Automation Business Analysis - Concepts and Principles
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In-demand business analysis skills.
Identifying automation needs and define/design potential solution options.
UiPath tools/documents.
Skills you'll gain
- Business Analysis
- Business Process Automation
- Robotic Process Automation
- Business Process
- Business Requirements
- User Requirements Documents
- Process Modeling
- Stakeholder Analysis
- Stakeholder Communications
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Project Scoping
- Functional Specification
- Automation
- Business Workflow Analysis
- Business Process Modeling
- Requirements Analysis
- Requirements Management
- Requirements Elicitation
- Stakeholder Management
- Process Analysis
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There are 6 modules in this course
Change is inevitable and so are the digital disruptions in every industry. What’s important from a business perspective is to align and adapt to such digital disruptions. In today’s competitive business market, the key to success is wise data-driven decisions, made based on reliable information. As part of your work responsibilities, you would have discovered, synthesized, and analyzed information collected from various sources at some point in time. This is Business Analysis. It is the set of tasks, knowledge, and techniques required to identify business needs and determine solutions to enterprise business problems. Like we said earlier, a plethora of digital disruptions are taking place in every industry. We are witnessing the growth of a digital-ready culture with automation at its helm. Automation generates productivity boosts at the process, workflow, and workforce levels, thereby shaping organizational growth and longevity. With organizations moving towards automation, it’s of paramount importance for a Business Analyst to be skilled with the science of automation to facilitate communication and collaboration with relevant stakeholders. As a strong proponent of Robotic Process Automation (RPA), UiPath brings in the Automation Business Analyst role, who will be responsible for analyzing business requirements, identifying possible automatable processes as well as potential pitfalls, along with assessing the impact of automation implementation. Through this course, you will learn techniques for ensuring project success at every step-from understanding the enterprise problems or goals, to designing solutions, devising strategies, and thereby, driving change. Along with the foundational business analysis skills, you will also learn how to incorporate business analysis deliverables and models into an RPA specific Process Definition Document (PDD), which is the representation of ‘as-is’ business processes that are chosen for automation. Throughout this course the terms ‘Robotic Process Automation’ (RPA) and ‘Automation’ have been used interchangeably. Aligned with IIBA's BABOK, this course will help you take the first step in your Business Analyst journey and will aid you with preparation for ECBA (Entry Certificate in Business Analysis).To complete this course, you will need IIBA’s BABOK Guide, which can be accessed at no additional cost.
Business analysis is a professional discipline of identifying business needs and determining solutions to business problems. Through this course, you can acquire business analysis skills which span across six key knowledge areas, namely- Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring, Elicitation and Collaboration, Requirements Lifecycle Management, Strategy Analysis, Requirements Analysis and Design Definition, and Solution Evaluation. All this through the perspective of Automation! This is an industry relevant course which will help you transition to practical and an authentic application of theory, techniques and tools, and also develop in-demand business analysis skills to support the development of RPA/Automation solutions.
What's included
4 videos5 readings
4 videos•Total 25 minutes
- About this Module•1 minute
- What to expect from this course•2 minutes
- Course Structure•17 minutes
- Additional Resources•5 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
- About this Course•10 minutes
- Getting the most out of this course•10 minutes
- UiPath and IIBA's career-focused partnership•10 minutes
- Download your free BABOK Guide from IIBA•10 minutes
- Exercise and Case Study Resources•10 minutes
This module aims to provide anyone entering the field of business analysis with a comprehensive foundation of the purpose, the need, and the value of the Business Analysis domain. It will also introduce learners to requirements – the BAs primary output.
What's included
15 videos1 assignment
15 videos•Total 78 minutes
- About the Module•3 minutes
- Five "W"s of Business Analysis•1 minute
- What is Business Analysis•8 minutes
- Why Business Analysis •5 minutes
- When is Business Analysis Performed•13 minutes
- Who Performs Business Analysis •19 minutes
- Capturing BA Results•7 minutes
- Workbook Activity 1•1 minute
- Requirements & Requirements Architecture•6 minutes
- Workbook Activity 2•2 minutes
- Workbook Activity 2 Solution•2 minutes
- Requirements Vs. Design•7 minutes
- Workbook Activity 3•1 minute
- Workbook Activity 3 Solution•1 minute
- Module Summary•3 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
- Check your knowledge•15 minutes
This module provides learners with an understanding of the Business Analyst’s role in the context of the suggested approach to defining requirements and specifications to support a UiPath RPA initiative.
