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How to Apply Business Analysis Strategies for Successful Project Management

April 18, 2023

PMI Training Virtual April 18, 2023

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8:00 am to 5: pm, Eastern Time Zone          Price : $780

Instructor: Greta Blash, PMI-ACP, DASSM, PMI-PBA, PMP, PgMP

Training Description:
The role of a business analyst is to identify business needs and recommend relevant solutions, including the
requirements to deliver those solutions. These go beyond requirements gathering to a detailed understanding of
the why, what and who. Since many projects do not have the luxury of a business analyst, that role is assumed by
the project manager.

In this training, we will look at the role of the business analyst and the additional activities that are performed on
a project by that role. These often begin well before the project is selected and initiated, with a needs
identification and a business case to help justify the project. This provides the overall vision or the “why” and
expectations for the final result, including the key stakeholders, risk strategy, project/product roadmap and
anticipated benefits.

Throughout the project, the business analyst and project manager collaborate to dive deeper into the
requirements within the scope, particularly the product scope. Through these elicitation and analysis efforts, the
“Definition of Ready” can be met when providing the requirements to the delivery team. With the business analyst
working closely with stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations, much of the communication
activity with the stakeholders is provided by the business analyst. Once requirements are determined, and the
delivery effort is started, the business analyst ensures requirements verification and testing. The business analyst
also helps ensure that the customer is prepared to receive the final product — including any training,
documentation, or possible conversions about the environment.

This training utilizes an engaging discussion, with both individual and group exercises and role playing to
understand different opportunities for the combination of these roles, especially when projects utilize a more
hybrid approach.

After the training, the training material will provide you with additional sources of information and guidelines for
providing support for the project business analysis activities, regardless of the roles that support the project.

Learning Objectives:
Upon completion of this training, participants will be able to:
Enhance project management activities with business analysis competencies

Perform additional planning activities that are traditionally performed by a business analyst

Use tools and techniques to support more detailed requirements elicitation and analysis

Know the importance of the enhanced engagement with stakeholders to understand how to deliver expected
results

Employ business analysis competencies to avoid inefficiencies, mistakes and reworking, and deliver projects
on time and within budget constraints


Agenda

What is Project Management and Business
Analysis?

Business Analysis Competencies

Initiating the Project

o Needs Assessment

o Solution Recommendations

o Business Case

o Visioning/Project Charter

Stakeholders

Planning the Project

Project Management Plan

Business Analysis Plans

Requirements Traceability

Requirements Change Control

Scope Management Plan

Analysis and Elicitation

o Elicitation Techniques

o Analysis Models

o Requirements Baseline

Traceability and Monitoring

Solution Evaluation

o Verification and Validation

o Validation

Closing and Transitioning the Project

o Closing the Project or Phase

Transition the Solution

Details

Date:
April 18, 2023
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