Course curriculum
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Welcome!
- About this course: Best Practices in Business Analysis FREE PREVIEW
- Instructor Bio - Rod Davison
- Key pointers for success in this course
- Some added benefits
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Slack Channel and More
- Slack Channel (All announcements, Q&A with instructors, etc.)
- If (and when) you need help...
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Module 1: Mastering the Business Analysis Process - The Requirements Process
- Focus and Objectives
- Module 1:SLIDES
- Segment 01: Introduction to Business Analysis
- Segment 02: Waterfall
- Segment 03: The Engineering Process
- Segment 04: The Software Development Process
- Segment 05: Effective vs Efficient
- Segment 06: Terminology
- Segment 07: Business Analyst Best Practices
- Segment 08: The Standard Business Analyst Process
- Segment 09: Business Analyst Process Deliverables
- Segment 10: System Definition Introduction
- Segment 11: System Definition In-depth
- Segment 12: Scope Creep In/Out Lists
- Segment 13: How to Find Stakeholders
- Segment 014: Active Passive and Non-User Stakeholders
- Segment 15: Process Maturity
- Segment 15a: Questions and Answers
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Module 2: The Business Analysis Toolkit: Methods and Models
- Focus and Objectives
- Module 2: SLIDES
- Segment 16: Good Requirements and Specifications
- Segment 17: Terminology Recap and Engineering Checklist
- Segment 18: Collaborative Framework
- Segment 19: Modelling and the Business Analyst
- Segment 20: Types of Requirements Models
- Segment 21: Process and Logic Modelling
- Segment 22: The Problem with Business Processes
- Segment 23: Process Maturity
- Segment 24: Project Maturity Process
- Segment 25: Domain Modelling
- Segment 26: The Problem of Complexity
- Segment 27: Transactional Objects
- Segment 28: Complexity Types
- Segment 29: Domain Models
- Segment 30: Breakthrough Iterations
- Segment 31: Relativity Problem
- Segment 32: Narrative Use Cases and User Stories
- Segment 33: Transforming Requirements into Specifications
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Module 3: Boots on the Ground
- Focus and Objectives
- Segment 34: Working with Stakeholders
- Segment 35: People Literacy and Behavioral Styles
- Segment 36: Modelling the Communication
- Segment 37: People Literacy
- Segment 38: Drivers and Styles
- Segment 39: Message Media and Outcomes
- Segment 40: Business Analyst Communications
- Segment 41: Social and Linguistic Registers
- Segment 42: The Role of Semantics
- Segment 44: Speech Contract and Implicature
- Segment 43: Media Elements
- Segment 45: Interviewing to Gather Information
- Segment 46: Additional Requirements Issues
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Quizzes
- Overview
- Quiz: Module 1
- Quiz: Module 2
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Recommended Readings
- Recommended Further Readings
- Processes and Paradigms
- Models, Views and Architectures
- The Chaos Report
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Final Exam
- Overview and Instructions
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Next Steps
- Congrats! Here's what's next...
- Yippee! You're an alumnus!
- Alumni Slack Channel