Business Dimensions

Solution Concept Requirements and Design


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Designed For:
Business analysts, organizational effectiveness specialists and those with either a business or IT background who are looking to build on their proficiency in leading the design of business solutions or new processes, products or services.

Overview:
A three day workshop that provides participants with an opportunity to use and apply their knowledge of the business analysis process and gain hands on experience in analyzing current system performance and developing conceptual solution designs and functional requirements to address the business needs.

With guidance from the workshop facilitators, participants will use and apply the principles, tools and techniques for effective business analysis to the case study presented. Using the solution concept document as a guide, participants will translate the conceptual solution design and requirements to the specification level typically required by the system design engineers and architects.

Benefits:
The participants will build on their analytical skills and their own ability to ensure that quality information is gathered, analyzed and incorporated into the conceptual solution design:
  • Increase ability to gather the right information the first time
  • Build proficiency in developing quality requirements
  • Increase confidence in executing the conceptual solution design process
  • Solidify understanding of what it takes to successfully represent the business needs to the solution delivery team

    • Prerequisites:
    A working knowledge of the business analysis process.
    Prior course:  Analyst in Action

    Course Content:
    Unit 1: Performance Analysis
  • What is performance analysis?
  • Defining required performance improvements, opportunities or targets
  • Identifying business systems impacted
  • Understanding stakeholder views
  • Defining success criteria

    • Unit 2: Analyzing Current Business System Performance
  • Interviewing and data gathering
  • Mapping, modeling current system configuration
  • Measuring performance
  • Identifying patterns, constraints, opportunities
  • Pinpointing root cause
  • Gap analysis
  • Validation

    • Unit 3: Conceptual Business Solution Design
  • Generating new ideas
  • Identification of candidate architectures and options
  • Creating multiple views: process view, data view, workflow, technical
  • Identification and evaluation of alternatives
  • Impact analysis and test for business fit
  • Developing and presenting the solution proposal

    • Unit 4: Enabling techniques
  • Managing the analysis and design process
  • Identification and documentation of solution requirements
  • Ensuring quality of requirements
  • Benchmarks and best practices
  • Managing expectations

    • Unit 5: Case Studies
  • Tools and techniques
  • Solution concept document

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    Training Category:
    Classroom Training

    Price:
    $1695.00

    Registration:
    Registration for this event is currently closed.

    Refer to Schedule for complete list of courses scheduled.
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