Introduction to Business Analysis
Explore business analysis principles, including needs assessment, stakeholder engagement, requirements elicitation, tracing, and solution evaluation.
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Course Overview
Business analysis involves identifying business needs and requirements and creating solutions to address business problems. This introductory course offers a comprehensive overview of business analysis principles and concepts, focusing on six key areas: needs assessment, stakeholder engagement, requirements elicitation, requirements analysis, requirements tracing and monitoring, and solution evaluation.
Course Format
This self-paced course offers a dynamic and engaging learning experience, combining interactive elements such as games, flashcards, video content, real-world case studies, and curated readings. Participants have the flexibility to progress at their own pace, while interactive games and quizzes reinforce key concepts and track progress. Flashcards, expert-led videos, real-world case studies, and carefully curated readings deepen knowledge.
Price
$1875Course Details
Units 2.5 CEUs / 25 PDUs
Location Online Courses
Course Type Self-Paced
What You’ll Learn
After successful completion of this course, you will be able to:
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Understand the general concepts of business analysis, its strategic importance, and the role of business analysts across different organizations, including essential skills.
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Describe requirements, identify various types of analysis, and employ tools and techniques to refine, validate, verify, and prioritize requirements and product information.
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Create a needs assessment, analyze current capabilities, design future state options, and recommend the best implementation option.
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Identify and engage stakeholders to prepare them for the transition to the future state, manage changes, linkages, and dependencies related to requirements.
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Evaluate solutions to determine business value and assess the product's fitness for release.
Your Instructor
M.S.
Tony has more than 25 years of management experience in the healthcare and consumer electronic markets. His areas of expertise include new technology development, Lean Six Sigma implementation, international project management, risk management, quality management, and high volume manufacturing.
In addition to teaching for Oregon State, Tony teaches certification courses for the University of California - Irvine and the American Society for Quality (ASQ). He has worked with world-class clients such as Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Sprint, Southern California Edison, Ricoh, and Parker Hannifin. His professional certifications include Lean Six Sigma Master Black Belt, Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Quality Manager (CQM), and Certified Quality Engineer (CQE).