Level || Beginner / Intermediate
Course Website || BusinessAnalystWorkshop.com
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Duration & Schedule || 1 day trial class (4 hours) + 4 weekends (8 hours per weekend)
Course Fees || $1000 USD. Online Payment, Check or Bank Deposit
Who is this course for?
- Students/non-IT professionals aspiring to become BAs
- IT professionals looking for formal training in processes/tools
- NOT REQUIRED: Prior programming experience, software development
- REQUIRED: Good communication, analytical, documentation and people skills
Key Benefits
Suitable for Beginners in IT
Created & taught by Practicing BAs
Proven Track Record: Over 400 trained since 2005
Live Online, On-Demand Videos or In-Class (VA/IL/NJ)
Four Hands-on tool downloads
Never miss a class – Get Recordings
Online Tests and Assignments
Weekend Classes
Placement Assistance for Candidates who commit to work with us
Free retake within one year (Max 1 Live Class) + One year access to updated courseware
What to Expect from the Free Trial Class?
Demo Videos from the Course
What will you Learn from the Free Trial Class?
- Roles and responsibilities of a BA
- IT Projects and Software Engineering Approaches (Waterfall vs. RUP)
- Business Modeling / UML Fundamentals
Course Overview
The Course is packaged with all Key Skills and Tools required of a BA to support the entire Software Project/Product Life Cycle
- Course created and delivered by BA Professionals working in the industry
- RUP, Waterfall and OOAD Concepts
- UML, Use Cases for business modeling and writing functional requirements
- ERD to support the development team
- SQL and Testing fundamentals to work with the development team
- Examples and concepts from from multiple domains
- Flight reservation, Credit Card, Mortgage, E-Commerce, etc.
- Packaged with plenty of tools
- Hands-on StarUML for Business Modeling
- DOORS for Requirement Management and Traceability
- Hands-on Navicat SQL with database for running Queries
- Hands-on JIRA, ClearQuest for Change Management
- Hands-on TortoiseSVN, ClearCase and Microsoft VSS for Repository Management and Version Control
- Access to Online Course Website (get access for a year)
- Course Materials
- Tools and Software
- Reference Materials and Articles
- Assignments to apply what you learn
- Online Tests to gauge yourself
- Weekend training suitable for working professionals
- Never miss a class! Recordings are available for review
Course Details
Module 1 – Business Analyst Roles, Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) and Rational Unified Process (RUP) Overview
This module provides a broad perspective to the business analysis domain with emphasis on roles, skills and job functions. For candidates with no prior IT expertise, this module provides grounding on software engineering methodologies. It also introduces the candidates – novice and experienced alike – to the concepts of UML and Use Cases and sets expectations of the training program.
Module 2 – Unified Modeling Language (UML) Deep Dives
Module 2 establishes context of the importance of Business Modeling using UML and discusses the vital business diagrams in detail. Technical diagrams are covered with enough context to be able to comprehend and asses these diagrams. Visualization techniques to represent business problems in a solutions approach are explained with examples. The module also engages the candidates in mini projects to apply the theoretical knowledge in a practical business sense.
Software Tool
Hands-on StarUML for Business Modeling
Module 3 – Documenting Functional Requirements – Use Cases
This module illustrates writing elaborate requirements in use case format. Topics covered include Identifying use cases of a system under design, defining the scope and boundary of a use case, discovering the business scenarios and describing the flows to capture the system-user interaction. The candidate will be able to write effective use cases on participation on mini projects for business problems.
Candidates will have the opportunity to write use cases for business scenarios and build the solution model in a team / individual basis. Mini projects will be reviewed to aid quality work product creation.
Module 4 – Data modeling, Data Analysis and Testing
This module provides the candidates with testing and data analysis principles to a detail required for business analysts. Test methodologies, types and user acceptance test requisites are discussed. A database querying language is explained with the concept of Relational Database Management System (RDBMS)
Software Tool
Hands-on Navicat SQL with database for running Queries
Module 5 – Tools Training – Rational Suite and Telelogic
Module 5 walks the candidate through the tools required to perform the role of a business analyst for Requirement Management, Change Management, Version Control and UML Business Modeling
Candidates are presented with online demonstration of a UML Modeling software like Rational Rose / StarUML. Candidates are encouraged to create UML diagrams for the assignments using the software tools. Specific emphasis will be on the business diagrams. Online candidates are required to collaborate by a webconferencing tool such as webex.
Software Tools
Hands-on JIRA, ClearQuest for Change Management
Hands-on TortoiseSVN, ClearCase and Microsoft VSS for Repository Management and Version Control
