BUSINESS ANALYST WORKSHOP WITH AGILE CONCEPTS/scrum

Introduction

• Importance of BA in the industry
• Roles and Responsibilities of BA
• Skills required for the role
• Deliverables of a BA
• How is the current market for BA

SDLC

• What is a Software project
• What is SDLC
• Different phases of SDLC
• How as a BA we get involved in different phases of SDLC

Requirement Engineering

• What is Requirement Engineering
• Problems with Requirement Practices
• Different Requirement Engineering Tasks
• Processes to be followed to gather requirements
• Typical questions to be asked to the business team while gathering requirements

Project Case Study

• An example project to discuss a real life scenario
• How the requirement engineering concepts can be implemented in an example project.
• Real life scenarios to discuss each concept

Use Cases

• What is a Use Case
• Different sections of a use case document
• How to prepare a use case document
• Use Case Templates
• Real life example of a use case document
• Assignment on Use Case document

Requirement Prioritization

• Why to prioritize requirements
• Factors to consider while prioritizing requirements
• Participants of Requirement Prioritization
• Process to follow while prioritizing requirements
• Requirement Prioritization Model

Traceability Matrix

• Purpose of Traceability
• Significance of Traceability
• What is Traceability Matrix
• Why it is use
• How traceability matrix is use to do Gap Analysis

System Quality Attributes

• What are System Quality Attributes
• What are the various SQA
• UML Diagrams(class,state,interaction)

Non Functional Requirements

• What are non functional requirements
• What is the significance of non functional requirements
• How the non functional requirements are gathered
• Non functional requirements document template

System Requirement Specification

• What is a SRS document
• What are the various sections of SRS document
• How a SRS document is prepared
• SRS document template

   Flow Chart

• What is flow chart diagram
• Different symbols used in a Flow chart diagram
• How flow chart diagram is used in a software project
• How flow chart diagrams can be draws using Microsoft Visio
• Real life example of a flow chart diagram

Wireframes or Mock-ups

• What is a wireframe
• Why is wireframe used
• How a wireframe can be drawn using Microsoft Visio
• An example wireframe

Software Development Methodologies

• What are the various software development methodologies
• Pros and cons of each of the methodologies
• How as a BA we get involved in the different methodologies
• Which are the most popular methodologies
• Detail discussion on Agile methodology

Testing

• Basic concepts of Software testing
• Different types of testing
• Difference between Manual and automation testing
• Role of a BA during testing

Project Management concepts

• Roles and responsibilities of a project manager
• What can be the involvement of BA in Project Planning

Data Modeling and Database Management system

• What is data modeling
• What is entity and attributes
• What are relationships
• What is ERD
• Basic concepts of Database management systems
• Master and Transaction tables
• Primary Key

UML

• What is UML
• Why it is used
• UML Diagrams (Activity, Use Case)

Conclusion

• Common BA questions asked in an interview
• How to answer the interview questions
• Mock Interview
• Resume Preparation