ISEB Business Analysis & Requirements Engineering

This is a 5-day, non-residential course which provides you with an understanding of the analysis of business processes to produce a Business Case for Change. You will use current techniques to identify business needs and objectives, model business processes, identify Business Options and create a Statement of Requirements. The course covers TWO of the core ISEB modules which contribute towards the Business Analysis Diploma 

We help you apply the course theories and techniques to your current business environment during the course so you will gain practical skills for handling real issues. Class sizes are kept small to facilitate lecturer – student interaction and class discussion. 

This course is designed for people working as Business Analysts, or who are intending to move into this field, but otherwise there are no pre-requisite requirements.

The course fees include lunch, refreshments, the course book – ‘Business Analysis’, and all other course materials.

Examination Details
ISEB BUSINESS ANALYSIS ESSENTIALS
ISEB REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING
15 minutes reading time is given before the start of each of the 1 hour open book exams, in which you must answer 2 questions on a given scenario, and achieve 50% of the marks in order to pass. The exams are taken on the Thursday and Friday of the course.  You will be advised of your results in approximately 6 weeks and will receive your certificates direct from ISEB as soon as they are available.

1. Foundations for change

• Purpose of Business Analysis
• 3 key areas of investigation
• Innovation versus change

2. Strategic Analysis

• External environment analysis
• Internal environment analysis
• Balanced score card 

3. Starting the Study

• Project roles
• Terms of Reference
• Study deliverables

4. Fact Finding

• Technique pros, cons and applicability
• Checking the findings

5. Understanding problems

• Stakeholder analysis
• Stakeholder perspectives

6. Business Activity Modelling

• Root definition (CATWOE)
• Critical success factors
• KPIs
• Primary Task Model
• Current system evaluation

7. Documenting Requirements

• Functional requirements
• Requirement template
• Non-functional requirements

8. Strategies & Tactics

• Trends in business change

9. Business systems options

• BSO template
• Force field analysis
• Option evaluation

10 System analysis

• Business to system analysis interface
• Aspects of system analysis
• Business change & System requirements

11. Process modelling

• Modelling the 'as is ' process
• Time, Quality, Cost requirments
• Improving the business processes

12 Requirements Validation

• Quality reviews
• Prototyping
• Requirements Management

13. Writing the business case

• Costs & benefits
• Investment appraisal
• Discounted cash flow (DCF & NPV)

14 Presenting a business case

• What to present
• Handling stake holders

15. Principles of User Acceptance Testing

• Requirements as input
• Use case modelling
• Understanding a UAT script

16. Case study