaboration
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify qualities of strong stakeholder collaboration
Manage Stakeholder Collaboration Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of the tasks, techniques, and roles involved in managing stakeholder collaboration
In this course, we examined the ongoing process of elicitation and collaboration and find out how business analysts identify and reach agreements with stakeholders on requirements.
In this course, we're going to begin looking at the business analysis knowledge area Requirements Life Cycle Management.
After completing this topic, you should be able to describe the requirements life cycle.
Requirements Life Cycle Management Model
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how business analysis core concepts are applied while managing requirements
Requirements Life Cycle Management Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of principles related to requirements life cycle management.
After completing this topic, you should be able to describe the concept of traceability
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise issues around tracing requirements that a business analyst must consider
Process Traceability Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize the guidelines and techniques used during the Trace Requirements task
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the role of stakeholders with respect to tracing requirements and designs
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in developing requirements traceability documentation
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise guidelines for maintaining requirements
Maintain Requirements Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how techniques are used to maintain requirements
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise issues around the prioritisation of requirements
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise tools and techniques used when prioritizing requirements
Prioritize Requirements Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the role of stakeholders with respect to prioritizing requirements and designs
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in maintaining and prioritizing requirements and designs
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize considerations a business analyst must make when assessing changes to requirements
Assess Requirements Changes Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize guidelines and techniques used when assessing changes to requirements
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the outputs of the Assess Requirements Changes task
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise a business analyst's responsibilities related to the approval of requirements
Approve Requirements Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how requirements are reviewed and approved
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in assessing and approving requirements
In this course, we're going to begin looking at the business analysis knowledge area Requirements Life Cycle Management.
The content is aligned with the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge Guide (BABOK3), and in this course, we're going to look at the knowledge area Strategy Analysis and the four tasks that make it up.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise characteristics of strategy analysis.
Business Analysis Value Spectrum
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how business analysis core concepts are applied while conducting a strategy analysis.
Strategy Analysis Input/Output Diagram
The Core Concept Model in Strategy Analysis
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of principles related to strategy analysis
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise issues around current state analysis that a business analyst must consider
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the guidelines and techniques used in analyzing current state
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how stakeholders contribute to the development of the outputs of a current state analysis
Analyze Current State Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise considerations when defining future state
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how guidelines and techniques are used when defining future state
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the outputs of the Define Future State task
Define Future State Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in analysing current state and defining future state
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise considerations when performing a risk assessment
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how guidelines and techniques are used when assessing risk
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the roles stakeholders play in assessing risk
Assess Risks Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in performing a risk assessment
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise considerations when developing the change strategy
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how guidelines and techniques are used when developing the change strategy
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the roles stakeholders play in defining the change strategy
Define Change Strategy Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in defining the change strategy
You finished the Business Analysis and Strategy Analysisis the 5th course of the Business Analysis Certification Program which includes a total of 14 courses.
In this course, we're going to begin looking at the knowledge area requirements analysis and design definition. This course covers the first three tasks, which involve creating a list of requirements
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize characteristics of the Requirements Analysis and Design Definition knowledge area
Business Analysis Value Spectrum
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize how business analysis core concepts are applied during requirements analysis and design definition
The Core Concept Model in Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
Requirements Analysis and Design Definition Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of requirements analysis and design definition
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize considerations when modeling and analyzing requirements
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise activities related to specifying and modelling requirements
Specify and Model Requirements Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in specifying and modelling requirements
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise considerations when verifying requirements
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise activities related to verifying requirements
Verify Requirements Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize what's involved in verifying requirements
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise actions related to validating requirements
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize guidelines and techniques used to validate requirements
Validate Requirements Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in validating requirements
In this course, we're going to begin looking at the knowledge area requirements analysis and design definition. This course covers the first three tasks, which involve creating a list of requirements
This course is Part Two of Requirements Analysis and Design Definition. It covers the last three tasks, which are all related to creating a requirements architecture.
You develop a set of designs and analyze those to determine where the best value is. The final step is to develop the solution recommendation that represents the best design.
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the characteristics of a requirements architecture
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise considerations when defining the requirements architecture
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise guidelines and techniques for defining the requirements architecture
Define Requirements Arhitecture Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize what's involved in defining the requirements architecture
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise considerations when defining design options
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how guidelines and techniques are used when defining design options
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the roles of stakeholders in defining design options
Define Design Options Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in defining design options
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise considerations when analysing potential value
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify activities involved in analyzing potential value
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise activities involved in preparing a solution recommendation
Analyze Potential Value and Recommend Solution Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in analysing potential value and recommending a solution
This course is Part Two of Requirements Analysis and Design Definition.
In this course, we will look at all the tasks that make up the final knowledge area – Solution Evaluation.
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise characteristics of the Solution Evaluation knowledge area
Business Analysis Value Spectrum
The Core Concept Model in Solution Evaluation
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how business analysis core concepts are applied during solution evaluation
Solution Evaluation Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to demonstrate your understanding of solution evaluation
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise types of activities involved in the Measure Solution Performance task
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify key techniques used to measure solution performance
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise activities carried out when analyzing performance measures
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the roles of stakeholders in analyzing performance measures
Measure Solution Performance Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in measuring and analyzing the performance of a solution
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise types of activities involved in assessing solution limitations
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the role of stakeholders in assessing solution limitations
After completing this topic, you should be able to match types of enterprise limitation analyses with corresponding descriptions
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify key techniques and stakeholders involved in assessing enterprise limitations
Analyze Performance Measures Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in assessing limitations within a solution or enterprise that inhibit value realization
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise guidelines and techniques used when recommending actions to increase the value of a solution
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify actions you could take to increase the value of a solution
Assess Solution Limitations Input/Output Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise what's involved in recommending actions to increase the value of a solution
In this course, we will look at all the tasks that make up the final knowledge area – Solution Evaluation
This course will introduce Analysis Tools for Scoping and Planning, Models that Support Business Analysis and Analyses that Support Decision making. Some examples: Benchmarking and Market Analysis, Document Analysis, Scope Modeling and State Modeling.
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the elements of benchmarking and market analysis
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the steps in performing document analysis
After completing this topic, you should be able to distinguish between scope modelling diagramming techniques
After completing this topic, you should be able to distinguish between the elements of state modelling
State Transition Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognize how to apply scoping and planning tools in business analysis
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the characteristics of process modelling
Flowchart/Business Process Model/Activity Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the characteristics of process analysis
SIPOC Model/Value Stream Map
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the types of organisational models
Functionally-oriented Organizational Model
After completing this topic, you should be able to identify the elements of an interface definition
Interface Analysis Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise the elements of data flow diagrams
Context Diagram Gane-Sarson Notation/Level 1 Diagram Yourdon Notation
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise considerations for using data mining
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise considerations for using data modelling
Entity-Relationship Diagram (Crow's Foot Notation)/Class Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to distinguish between common prototyping methods
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how to apply models that support business analysis
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise characteristics of risk analysis and management
Example of a Risk Register
After completing this topic, you should be able to distinguish between methods of financial analysis
Example of a Cost-Benefit Analysis
After completing this topic, you should be able to describe root cause analysis
Fishbone Diagram
After completing this topic, you should be able to define the elements of a SWOT analysis
SWOT Matrix
After completing this topic, you should be able to distinguish between decision modelling and decision analysis
Simple/Weighted Decision Matrix
Decision Table/Tree
After completing this topic, you should be able to recognise how to apply decision-making analysis tools
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