What's included
19 videos1 assignment
19 videos•Total 144 minutes
- About the Module•5 minutes
- What is Analysis•6 minutes
- Models used in Business Analysis•14 minutes
- Workbook Activity 1•1 minute
- Workbook Activity 1 Solution•1 minute
- Introduction to UiPath Requirements Analysis Framework•11 minutes
- Elicitation Cycle•20 minutes
- Workbook Activity 2•1 minute
- Workbook Activity 2 Solution•2 minutes
- Elicitation Techniques•41 minutes
- Facilitating Workshop and Sessions•2 minutes
- Workshop Activities•15 minutes
- Workbook Activity 3•1 minute
- Workbook Activity 3 Solution•2 minutes
- Planning for Elicitation & Requirements Analysis•16 minutes
- Workbook Activity 4•1 minute
- Workbook Activity 4 Solution•1 minute
- Case Study 1•4 minutes
- Module Summary•2 minutes
1 assignment•Total 5 minutes
- Check your knowledge•5 minutes
The purpose of this module is to provide learners with practical, hands-on activities and case study materials to proceed through two key phases of Business Analysis work: Strategy Analysis, and Requirements Scope Definition. Learners will create models to define Domain, Process, and Scope.
What's included
68 videos1 assignment
68 videos•Total 256 minutes
- About the Module•4 minutes
- RPA Discovery Journey•12 minutes
- Introducing Discovery Analysis •12 minutes
- Case Study 1•2 minutes
- Case Study 1 Solution•2 minutes
- Initiative Vision•5 minutes
- Case Study 2•1 minute
- Case Study 2 Solution•2 minutes
- Information Capture & Normalization•6 minutes
- Case Study 3•2 minutes
- Case Study 3 Solution•1 minute
- Case Study 4•1 minute
- Case Study 4 Solution•2 minutes
- SIPOC•10 minutes
- Case Study 5•2 minutes
- Case Study 5 Solution•2 minutes
- Impact Analysis•2 minutes
- Case Study 6•1 minute
- Case Study 6 Solution•1 minute
- Assignment 1•1 minute
- What are Business Requirements?•4 minutes
- Business Requirements : Goals & Objectives•3 minutes
- Workbook Activity 1•2 minutes
- Workbook Activity 1 Solution•2 minutes
- Case Study 7•2 minutes
- Case Study 7 Solution•2 minutes
- Training Stakeholders on RPA Capabilities•3 minutes
- Problem & Opportunity Analysis •22 minutes
- Workbook Activity 2•1 minute
- Workbook Activity 2 Solution•1 minute
- Case Study 8•2 minutes
- Case Study 8 Solution•2 minutes
- What is Process Analysis ?•15 minutes
- Standards for Process Modelling : Standard 1•9 minutes
- Workbook Activity 3•1 minute
- Workbook Activity 3 Solution•2 minutes
- Standards for Process Modelling : Standard 2•7 minutes
- Workbook Activity 4•1 minute
- Workbook Activity 4 Solution•3 minutes
- Standards for Process Modelling : Standard 3•5 minutes
- Standards for Process Modelling : Standard 4•7 minutes
- Focus on Current State in Strategy Phase•8 minutes
- Case Study 9•3 minutes
- Case Study 9 Solution•2 minutes
- Assessing Metrics•1 minute
- Case Study 10•2 minutes
- Case Study 10 Solution•2 minutes
- Case Study 11•2 minutes
- Case Study 11 Solution•1 minute
- Assignment 2 •1 minute
- Focus on Future State in Strategy Phase•3 minutes
- Business Requirements Scope•9 minutes
- Business Context Diagram (BCD)•11 minutes
- Workbook Activity 5•2 minutes
- Workbook Activity 5 Solution•4 minutes
- Case Study 12•3 minutes
- Case Study 12 Solution•2 minutes
- High-level Requirements Statements •11 minutes
- Workbook Activity 6•2 minutes
- Workbook Activity 6 Solution•2 minutes
- Using BCD to Derive Scope Requirements•4 minutes
- Workbook Activity 7•2 minutes
- Workbook Activity 7 Solution•1 minute
- Assignment 3•1 minute
- Non-Functional Requirements•2 minutes
- Process Selection for Automation•10 minutes
- Tool for Automation Selection•2 minutes
- Module Summary•1 minute
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
- Check your knowledge•10 minutes
This module provides learners with more hands-on, practical learning through case study-based activities and assignments, with the focus on defining the details of requirements specifications once a solution approach has been confirmed.
