Overview
With elicitation serving as a major component of the requirements process, it is imperative that business analysts maintain high competency levels in elicitation practices and technique use to help organizations overcome the requirements related challenges faced on projects. Regardless whether you are a practitioner just starting off your career in business analysis or whether you have been performing the role for some years, this course will provide insight into the latest thoughts on elicitation and writing effective requirements and present a number of current techniques that are being applied on projects across industries today.
-Understand the role of the business analyst and core competencies for performing successfully
-Discuss the criticality of business analysis and requirements for successful project outcomes
-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
-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
TARGET AUDIENCE
This course is intended for beginner to intermediate business and requirements analysts who are looking to improve their elicitation and requirements writing and documentation skills. This course is also a great fit for technical writers, product and software testers, project managers, product owners who work closely with business analysts or who perform some form of business analysis themselves.
PREREQUISITES
There are no prerequisites for this course. This course suitable for both novices and experienced people who need to elicit and write effective requirements. It is recommended that participants complete the Business Analysis Essentials course prior to enrolling or have equivalent experience.
