BAF 110 - Defining Business Needs
Course Description
Understanding the underlying business need is fundamental to implementing sustainable solutions that bring value to an organization.
Examine the basic flow of business analysis, starting with a business need, applying common analytical frameworks and techniques to analyze the overall need. Gain experience defining a future state and comparing gaps between current and future state.
This course is based on International Institute of Business Analysis IIBA™ A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABoK® Guide).
Course Details
Learning Outcomes
By completion of this course, successful students will be able to:
- Describe the basic steps involved in analyzing a business analysis initiative
- Identify key elements of a business case
- Define the scope of a business analysis initiative
- Determine the gaps between a current state and optimal future state
- Modify a change strategy that enables implementation of a desired solution
- Define a change strategy that is tailored to the implementation of a desired solution
Topics
- Business Cases
- Business Capability Mapping
- Brainstorming
- Building a vision Analytical Frameworks Types of Analyses: SWOT, Gap, Cost Benefit
- Benchmarking and Market Analysis
- Implementation Approaches
- Organizational Models
- Planning Horizons (Strategy, Initiative and Delivery)
Applies Towards the Following Program(s)
- Business Analysis Certificate : Required