What's included
47 videos1 assignment
47 videos•Total 160 minutes
- About the Module•3 minutes
- Future State (To-be) Process Maps•18 minutes
- Case Study 1 •4 minutes
- Case Study 1 Solution•3 minutes
- Case Study 2•2 minutes
- Case Study 2 Solution•1 minute
- Assignment 1•1 minute
- Use Cases•23 minutes
- Workbook Activity 1•3 minutes
- Workbook Activity 1 Solution•2 minutes
- Assignment 2•1 minute
- Assignment 2 Solution•8 minutes
- Case Study 3•1 minute
- Case Study 3 Solution•5 minutes
- Alternate & Exceptions•3 minutes
- Assignment 3•1 minute
- Assignment 3 Solution•5 minutes
- Managing Use Cases•3 minutes
- Business Rules and Calculations•3 minutes
- Types of Business Rules•4 minutes
- Workbook Activity 2•2 minutes
- Workbook Activity 2 Solution•3 minutes
- Manual Business Rule•1 minute
- Documenting Business Rules•9 minutes
- Case Study 4•2 minutes
- Case Study 4 Solution•3 minutes
- Best Practices for Managing Business Rules•3 minutes
- Assignment 4•1 minute
- What are Data Requirements•2 minutes
- Data Requirements Taxonomy•3 minutes
- Documenting Data Requirements•4 minutes
- Case Study 5•1 minute
- Case Study 5 Solution•1 minute
- Best Practices for Managing Data Requirements•2 minutes
- Assignment 5•1 minute
- User Interface Specificaitons•2 minutes
- Documenting User Interface Specifications•2 minutes
- Case Study 6•1 minute
- Case Study 6 Solution•1 minute
- Notifications•3 minutes
- Report Requirements•5 minutes
- Documenting Report Requirements•2 minutes
- Case Study 7•1 minute
- Case Study 7 Solution•3 minutes
- Best Practices•2 minutes
- The Complete Specification•2 minutes
- Module Summary•2 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
- Check your knowledge•10 minutes
This module demonstrates how learners will summarize their work, and package all information with the appropriate Requirements Templates and Tools. It will also summarize best practice for managing requirements, traceability, and signing off with key stakeholders. Finally, it will demonstrate how contents from Requirements Templates will be used to populate the PDD. After the completion of this course, you will earn the course certificate and have started your preparation to achieve IIBA’s Entry Certificate in Business Analysis™ (ECBA™).
What's included
8 videos2 assignments
8 videos•Total 42 minutes
- About the Module•3 minutes
- Completing the Requirements Artifacts and Populating the PDD•11 minutes
- Assignment 1•1 minute
- Managing Requirements•11 minutes
- Go-Live Prep •4 minutes
- Assignment 2•1 minute
- Learning More•7 minutes
- Module Summary•3 minutes
2 assignments•Total 70 minutes
- Check your knowledge•10 minutes
- Final Assessment•60 minutes
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Reviewed on Oct 11, 2024
great course! its shows me that there is many things we can improve before we start any project of automation, many thanks to the trainer for his very clearly trains!
Reviewed on Mar 16, 2024
amazing and very useful course in growing one's career graph professional
Reviewed on Sep 3, 2023
all of video is really good but don't have reading lessons and resources like another course. Overall it's really highly recommend to you if you want to have basic BA
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