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Requirements Elicitation & Review Overview Essential Skills for Business Analysis: Part 1 Requirements Gathering. It’s not enough to merely take orders from business stakeholders. Getting the requirements right means not just documenting what stakeholders say, but digging into their statements (or eliciting) to understand what they mean. This course supports those efforts by providing students the essential elicitation and review skills they need to identify the right solutions and drive significant value on their projects. Students learn repeatable steps and practice techniques to begin elicitation, stay organised, enable critical thinking, and confirm requirements. Students leave knowing how to plan their elicitation within the scope of their analysis and which requirements elicitation techniques are appropriate based on stakeholders, project type, methodology and complexity. Interactive workshops allow students to practice the techniques as they learn. This course can be taken either stand-alone or as part of the 4-day Essential Skills for Business Analysis course. Students will learn to Define business analysis and requirements. Elicit requirement from stakeholders using a variety of effective techniques. Select the most appropriate elicitation technique for the desired results. Use active listening skills to ensure you hear and verify what stakeholders are really trying to say. Learn techniques to review and validate requirements. Practice creative thinking skills to engage stakeholders, uncover needs, and identify new approaches and ideas. Intended audience This course is designed for business analysts, project managers, business systems analysts, system architects or any other project team member involved with analysis. New practitioners will learn the tasks they are expected to perform and why each task is important. Experienced practitioners will learn new techniques and more structured approaches to improve their requirements activities. This course may also be appropriate for individuals who manage analysis activities and business stakeholders who need a more in-depth understanding of the requirements process and deliverables. IIBA Continuing Development Units: 7 hours Prerequisites None. Pricing Standard course cost is $900 per attendee. For a configured option to meet your specific needs, costs may vary. Please contact us for more information. 1 day
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Requirements Elicitation & Review
OverviewEssential Skills for Business Analysis: Part 1
Requirements Gathering. It’s not enough to merely takeorders from business stakeholders. Getting the requirementsright means not just documenting what stakeholders say, butdigging into their statements (or eliciting) to understand whatthey mean. This course supports those efforts by providingstudents the essential elicitation and review skills they needto identify the right solutions and drive significant value ontheir projects. Students learn repeatable steps and practicetechniques to begin elicitation, stay organised, enable criticalthinking, and confirm requirements. Students leave knowinghow to plan their elicitation within the scope of their analysisand which requirements elicitation techniques areappropriate based on stakeholders, project type,methodology and complexity.
Interactive workshops allow students to practice thetechniques as they learn. This course can be taken eitherstand-alone or as part of the 4-day Essential Skills forBusiness Analysis course.
Students will learn to
Define business analysis and requirements.
Elicit requirement from stakeholders using a variety ofeffective techniques.
Select the most appropriate elicitation technique for thedesired results.
Use active listening skills to ensure you hear and verifywhat stakeholders are really trying to say.
Learn techniques to review and validate requirements.
Practice creative thinking skills to engage stakeholders,uncover needs, and identify new approaches and ideas.
Intended audience
This course is designed for business analysts, projectmanagers, business systems analysts, system architects orany other project team member involved with analysis. Newpractitioners will learn the tasks they are expected toperform and why each task is important. Experiencedpractitioners will learn new techniques and more structuredapproaches to improve their requirements activities. Thiscourse may also be appropriate for individuals who manageanalysis activities and business stakeholders who need amore in-depth understanding of the requirements processand deliverables.
IIBA Continuing Development Units: 7 hours
Prerequisites
None.
Pricing
Standard course cost is $900 per attendee.
For a configured option to meet your specific needs, costs mayvary. Please contact us for more information.
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Course OutlineIntroduction - 1 hour
Define business analysis. Discuss what requirements are and how they are utilised in
analysis. Describe requirements elicitation and techniques available.
Putting Requirements Elicitation into Practice – 3 hours
Describe how to use 11 different elicitation techniques tounderstand stakeholder requirements:oDocument AnalysisoObservationo InterviewsoSurveys, QuestionnairesoRequirements WorkshopsoBrainstormingo Focus Groupso Interface AnalysisoPrototypingoReverse EngineeringoCompetitive Analysis. Improve your elicitation skills byoPracticing several elicitation techniquesoUtilising active listening techniquesoEnhancing critical thinking skillsoUsing various techniques for increased brainstorming
results. Choose the appropriate technique(s) for your project.
Getting the Most Out of Elicitation – 2.5 hours
Describe the considerations for planning elicitation. Choose the most appropriate elicitation technique(s). Ensure the right people are involved in elicitation activities. Validate your elicitation results. Confirm stakeholders have a shared understanding of
requirements.
Course Summary – 30 minutes
Bringing it all together. Develop an Action Plan with next steps on the student’s
current project.
