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-r "Uriderstandfie ain professional assoaatiohs"and sfanda�ds supporting busihi s°°analystsinTtlie and"ustiy- Discuss the common problems with requirements and explore approaches to address these issues Obtain a clear understanding of the various requirements types and the significance for eliciting each type Demonstrate your ability to identify stakeholders Explore various methods for understanding and analyzing stakeholders Discuss and apply good planning practices to requirements elicitation efforts Obtain knowledge and understanding of over 15 current and commonly applied elicitation techniques Understand how to progress from elicitation to analysis to documentation Write well -formed and validated requirements Gain understanding of the best practices for writing quality requirements Learn the technical writing techniques that apply directly to writing requirements documents Discuss writing pitfalls, risks that impact requirements, and how to address them Learn best practices for communicating and collaborating with stakeholders, sharing the results of elicitation and the resulting documentation Learn approaches for validating requirements Understand the difference between validating requirements and validating the solution BA05 - Process Modeling Using BPMN Description Students will learn to map business processes easily and efficiently using the industry standard - BPMN which stands for Business Process Modeling Notation from the Object Management Group (OMG). Students will learn the best practices in process mapping using the latest industry standards (BPMN) so that both the business and IT stakeholders will be able to understand the models and map processes consistently through -out their organization. Acquired Skills Demonstrate how to solve practical business problems using BPMN Business Process Diagrams (BPDs) BA06 - Managing and Communicating Requirements for Proiects Description A planned requirements approach is essential to a successful project. Your role as the Business Analyst in any project is to help form and coach a cross -functional team, facilitate continuous collaboration with your client, manage and communicate changing requirements, and deliver business value to your client early and regularly throughout the project. Acquired Skills Plan, manage and communicate requirements for projects Perform the various elicitation techniques used in gathering and documenting requirements. Produce relevant artifacts needed for documenting requirements. Minimize uncertainty and risk by applying principles learned in the course Ensure your project delivers required functionality and adds value to the business Translate business requirements into appropriate technical specifications. Optimize your team's responsiveness to change. BA08 - Agile for Business Analysts Description In this course, students will gain an understanding about agile business analysis. Students will learn how business analysis on an agile project is 'the same' and 'different' than business analysis performed on waterfall projects. Students will understand how the business analysis role changes on an agile team. A number of business analysis techniques suited for supporting agile teams will be introduced as will the various standards available to the community to help teams and organizations transition. Since few organizations are pure agile, students will also learn about delivery approaches that use a combination of practices from waterfall and agile and will also be introduced to the important concept of business analysis tailoring —the key skill used to adapt business analysis skills to all environments — regardless of the delivery life cycle selected. Acquired Skills Understand the fundamentals of agile delivery and agile business analysis Compare and contrast business analysis on waterfall and agile projects Explain the value proposition for agile product development Define the 4 main types of project life cycles