BUSINESS ANALYSIS ACCELERATED COURSE
PD Hours/CDU:21Duration: 3 days | Instructor-Led | Course Fee: $2,450 + GST
Join the thousands of Australian professionals trained by IRM Training and master the fundamental skills of business analysis, through this accelerated Business Analyst course.
Are you:
- a new business analyst looking to learn a standard, systematic approach to business analysis?
- an experienced business analyst who has learnt ‘on the job’, seeking to formalise your skills?
- performing business analysis tasks in another analytical or managerial role and have been asking yourself, have you been following the best practice and is there a better way to do it?
Explore the hands-on approach to training where you will leverage the power of AI and practice a variety of business analysis and modelling techniques through case-study-based exercises.
Gain the confidence, develop the skills and increase your productivity from day one. Find out why, for over 3 decades, hundreds of Australian top universities, corporations, government departments and not-for-profit organisations have been sending their staff to train with IRM Training.
IRM Training (est. 1989) is the longest serving Endorsed Education Provider (EEP™) to the IIBA® in Australia.
Most modules start with an interactive presentation by your trainer, followed by a case-study-based exercise, to ensure you know how to apply the skills you learn in the real business world. You will also get the opportunity to practice using freely-available AI tools to enhance the quality of your solutions.
Introduction
- Business Analysis Intro
- Projects Intro
Requirements
- Types of Requirements
- Identifying Non-Functional Requirements
- Making Non-Functional Requirements Measurable and Estimable
Stakeholder Analysis
- Types of Stakeholders
- Onion Map
- RACI
Requirements Elicitation
- Requirements Elicitation Methods and Formats
- Requirements Elicitation Do’s and Dont’s
- Handling Biases and Hidden Agendas
Writing Requirements as User Stories
- Epics
- Writing User Stories following the INVEST principle
- Acceptance Criteria
Estimation and Prioritisation
- Estimating Product Backlog Items
- Estimating Sprint Backlog Items
- MoSCoW Prioritisation
- Eisenhower Matrix
Use Cases
- Use Case Diagrams
- Textual Use Cases
Decision Tables and Decision Trees
- Decision Tables
- Decision Trees
Process Modelling Using BPMN v2.0
- Event
- Activity: Task, Sub-Process
- Gateway
- Artifact
Data Modelling
- Data Model
- Entity Relationship Diagrams (ERD)
Business Analytics / Business Intelligence
- Metadata
- Data Quality
- Data Warehouse, Data Marts
- Data Visualisation
- Tableau and Power BI Demo
Beyond User Stories
- Adding and Linking Complementary data to User Stories
This Business Analyst course conforms to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK®) v3 and is endorsed by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®). Upon completion of this course you will receive a Certificate of Completion, awarding you 21 CDU / Professional Development Hours (PD Hours).
For more information about PD Hours and certification in relation to this business analyst course, please refer to the Business Analyst Certification page.
In most exercises you will break out into smaller groups of 3-4 people, creating the opportunity to exchange ideas with other keen learners.
The course runs in a small group so there is plenty of opportunity to ask questions. For questions that are not directly related to the course topics, the trainer(s) may schedule a time during one of the breaks to answer them, to ensure your questions are answered while keeping the course on track.
In line with the working-from-home trend, you can now also attend this course remotely. The course will still be practical, hands-on, interactive and delivered live by a senior instructor with 15 – 25+ years’ experience with the skills to make the intensive short course interesting and enjoyable.
Find out more about practical training delivered remotely (live).
Eligibility requirements to become an IRM Training trainer:
- A minimum of 15 years’ business analysis experience in Australia.
- The ability to demonstrate in-depth knowledge in the real-world application of the course topics.
- Driven by the passion to help develop others.
- Excellent communication, presentation and people skills.
- A good sense of humour! You can absorb and retain more knowledge when the training is fun!
IRM Training trainers have worked in / with a diverse range of industries and government departments. Some also came from academic background as lecturers at Australian leading universities, on top of their 15+ years’ hands-on experience.
This course is suitable for various roles that perform business analysis tasks, including:
- Business Analyst
- Business Intelligence Analyst
- Project / Program Manager
- Project / Program Coordinator
- Business System Analyst
- Manager / Team Leader
- Agile BA
- Other / hybrid roles
The skills covered in this business analyst course are applicable in a wide range of industries, including:
- IT
- Finance
- Public Sector (Government)
- Education
- Health
- Energy
- Retail
- Manufacturing
- Not-for-profit
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To provide practical training in business analysis techniques which can be used for:
- Communicating unambiguously between Business and IT stakeholders
- Articulating and selecting business improvement methodologies
- Identifying an appropriate project execution approach
- Creating and communicating Organisation Change Management plan
- Developing a current state to future state approach
- Mapping process activities using BPMN v2.0
- Creating and articulating a data model
- Creating Use Case descriptions
Using a variety of practical exercises and case study problems, you will learn:
- how organisations use projects to achieve business objectives and what role business analysts play in successful project outcomes
- how to document requirements using Event Tables
- how to model business processes using BPMN v2.0
- when and how to build Data Models from business rules
- how to apply hierarchies to Use Case and Activity Diagrams
- how to model the current system and how to define possible components of a physical model
- how to write User Stories
- how to use different system viewpoints when moving from a current (as-is) to a future (to-be) state
- how to model new requirements and separate business requirements from technology
“Excellent course for business users to understand communications with IT specialists” – Head of Management Reporting, Bank South Pacific
“Course has been invaluable – will improve the information and specifications I provide to our IS team” – Business Analyst, Australian Maritime Safety Authority
“Provided me with the fundamentals and tools to start my ba journey” – Project Analyst, Airservices Australia
“A practical hands on approach to the thinking processes behind business analysis” – Project Controls, Abigroup Contractors
“Excellent course, good ideas about how industry standard techniques can be applied in the workplace” – Process Modeller, Geoscience Australia
“Very good in opening my thoughts – my blinkers are off” – Enterprise Analyst, VicRoads
“Good course, pulls in all the threads nicely” – ICT Project Manager, Department of Defence
“Practical, good reference to the core tools, logic, techniques and principals of analysis” – Business Analyst, Zurich Insurance
“Has given me a good overall knowledge of how to perform my job easier” – Business Analyst, Department of Human Services
COURSE DATES & BOOKINGS
| Location | Date | |
|---|---|---|
| Anywhere - Remote Delivery | 2 - 4 December 2024 | |
| Anywhere - Remote Delivery | 5 - 7 February 2025 | |
| Your Office - In Person | Flexible Dates & Hours | |
| Group Booking - Remote Delivery | Flexible Dates & Hours | |
| Adelaide | Select one of the options above | |
| Brisbane | Select one of the options above | |
| Canberra | Select one of the options above | |
| Melbourne | Select one of the options above | |
| Perth | Select one of the options above | |
| Sydney | Select one of the options above |
Your invoice will be emailed to your payment contact shortly after you submit your booking.
Payment is due 12 business days prior to the course start date, or immediately if booking is made within this time frame.
Course hours:
- AEDT: 9:00am – 5:00pm (ACT, NSW, TAS, VIC)
- ACDT: 8:30am – 4:30pm (SA)
- AEST: 8:00am – 4:00pm (QLD)
- ACST: 7:30am – 3:30pm (NT)
- AWST: 6:00am – 2:00pm (WA)
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