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What you'll learn

  • Gain insight into formulating a business case through gap analysis, capability assessment, and impact analysis.

  • Learn to utilize various techniques for gathering requirements from stakeholders effectively.

  • Develop the skills to create clear and concise requirements documentation.

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There are 4 modules in this course

This course is designed to help you learn how to create a strong business case by conducting gap analysis, capability assessment, and impact analysis. You’ll also discover various techniques to gather requirements from stakeholders and develop the skills to create clear and concise requirements documentation.

After completing this course, you’ll be able to:  • Formulate a business case by conducting a gap analysis, capability assessment, and impact analysis • Utilize various techniques for gathering requirements from stakeholders. • Develop clear and concise requirements documentation.

In this module, you’ll learn how to craft a compelling business case, essential for guiding strategic decisions. You will discover the process of conducting gap analysis, p assessment, and impact analysis to justify proposed initiatives effectively. You’ll review the key components of a business case document, including the executive summary, introduction, objectives and scope, analysis and findings, options analysis, recommendation, financial assessment, risk management, implementation plan, and conclusion. These skills will enable you to make informed decisions and achieve successful outcomes in your organizational endeavors.

What's included

10 videos12 readings8 assignments1 discussion prompt

10 videos•Total 60 minutes
  • Course Introduction: Requirements Gathering in Business Analysis•6 minutes
  • What is a business case?•6 minutes
  • As-Is to To-Be: Business State•6 minutes
  • Exploring Gap Analysis•7 minutes
  • Introduction to capability assessments•5 minutes
  • Conducting a capability assessment•6 minutes
  • Business case documents•7 minutes
  • Impact analysis•6 minutes
  • Risk Analysis•6 minutes
  • Module Summary: Forming the business case•7 minutes
12 readings•Total 120 minutes
  • Course Syllabus: Requirements Gathering in Business Analysis•10 minutes
  • How to be successful in this course•10 minutes
  • Activity: Setting up: Microsoft Visio•10 minutes
  • Gap Analysis in-depth•10 minutes
  • Capability assessment process•10 minutes
  • Types of capability•10 minutes
  • Template: Capability Assessment•10 minutes
  • Impact analysis in-depth•10 minutes
  • Risk Analysis in-depth: Quantitative methods•10 minutes
  • Risk Analysis in-depth: Qualitative methods•10 minutes
  • Template: Business case document•10 minutes
  • Additional resources: Forming the business case•10 minutes
8 assignments•Total 170 minutes
  • Module Quiz: Forming the business case•30 minutes
  • Activity: Applying the 7S framework•20 minutes
  • Knowledge Check: Gap Analysis•15 minutes
  • Activity: Conduct a capability assessment•20 minutes
  • Knowledge Check: Capability Assessment•30 minutes
  • Activity: Conduct an Impact analysis•20 minutes
  • Activity: Conduct a Risk analysis•20 minutes
  • Knowledge Check: Business case document•15 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Discussion prompt: What do you hope to learn?•10 minutes

In this module, you’ll learn to harness diverse techniques for gathering stakeholder requirements effectively. Additionally, you'll be able to distinguish between functional and non-functional requirements, crucial for comprehensive business analysis.

What's included

12 videos7 readings9 assignments

12 videos•Total 76 minutes
  • Challenges with requirements gathering•5 minutes
  • Scenario Analysis•7 minutes
  • Visualization•6 minutes
  • Critical Success Factor Analysis•6 minutes
  • Modeling•7 minutes
  • Interviews•7 minutes
  • Exploring the Requirements Engineering Framework•6 minutes
  • Stages in RE Framework•7 minutes
  • Iteration and increment in RE Framework•6 minutes
  • Functional and non-functional requirements•5 minutes
  • INVEST attributes•5 minutes
  • Module Summary: Identifying the requirements•9 minutes
7 readings•Total 90 minutes
  • Modelling in depth•10 minutes
  • Actors in RE Framework: Business representatives•10 minutes
  • Actors in RE Framework: Project team•10 minutes
  • Functional requirements in-depth•10 minutes
  • Non-functional requirements in-depth•10 minutes
  • INVEST attributes in requirements•10 minutes
  • Additional resources: Identifying the requirements•30 minutes
9 assignments•Total 175 minutes
  • Module Quiz: Identifying the requirements•30 minutes
  • Activity: Create a Fishbone diagram•20 minutes
  • Activity: Analyze the critical success factors•20 minutes
  • Knowledge Check: Requirements gathering•15 minutes
  • Activity: Identify the actors•20 minutes
  • Knowledge Check: Requirements Engineering Framework•15 minutes
  • Activity: Identifying requirement types•20 minutes
  • Activity: Analyzing INVEST attributes•20 minutes
  • Knowledge Check: Function and non-functional requirements•15 minutes

In this module, you'll learn to formalize requirements for successful project outcomes. You'll create clear requirements documentation, develop user stories, and construct Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams. These skills equip you to streamline requirement formalization and enhance project success.

What's included

10 videos5 readings7 assignments

10 videos•Total 47 minutes
  • The Importance of Requirements documentation•5 minutes
  • Requirements catalog•5 minutes
  • Requirements validation•4 minutes
  • Documenting changes•4 minutes
  • What is a user story?•5 minutes
  • Epics and user stories•5 minutes
  • Product backlogs•5 minutes
  • Context diagrams•5 minutes
  • Use Case diagrams•4 minutes
  • Module Summary: Formalizing the requirements•6 minutes
5 readings•Total 50 minutes
  • Template: Requirements catalog•10 minutes
  • Story Points•10 minutes
  • Template: User story•10 minutes
  • Unified Modelling Language•10 minutes
  • Additional resources: Formalizing the requirements•10 minutes
7 assignments•Total 135 minutes
  • Module Quiz: Formalizing the requirements•30 minutes
  • Activity: Create a requirements catalog entry•20 minutes
  • Knowledge Check: Documentation•15 minutes
  • Activity: Create a user story•20 minutes
  • Knowledge Check: User stories•15 minutes
  • Activity: Create a UML diagram•20 minutes
  • Knowledge Check: Modeling requirements•15 minutes

In this module, you’ll put your skills into practice. You’ll reflect on the key learning points that you reviewed during the course and complete the final assessment and hands-on activity.

What's included

2 videos4 readings2 assignments1 discussion prompt1 plugin

2 videos•Total 9 minutes
  • Course Recap: Requirements Gathering in Business Analysis•7 minutes
  • Congratulations•3 minutes
4 readings•Total 60 minutes
  • About the final project and assessment•10 minutes
  • Final Project: Gathering requirements for a manual process•30 minutes
  • Example project solution•10 minutes
  • Next Steps•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 120 minutes
  • Self-Review: Gathering requirements for a manual process•30 minutes
  • Course Quiz: Requirements Gathering in Business Analysis•90 minutes
1 discussion prompt•Total 10 minutes
  • Reflect on Learning•10 minutes
1 plugin•Total 25 minutes
  • Exemplar: Gathering requirements for a manual process•25 minutes

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· If you want to start or switch to a career in the field of business analysis.

· If you are interested in the field of business analysis, just beginning to work with business analyst solutions and services. Earning a Microsoft Business Analyst certificate can help advance your career or help you address gaps in your knowledge, skills, and abilities.

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Business Analysts play a crucial role in guiding organizations through data-driven decision making. They analyze, interpret, and document business processes and data, providing insights to shape strategic decisions.

Prepare for a career in the high demand field of business analysis. The business analysis skills you learn in this program prepare you for an entry-level role as a business analyst. This program also prepares you for a variety of entry-level roles that require data-driven problem-solving and strategic planning.

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