Business Analysis for Project Success

Business Analysis for Project Success

Course Overview:

Course Overview:

This course seeks to equip participants with the knowledge and skills that are necessary for the business analysis in a project management context. It includes topics such as strategic planning, identifying and managing stakeholder expectations, and requirements definition including analysis, prioritization and documentation.

The tackle options for project selection and appraisal including requirements management, work breakdown structure, critical path method and others.

Case studies and real-life examples are intertwined in the course in such a way that facilitates the success and risk management of the project while realising the benefits.

It targets such professionals who are project sponsors and or/ stakeholders approving the project and /or supporting them in different ways in different industries.

Course Objectives:

The Business Analysis for Project Success training program aims to expand participants’ knowledge of business analysis methodologies to help distinguish the real business value from general wishful thinking. It provides a productive environment to develop hands-on skills and practice-specific diagnostic tools and techniques.  As a result of attending this training program, the participants will be able to:

• Who Should Attend?
• The Business Analysis for Project Success training program will benefit professionals who are involved in project initiation and would like to be able to effectively understand business requirements, define their projects, and convince stakeholders to support them. The program will equally appeal to decision-makers and those who support them in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.
• This course seeks to equip participants with the knowledge and skills that are necessary for the business analysis in a project management context. It includes topics such as strategic planning, identifying and managing stakeholder expectations, and requirements definition including analysis, prioritization and documentation.
• The tackle options for project selection and appraisal including requirements management, work breakdown structure, critical path method and others.
• Case studies and real-life examples are intertwined in the course in such a way that facilitates the success and risk management of the project while realising the benefits.
• It targets such professionals who are project sponsors and or/ stakeholders approving the project and /or supporting them in different ways in different industries.

This course seeks to equip participants with the knowledge and skills that are necessary for the business analysis in a project management context. It includes topics such as strategic planning, identifying and managing stakeholder expectations, and requirements definition including analysis, prioritization and documentation.

The tackle options for project selection and appraisal including requirements management, work breakdown structure, critical path method and others.

Case studies and real-life examples are intertwined in the course in such a way that facilitates the success and risk management of the project while realising the benefits.

It targets such professionals who are project sponsors and or/ stakeholders approving the project and /or supporting them in different ways in different industrie

This course seeks to equip participants with the knowledge and skills that are necessary for the business analysis in a project management context. It includes topics such as strategic planning, identifying and managing stakeholder expectations, and requirements definition including analysis, prioritization and documentation.

The tackle options for project selection and appraisal including requirements management, work breakdown structure, critical path method and others.

Case studies and real-life examples are intertwined in the course in such a way that facilitates the success and risk management of the project while realizing the benefits.

It targets such professionals who are project sponsors and or/ stakeholders approving the project and /or supporting them in different ways in different industries.

Course Objectives:

The Business Analysis for Project Success training program aims to expand participants’ knowledge of business analysis methodologies to help distinguish the real business value from general wishful thinking. It provides a productive environment to develop hands-on skills and practice-specific diagnostic tools and techniques.  As a result of attending this training program, the participants will be able to:

• Define the nature of business problems and link it to business directions
• Apply strategic thinking and leadership to business needs analysis
• Recognize and actively manage divergent stakeholder expectations
• Elicit and analyze pertinent business information from a wide range of sources
• Use proven diagnostic and analytical tools to organize, verify, validate and prioritize requirements
• Document and justify clear, concise and effective project requirements

Who Should Attend?

The Business Analysis for Project Success training program will benefit professionals who are involved in project initiation and would like to be able to effectively understand business requirements, define their projects, and convince stakeholders to support them. The program will equally appeal to decision-makers and those who support them in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors

Course Outlines:

Introduction and Key Concepts

Who Should Attend?

The Business Analysis for Project Success training program will benefit professionals who are involved in project initiation and would like to be able to effectively understand business requirements, define their projects, and convince stakeholders to support them. The program will equally appeal to decision-makers and those who support them in the private, public, and not-for-profit sectors.

Course Outlines:

Introduction and Key Concepts

• Projects in the modern world
• Business Analysis as a key to project success. Lessons for an accidental profession
• Projects, programs, endeavors
• Project lifecycle

Strategic Thinking and Leadership in Business Analysis 

Strategic Thinking and Leadership in Business Analysis

• Business analysis and strategic thinking
• Understanding business context and direction
• Strategic analysis tools, formulation of objectives
• Managing project stakeholders, understanding perspectives

Project Initiation 

Project Initiation

• The key questions at project initiation
• Definition of project requirements

Collecting and Organizing Project Requirements  

Collecting and Organizing Project Requirements 

• Requirements elicitation and knowledge types
• Business needs analysis
• Elicitation techniques: sampling, interviewing, stakeholder consultations,

Programs, prototyping, scenarios, observation, data analysis 

Programs, prototyping, scenarios, observation, data analysis

• Interview techniques
• Use of questionnaires and surveys

Advanced Elicitation Techniques 

Advanced Elicitation Techniques

• Managing divergent expectations
• Effective facilitation of stakeholder programs; establishing effective group decision processes
• Facilitation tools and techniques that counter typical errors, biases, and inefficiencies
• Techniques for building agreement
• Nominal group technique and affinity diagram
• Process analysis tools

Prioritizing Requirements 

Prioritizing Requirements

• Requirements prioritization techniques
• Managing stakeholder differences

Evaluating Options 

Evaluating Options

• Formulating and considering alternative solutions
• Decision criteria and option analysis

Documenting Requirements 

Documenting Requirements

• Persona analysis
• Modeling
• Use case
• Verification and validation of requirements
• Creating a project scope statement
• Defining project priorities
• Ensuring the requirements are actionable and practical, avoiding the traps
• Implementation planning, stakeholder alignment, and change management considerations

Planning the Delivery of Project Requirements  

Planning the Delivery of Project Requirements 

• Project requirements and Work Breakdown Structure
• Requirements traceability
• Using the Critical Path Method to manage deadline requirements
• Managing budget and resource requirements
• Identifying and mitigating project risks

Achieving Project Success through Effective Control 

Achieving Project Success through Effective Control 

• Fundamentals of effective project monitoring and control
• Defining project requirements and managing variations
• Managing project creeps

Benefit Realization 

Benefit Realization

• Managing change
• Managing project completion
• End-of-project processes and lessons learned
• Benefit realization reviews

Advanced Topics in Business Analysis

Advanced Topics in Business Analysis

• Summary of business analysis tools
• Case study application