Available:
Dynamic Interactive Virtual Course
Traditional In-Person Workshop
Duration:
- 3-4 hour Virtual Session
- 2 days Traditional
Synopsis
The goal of this course is to enhance the skill set needed for writing and managing the complex requirements that Business Analysts interact with on a day-to-day basis throughout the product lifecycle.
Objectives
At the end of the course, you should be able to:
- Plan a requirements documentation process to produce documentation that meets specific quality criteria.
- Write a requirements document that meets appropriate quality criteria.
- Baseline a requirements document.
- Manage the changes to requirements documents through the product life cycle.
COURSE OUTLINE
Getting Started
The role of the Business Analyst
The BABOK® Knowledge Areas
The Business Analyst & the product/project life cycle
The requirements documentation process
Planning for Effective Requirements Analysis
Overview of Requirements Planning
Planning for validation
Planning for verification: well-formed criteria
Planning for verification: understood & usable criteria
Writing Effective Requirements Documents
Overview of Writing Requirements Documents
Using a standard structure/template
Applying formatting techniques
Meeting the challenge of writing non-functional requirements
Baselining Requirements
Overview of the Requirements Baseline Process
Validation
Verification
Approval
Managing Requirements Change
Overview of Requirements Change Management
Establishing a formal Change Management Process
Tracing requirements through Design and Development (Build, Test, and Implementation)
Following through to Post-Implementation