At the end of this course, the participants should be able to:
- Identify and prioritize business needs through structured assessment and analysis.
- Create and implement business analysis plans that align with project goals and stakeholder needs.
- Elicit, document, analyze, and validate requirements throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Monitor and track requirements to ensure continuous alignment with the project’s goals, business needs, and scope.
- Evaluate solutions post-implementation to measure alignment with business goals, ensuring successful outcomes.
- Apply decision-making and prioritization tools to ensure the successful delivery of business solutions.
- Prepare for the PMI-PBA exam by engaging in exam-taking strategies and completing practice exams to build confidence.
Introduction and Needs Assessment
- Course Overview:
- Introduction to PMI-PBA exam structure and key domains.
- Needs Assessment
- Identifying business problems and opportunities
- Defining the solution scope and contributing to the business case
- Techniques: Gap Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Root Cause Analysis
- Collaborative development of project goals and objectives
- Stakeholder identification and value determination
- Business Analysis Planning: Developing the analysis plan and stakeholder engagement
- Elicitation Techniques: Planning for interviews, workshops, and surveys
Planning & Elicitation Techniques
- Planning
- Reviewing the business case and project goals
- Defining requirements traceability and change control strategies
- Developing the requirements management plan and stakeholder roles
- Document control and methods for managing requirements change
- Requirements Management & Elicitation Techniques
- Selecting appropriate methods for requirement elicitation and documentation
- Tools and techniques for requirements traceability and version control
Analysis & Requirements Lifecycle Management
- Analysis
- Eliciting and documenting requirements
- Analyzing, decomposing, and elaborating requirements
- Evaluating product options and determining scope and priorities
- Techniques: Dependency Analysis, Interface Analysis, Data Modeling
- Requirements Specification and Validation
- Writing and validating requirements (Use Cases, User Stories, Process Models)
- Managing the requirements baseline and obtaining stakeholder sign-off
Traceability, Monitoring & Solution Evaluation
- Traceability and Monitoring
- Tracking requirements using traceability tools
- Managing changes and communicating with stakeholders
- Techniques: Traceability Matrix, Change Control
- Evaluation
- Validating the solution’s performance against acceptance criteria
- Analyzing gaps and obtaining stakeholder sign-off
- Solution Evaluation and Gaps Analysis
- Evaluating the deployed solution to measure success and value realization
- Applying techniques for gap analysis, quality assurance, and post-implementation reviews
Review & Preparation
- Review of All Domains:
- Comprehensive review of Needs Assessment, Planning, Analysis, Traceability and Monitoring, and Evaluation.
- Key concepts and practical techniques for each domain.
- Mock Exam: Simulated exam to practice timing and question types.
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Test-Taking Strategies and Exam Preparation
- Time management, answering techniques, and focus on frequently tested topics.
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Q&A session for last-minute clarifications.
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