Course details
One of the main reasons given for unsuccessful project results is the lack of clear understanding of stakeholder requirements. Business analysis helps to prevent project failure by identifying and validating those requirements early on. Of course, business analysis doesn’t stop with requirements; business analysts also recommend solutions and facilitate their execution. This course provides an introduction to the foundations of business analysis. It helps demystify the role of the business analyst (BA), and outlines the knowledge and skills required to build a successful BA career. Instructor Greta Blash also provides an in-depth review of the business analysis process, from conducting a needs assessment and identifying stakeholders to testing, validation, and release. Each lesson demonstrates why business analysis works—and how you can use it to improve your organization.
Instructor
Greta Blash is an experienced project management professional and educator.
Her areas of experience include program management, project management, business analysis and agile approaches, with emphasis in the areas of customer relationship management (CRM), data warehouse (DW) and business intelligence (BI). She is a certified program and project manager (PgMP, PMP, PMI-ACP, and PMI-PBA) whose extensive experiences enable her to concurrently manage multiple high-risk, strategically-aligned projects. She has the proven leadership capacity, superior communication skills and the ability to interact and build strong relationships with customers, staff, management and vendors. Greta is a frequent speaker at both PMI and IIBA events and writes extensively on the dual roles of a project manager and a business analyst.
Prevent project failure with business analysis
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– Currently, there aren’t a whole lot of jobs requesting a business analyst. And that’s mostly because people don’t understand what business analysis or BA is. But business analysis is key to business success. Many people do it, or benefit from it without even knowing what it is. So, what exactly is business analysis, or BA? BA is understanding the business needs. It’s using a specific set of tools and techniques to uncover and analyze the needs or potential opportunities of stakeholders or customers. It also can help determine the details behind the user’s story or those requirements that were collected as part of a scope of a project. But it’s so much more than just collecting. It includes solicitation, or drawing out additional meaning. It also helps with the verification of those requirements. This helps ensure they’re properly understood and then they can be prioritized. So if you’re a project manager, this course will help you better determine the scope of your projects. For…