Business Analysis

Technology Practice

Introduction to Business Analysis

Role of a Business Analyst
Ingredients of a Business Analyst
Why a Business Analyst?
Structure of Development Team
Position of a Business Analyst in the development team

Requirement Gathering Strategy

Importance of Requirement gathering
Requirement Gathering Techniques
Different Types of Requirements.
JAD (Joint Application Development) Session
Role of a BA in JAD Session
Preparing JAD Session Agenda
How to conduct JAD session?
Creating Functional Requirement Document
Creating Software Requirement Specifications

Used Cases

Understanding Use Cases
Use Case Relationships
Use Case Brainstorming
Creating Use cases from Requirements
Creating Use Case Narratives
Change Management & Version Control Concept

Business Analysis TOOLS

Different TOOLS used at different SDLC stages

Requirement Gathering Tools

Rational Requisite Pro
Enterprise Architect

Final Step

Team presentation
Mock interview
Resume and getting a Job.

System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)methodologies:

Understanding concept of Business Modeling
Requirement Gathering
Analysis
Design
Implementation
Testing
Deployment

Software Engineering Methods

Waterfall Method
Rational Unified Process (RUP)
RAD methodology
Synchronize & Stabilize Methodology
Prototype Model
Comparison between Waterfall & RUP
Artifacts Delivered at Each Phase of RUP

UML Methodology

Use Case Diagrams
Activity Diagrams
Sequence Diagrams
State Chart Diagrams

Business Modeling & Analysis TOOLS

Rational Rose
Enterprise Architect
MS Visio

Software Testing

Introduction to QA Methodology
Role of BA in Testing
Creating Test Plans
Creating Test Cases
Different Testing Methods
Functional and Regression testing
White Box and Black Box Testing
Positive and Negative Testing
GUI and Unit Testing
User Acceptance Testing
Mercury Test Director Features