Training courses
From Business Analysts Handbook
This page provides a list of training courses for BAs.
Courses should be specifically focused on BA skills and not be of a technical nature. For example a course on MCSE would not be appropriate, but a course on UML would be.
Course descriptions should be brief and provide a link to the training provider's website. And please list them under the country in which you provide the course.
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[edit] Australia
[edit] Business Analysis workshop from IRM Training
One of IRM's two main workshops for Analysts, the Business Analysis course covers the fundamentals of process modelling in a 4-day workshop. The course teaches modelling tools and techniques, enabling delegates to build process models and data models of existing and proposed systems. Working from a client's textual requirements specification, the course teaches the business analyst how to document the high-level design/logical model (expressed as data flow diagrams, entity relationship diagrams, data dictionary and mini-spec) which can then be used as a direct input by development teams and programmers. Delegates can immediately put to use the practical skills and techniques they learn on the course.
[edit] Requirements Gathering workshop from IRM Training
One of IRM's two main workshops for Analysts, the Requirements Gathering & Specification course covers the fundamentals of process modelling in a 3-day workshop. Using case studies and examples, you'll be involved in practical exercises to set targets, investigate requirements and specify functionality - whilst working within the business constraints and quality requirements of today's environment. Skills and techniques learned in the course can be directly applied in a variety of project settings - software (re)development, enhancement and maintenance or system specification for a third party supplier.
[edit] Business Analysis from Dimension Data
This 5 day program is designed to provide participants with the necessary Business Analysis knowledge and skills to transform a 1-line issue or opportunity to a concise, yet comprehensive Business Case that adds measurable value to the organisation.
[edit] Business Systems Analysis from Softed
Participants learn to use a structured, disciplined approach to understanding business systems, eliciting, analysing, documenting and validating business system requirements. Particular emphasis is placed on identifying the need for information systems within the business, and ensuring that the resulting, engineered systems provide benefit to the business in meeting defined goals and objectives.
[edit] Internal Consulting from Performance Dynamics
If you need to build relationships with people in your organisation, understand their business needs and wants, present business solutions, influence them and build their ownership and commitment to take action, then you are operating in an internal consulting role. Learn how to boost your skills as an internal consultant to have greater impact and make better use of your specialist or technical knowledge.
[edit] Introduction to Business Analysis from Terra Firma
The Business Analysis Training modules are structured by Terra Firma to reflect the differentiation or specialisation of Business Analysts whilst recognising common elements such as communication. It reflects thinking proposed by the Australian Business Analysis Association in their latest draft framework. Unlike Project Management there is no published and recognised competency framework or Body of Knowledge for Business Analysts.
[edit] Canada
[edit] The Business Analysis Professional Development Programme from ESI international
This course teaches professionals a structured approach for determining project requirements, including:
- Define the project's scope, Gather and document requirements, Communicate the requirements to IT, Identify the solution, Manage change request, Verify that the business requirements have been met
[edit] England
[edit] Business Analysis Training BY Business Analysts FOR Business Analysts
PRACTICAL TRAINING TO BECOME A PRACTISING BUSINESS ANALYST and ACCREDITATION TRAINING TO ACHEIVE THE ISEB DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS from www.BusinessAnalystSolutions.com:[1]
Business Analysis is the process of understanding business change needs, assessing the impact of those changes, capturing, analysing and documenting requirements and then supporting the communication and delivery of those requirements with relevant parties.
To do that, the Business Analyst must follow a 'chain of reasoning' that starts with the formal analysis of a problem or opportunity and proceeds via a logical path to a set of solutions that address the problem or exploit the opportunity.
For every element of the analysis that is wrong, an incorrect solution, based on that flawed work, will be delivered. Fixing a poor solution once implemented will cost over 100 times more than to have fixed it at the analysis stage.
We recognise the evolving role of the Business Analyst and that today’s Business Analysts carry a significant responsibility as the key change facilitators within your organisation.
As business analysts ourselves, we specialise in anything connected with business analysts:
- business analysis training and accreditation from complete beginners through to seasoned professionals
- business analyst recruitment – contract and permanent
- consultancy for - support and mentoring of trained business analysts - quality reviews of business analysis products - setting up business analyst functions in companies
All of our training, recruitment and support consultants are practising Business Analysts.
This advantage gives us a unique insight in to what is really needed to address your requirements. You are able to discuss your business analysis requirements with Business Analysts who are able to tell you how it can really work, in practice, in the real world outside the classroom.
The BA can make or break a project, and it is not a particularly difficult skill to acquire. Unfortunately, the history of business analysis has often resulted in people fulfilling the BA role with no formal training, and people who are able to call themselves BAs without having acquired those basic skills.
[edit] Germany
[edit] New Zealand
[edit] United States
Learning Tree (www.learningtree.com) - Business Analysis Certification. This coursework provides a great base for any BA. There are many electives to choose from on avariety of subjects, form the technical (i.e. OO Design) to soft skills (Team Building)
CBT Direct offers a computer based training for CBAP Certification. I am currently taking it, it is good so far. Sometimes the information is organized in a weird way and it takes some further reading and searching to put the show together, but its a great base to start from.
[edit] INDIA
(www.spectramindsolutions.com) -
Business Analyst Training: Spectramind Training's program offers business analysis training for individuals, regardless of their title, performing requirements elicitation, analysis, and documentation. Most organizations refer to this role as a Business Analyst. A Business Analyst serves as a liaison between business people and technology people. A successful Business Analyst will facilitate in accurately eliciting and relaying the requirements of a business process to ensure that the technology team builds a software system that will effectively meet the needs of the business people
Topics Covered
· What is Business Analysis?
· Enterprise Analysis – Defining the problem
· Requirements Planning and Management – Defining the process
· Requirements Elicitation – Gathering Information
· Requirements Analysis and Documentation – Defining the Solution Model
· Requirements Communication – Ensuring Stakeholder involvement
· Solution Assessment and Validation – Supporting the Balance of the Product Life Cycle
· UML modeling and prototyping (Rational Rose, Visio, Erwin, Visual paradigm, Enterprise Architect) with case studies and templates.
· Project management (procurement management, Risk management, proposal writing) with case studies and templates.
· SDLC (Traditional methodologies and Agile methodologies) models, Quality standards ( ISO , CMMI) and Testing (Manual and Automation) with case studies and templates.
· Different domains introductions (Telecom, banking, E-Gov, Travel and hospitality, Health care, BPO, Engineering services).
· Requirement gathering tools (Rational Requisitepro , Caliber RM)
with regards,
http://spectramindsolutions.com
