Course curriculum

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    INSTRUCTIONS

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    Chapter 1 - Introduction

    • Introduction

    • BA V3 Themes

    • BA knowledge area

    • BA V3 Glossary

    • Study Guide - Preface and Introduction
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    Chapter 2 - BA Key Concepts

    • Key terms

    • Requirements classifications

    • BABoK roles

    • Study Guide - Business Analysis Key Concepts
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    Chapter 3 - BA Planning and Monitoring

    • Intro to BA planning and monitoring

    • 1 Plan BA approach

    • 2 Plan stakeholder engagement

    • 3 Plan BA governance

    • 4 Plan BA information management

    • 5 Identify BA performance improvements

    • Study Guide - Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
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    Chapter 4 - Elicitation and Collaboration

    • Intro to Elicitation and collaboration

    • 1 Prepare for elicitation

    • 2 Conduct elicitation

    • 3 Confirm elicitation result

    • 4 Communicate BA information

    • 5 Manage stakeholder collaboration

    • Study Guide - Elicitation and Collaboration
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    Chapter 5 - Req. LCM

    • Intro Requirements Lifecycle Management

    • 1 Trace Requirements

    • 2 Maintain Requirements

    • 3 Prioritize Requirements

    • 4 Assess Requirements Changes

    • 5 Approve Requirements

    • Study Guide - Chapter 5 - Requirements Life Cycle Management
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    Chapter 6 - Strategy Analysis

    • Intro to Strategy analysis

    • 1 Analyze current state

    • 2 Define future state

    • 3 Assess risks

    • 4 Define change strategy

    • Study Guide - Chapter 6 - Strategy Analysis
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    Chapter 7 - Req. Analysis and Design Def.

    • Intro to Requirements analysis and design definition

    • 1 Specify and Model Requirements

    • 2 Verify Requirements

    • 3 Validate requirements

    • 4 Define Requirements architecture

    • 5 Define Design Options

    • 6 Analyze Potential Value and Recommend Solution

    • Study Guide - Chapter 7 - Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
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    Chapter 8 - Solution Evaluation

    • Intro to Solution Evaluation

    • 1 Measure Solution Performance

    • 2 Analyze Performance Measures

    • 3 Assess Solution limitations

    • 4 Assess Enterprise limitations

    • 5 Recommend Actions to Increase Solution Value

    • Study Guide - Chapter 8 - Solution Evaluation
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    Chapter 9 - Underlying Competencies

    • Intro to Underlying Competencies

    • 1 Analytical Thinking and Problem Solving

    • 2 Behavioral Characteristics

    • 3 Business Knowledge

    • 4 Communication Skills

    • 5 Interaction Skills

    • 6 Tools and Technology

    • Study Guide - Chapter 9 - Underlying Competencies
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    Chapter 10 - Techniques

    • 1 Acceptance and evaluation criteria

    • 2 Backlog Management

    • 3 Balanced scorecard

    • 4 Benchmarking and market analysis

    • 5 Brainstorming

    • 6 Business Cases

    • 7 Business capability analysis

    • 8 Business Model Canvas

    • 9 Business rules analysis

    • 10 Collaborative games

    • 11 Concept modelling

    • 12 Data dictionary

    • 13 Data flow diagrams

    • 14 Data mining

    • 15 Data modelling

    • 16 Decision analysis

    • 17 Decision modelling

    • 18 Document analysis

    • 19 Estimation

    • 20 Financial analysis

    • 21 Focus groups

    • 22 Functional decomposition

    • 23 Glossary

    • 24 Interface analysis

    • 25 Interviews

    • 26 Item tracking

    • 27 Lessons learned

    • 28 Metrics and key performance indicators

    • 29 Mind mapping

    • 30 Nonfunctional requirements analysis

    • 31 Observation

    • 32 Organizational modelling

    • 33 Prioritization

    • 34 Process analysis

    • 35 Process modelling

    • 36 Prototyping

    • 37 Reviews

    • 38 Risk analysis and management

    • 39 Roles and permissions matrix

    • 40 Root cause analysis

    • 41 Scope models

    • 42 Sequence diagrams

    • 43 Stakeholder list map or personas

    • 44 State modelling

    • 45 Survey or questionnaire

    • 46 SWOT analysis

    • 47 Use cases and scenarios

    • 48 User stories

    • 49 Vendor assessment

    • 50 Workshops

    • Study Guide - Chapter 10 - Techniques
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    Modelling

    • 100 UML Intro

    • 1 UML Use case modeling

    • 2 UML Activity Diagram

    • 3 UML State Diagram

    • 4 UML using Visio
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    Workshop Materials

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    Exam Prep Help

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