Business Data System Analysis

Discovering, Analysing, Modelling, & Specifying User Requirements

Business systems analysis is the elicitation, analysis and specification of the logical requirements from business perspectives, and is seamlessly integrated and organized around a model-driven analysis framework in order to design and build or procure effective computer-based business systems.

Our Business System Analysis training Course provides the critical thinking skills, conceptual knowledge and best practices to rapidly discover, analyze and specify business and user requirements. Participants will gain knowledge of the right approaches, tasks and techniques to define the requirements for business system projects. They will learn about gathering business requirements from users and other stakeholders; analyzing and communicating these requirements; creating models and use cases that describe the requirements; defining business rules and requirements specifications to communicate them to solution developers.

This training course will help potential systems analysts to create and design system processes which will help a company to achieve success. They will also explore a broad spectrum of current techniques that can be used to ensure that systems are comprehensively described and correctly defined.

Objectives

At the end of this training course, you will learn to:

⦿ Understand the Role of the Business Systems Analyst, the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and How the System Scope is defined

⦿ Understand the importance of system stakeholders and their goals Plan, conduct, and follow up on a structured investigative interview

⦿ Produce a use case diagram and a detailed use case description

⦿ Define System Actor Goals and Convert these to Use Cases Write Effective Business Rules

⦿ Document Functional and Non-functional Business Requirements

⦿ Compile the desirable contents of a Business Requirements Specification Training Methodology

State-of-the-art business systems analysis methods and techniques are transferred by means of short, focused presentations which are followed by experiential learning workshop sessions. In these sessions the knowledge gained is applied to real-world examples and case studies. Rapid learning of the methods and techniques is achieved by means of group work, individual work, participant discussion, facilitator interaction and constructive feedback.

Organisational Impact

⦿ Reduced information technology development risk, costs and time overruns Improved integration of information technology projects with business needs Improved communication between the business and the information technology department of the organisation

⦿ The correct fit between the requirements of the organisation and information systems that are developed or procured

Personal Impact

This training program will provide you with a basic fluency and literacy in a number of core issues that involve business system analysis so that you are better equipped to manage the opportunities and challenges it presents.

Specifically, participants will have:

⦿ Work more effectively in or with a systems development project

⦿ Have the ability to gather elicit business requirements from users

⦿ Be able to comprehensively identify the requirements of the business

⦿ Effectively communicate business requirements to developers

This Business System Analysis training course is designed for the following:

⦾ Business and System Analysts

⦾ Enterprise Architects

⦾ Systems Development Project Leaders

⦾ Systems Development Team Members

⦾ Managers who need to understand more about this vital link between business users and IT systems

Course Outline

Introduction and Business Environment

• ⦿ Understand the role of Business Analysis in System Development Cycle.
• ⦿ Explore alternative approaches to Business Systems Analysis.
• ⦿ Get familiar with the Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• ⦿ Learn how to initiate a Systems Development Project.
• ⦿ Identify System Users and Stakeholders.
• ⦿ Create a Vision Statement and define System Scope.

System Modeling

• ⦿ Introduction to Systems Modeling Concepts.
• ⦿ Explore Enterprise Architecture Modeling.
• ⦿ Learn about Normalization in modeling.
• ⦿ Understand System Context Modeling.
• ⦿ Study System Scope Modeling.
• ⦿ Learn Use Case Modeling.
• ⦿ Model Information Requirements.

Gathering and Communicating Requirements

• ⦿ Plan, conduct, and follow up on structured investigative interviews.
• ⦿ Utilize workshops, brainstorming, surveys, questionnaires, document analysis, observation, and interface analysis for requirements gathering.
• ⦿ Learn about random sampling.

Writing Effective Use Cases

• ⦿ Gather User Stories.
• ⦿ Define Actors and Actor Goals.
• ⦿ Convert Actor Goals into Use Cases.
• ⦿ Document detailed Use Case Descriptions.
• ⦿ Refactor Use Cases.
• ⦿ Maintain the Data Dictionary.

Developing Requirements Specification and Validation

• ⦿ Understand the value of effective requirements gathering.
• ⦿ Learn to write Business Rules.
• ⦿ Document both Functional and Non-Functional Requirements.
• ⦿ Prepare the Requirements Specification.
• ⦿ Verify and Validate Requirements.
• ⦿ Write Test Cases.
• ⦿ Learn how to present your Requirements Specification.

Business Data System Analysis

Investment & Recognition:

• Program Cost: (50GBP including certification)
• Discount Opportunities: (Corporate Packages are available for 5+ users – contact [email protected])
• Payment Options: Secure payment gateway through Stripe or Paypal – Multiple cards accepted including Visa, Master and American Express
• Completion Recognition: London Intercultural Academy’s Certification is included upon completion of this course
• Alumni Support: Full support during working days/hours – Monday to Friday – 9am to 5pm GMT