Business Analysis Activities and Tools

Intermediate
  • 16 videos | 1h 16m 40s
  • Includes Assessment
  • Earns a Badge
  • Certification CPE
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When carrying out a business analysis activity, you'll often need to synthesize and parse vast quantities of data. To get meaningful and useful information from this raw data, you must be competent in a wide range of business analytics tools and techniques. In this course, you'll learn about the different tools to use when analyzing the business challenges your organization is facing. You'll also explore some of the key models and activities covered in the business analysis body of knowledge (BABOK) framework, which describes the tasks that a business analyst must perform to deliver an effective solution to a problem.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Distinguish between brainstorming and mindmapping characteristics
    Recognize differences between focus groups and workshops
    Identify best practices for using surveys and questionnaires
    Distinguish between interviews and observation
    Distinguish between collaborative games and lessons learned activities
    Distinguish between estimation methods
    Distinguish between prioritization methods
    Distinguish between reviews and item tracking characteristics
  • Recognize considerations for assessing vendors
    Distinguish between the characteristics of stakeholder lists, maps, and personas
    Recognize characteristics of backlog management
    Identify characteristics of the balanced scorecard
    Recognize elements of a roles and permissions matrix
    Identify elements of a business model canvas
    Recognize characteristics of functional decomposition

IN THIS COURSE

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  • 4m 12s
    In this video, you will learn how to distinguish between brainstorming and mind mapping characteristics. FREE ACCESS
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    3.  Focus Groups and Workshops
    6m 48s
    During this video, you will learn how to recognize the differences between focus groups and workshops. FREE ACCESS
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    4.  Surveys and Questionnaires
    5m 26s
    In this video, find out how to identify best practices for using surveys and questionnaires. FREE ACCESS
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    5.  Interviews and Observation
    9m 52s
    Learn how to distinguish between interviews and observations. FREE ACCESS
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    6.  Collaborative Games and Lessons Learned
    6m 2s
    In this video, you will learn how to distinguish between collaborative games and activities where you learn a lesson. FREE ACCESS
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    7.  Estimation
    5m 34s
    During this video, you will learn how to distinguish between estimation methods. FREE ACCESS
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    8.  Prioritization
    2m 41s
    Discover how to distinguish between different prioritization methods. FREE ACCESS
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    9.  Reviews and Item Tracking
    9m 15s
    In this video, you will learn how to distinguish between reviews and item tracking characteristics. FREE ACCESS
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    10.  Vendor Assessment
    2m 31s
    During this video, you will learn how to assess vendors. FREE ACCESS
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    11.  Stakeholder List, Map, and Personas
    5m 41s
    In this video, find out how to distinguish between the characteristics of stakeholder lists, maps, and personas. FREE ACCESS
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    12.  Backlog Management
    3m 25s
    Learn how to recognize characteristics of backlog management FREE ACCESS
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    13.  Balanced Scorecard
    4m 15s
    In this video, you will learn how to identify characteristics of the balanced scorecard. FREE ACCESS
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    14.  Roles and Permissions Matrix
    1m 38s
    During this video, you will learn how to recognize elements of a roles and permissions matrix. FREE ACCESS
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    15.  Business Model Canvas
    3m 53s
    Discover how to identify elements of a business model. FREE ACCESS
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    16.  Functional Decomposition
    4m 49s
    In this video, you will learn how to recognize characteristics of functional decomposition. FREE ACCESS

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