Requirements Development, Documentation and Management

1. Foundations

• BA Lifecycle
• Waterfall vs. Agile
• Documenting and Managing Requirements
• Types of Requirements
• Types of BA Roles
• Risks, Assumptions, and Constraints
• Product vs. Project Scope
• IIBA and PMI

2. Strategy Analysis

• SMART Objectives
• Scope and Problem Statements
• Business Needs
• Root Cause Analysis
• Business Requirements
• Business Case
• Product Scope

3. Requirements Planning

• PM vs. BA Roles
• Stakeholder Analysis
• Requirements Management Plan
• Business Analysis Plan

4. Elicitation

• Elicitation and Analysis
• Elicitation Techniques
• Selecting the Appropriate Elicitation Technique

5. Requirements Analysis and Documentation

• Applying the BAP to Analysis
• Modeling Techniques
• Validation and Verification
• Requirements Documentation Templates
• Purpose of Modeling
• Textual and Graphical Requirements
• Documenting Requirements in Agile
• Traceability

6. Requirements Lifecycle Management

• Communicating Requirements Between Projects
• Signoff
• Changes to Requirements in Agile vs. Waterfall
• Managing Projects for Value
• Applying the BAP

7. Solution Assessment and Validation

• Transition Requirements
• Solution Validation
• Close Out