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PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)®

Casey Ayers

This series introduces the field of business analysis, which is increasing vital in today’s business environment. Business analysts identify problems and opportunities, elicit information from stakeholders, generate and analyze data, discover and recommend solutions, and develop consensus for action. This allows business analysts to help organizations choose and structure projects and initiatives more effectively, then guide them into active work. This path is based on the PMBOK® Guide - Sixth Edition.

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This series introduces the field of business analysis, which is increasing vital in today’s business environment. Business analysts identify problems and opportunities, elicit information from stakeholders, generate and analyze data, discover and recommend solutions, and develop consensus for action. This allows business analysts to help organizations choose and structure projects and initiatives more effectively, then guide them into active work. This path is based on the PMBOK® Guide - Sixth Edition.

What You'll Learn

  • Understand the analytical, technical and interpersonal skills needed by business analysts
  • Identify problems and opportunities by assessing needs, goals, and objectives
  • Understand how to analyze organizational structures and apply this information to business analysis
  • Effectively compare paths of action using qualitative and quantitative means
  • Create a successful plan for business analysis
  • Analyze stakeholder characteristics and needs
  • Coordinate efforts with project management
  • Elicit information from stakeholders, using a variety of direct and experiential methods
  • Review data and use simulation techniques to better understand business needs
  • Harness methods for modeling scope, processes, rules, data and interfaces effectively
  • Trace requirements and manage project scope
  • Establish baselines and measurement criteria to gauge success
  • Manage changes and conduct impact analysis effectively
  • Evaluate and facilitate deployment of solutions
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    What's inside

    Three courses

    Discovering Business Analysis Information Through Elicitation

    (2 hours)
    Good business analysis requires detective work. This course will teach you how to engage with stakeholders using a variety of elicitation techniques to learn how to best describe and address business needs.
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    Conducting Business Analysis & Developing Requirements

    (3 hours)
    With information from elicitation in hand, business analysts must compile their findings into useful forms and leverage it to meet objectives. In this course, learn how to develop and model requirements, document solutions, and address business needs.
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    Monitoring Requirements & Evaluating Business Analysis Solutions

    (2 hours)
    Too often, the impact of business analysis efforts goes unmeasured. In this course, you'll learn how to ensure requirements and objectives remain aligned, and how to evaluate your progress against business needs.
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