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- Washington D.C,
- Baltimore, MD
- Los Angeles, CA
- New Jersey, NJ
- New York, NY
- Dallas, TX
- Houston, TX
- Seattle, WA
- Nashville, TN
- San Francisco, Bay Area, CA
- Las Vegas, NV
- And many other citities
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Course Duration | - Days: 2 days (Saturday & Sunday)
- Timings: 9 AM to 6 PM
- Course Duration: 16 Hours
- Lunch: 30 Mins Each
- Breaks: 15 Mins (2/day)
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About Trainer | - Over 15 years of USA experience in various domains viz., Finance, Insurance, Healthcare, Pharma, Retail, Telecom, Sales, Supply Chain, & Manufacturing as Portfolio Director, Program Manager, Project Manager, Lead Business Analyst, & SME.
- Holds Masters in Business Administration (MBA) and Masters in Science (Computer Engineering) from Texas State University, PfMP, PMP, PMI-PBA, & CSM certifications.
- Trained over 1000 students in PMP (Project Management), Business Analysis & Scrum modules.
- Currently working as Portfolio Director for a Fortune 100 company
- Member of various professional organizations such as PMI, Agile Alliance, Scrum Alliance, IIBA, American Marketing Association (AMA), American Society for Quality (ASQ), & Toastmasters International.
- Led and delivered several free-lance projects ranging from e-Commerce websites, payroll software & utility software.
- Public speaker, published author of white papers & journals, produces music video albums, outdoor sportsman, & volunteer at local non-profit organizations.
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Materials Offered | - BA Workbook with class PPTs and in-class exercises
- Soft Copies of the following
- Student Notebook
- Extra Read Materials
- Interview Tips
- Domain Materials
- Templates
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Lunch & Snacks | - Sandwiches (Chicken, Turkey, Veggie) along with Salad and beverages ( water & soda)
- Coffee / Tea bags with hot water and drinking water should be available all day
- Muffins, brownies, Assorted Fruits, crackers as snacks served at 10 AM and 3 PM
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Per Student Fees | |
1.Introduction - Name
- Background
- PMP Process Chart
- Work Experience
- Education
- Why do you want to be a business analyst?
| 9.Project Documents - Planning Phase: Business Case, Business Context, Vision, Scope
- Requirements Phase: BRD, FSD, FRD, SRS, Use Cases
- Design Phase: Data Model
- Test Phase: Test Cases, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Test Plan
- Deployment Phase: User Manual, Release Notes
- Assignment: Create Use Cases
- Assignment: Create Test Cases, RTM
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2.Overview of Business Analysis - What do you know about business analysis?
- Who can be business analysts?
- Roles & Responsibilities of a Business Analyst
- Why you should be a business analyst?
- Software Hall of shame
- Prospects for a business analyst
- What can be achieved?
- Limitations of a business analyst
- Review the topics that will be covered
| 10.Unified Modeling Language - Structure Diagrams
- Class, Component, Composite Structure, Deployment, Object & Package Diagrams
- Behavior Diagrams
- Activity, State Machine & Use Case Diagrams
- Interaction Overview Diagrams
- Communication, Interaction Overview, Sequence, & Timing Diagrams
Assignment: Create Use Case Diagrams Assignment: Create Activity Diagrams |
3.Overview of a company/corporate - What is a company
- Different departments
- Different roles / job types in these depts.
- Tasks of these depts
- IT Department & its relation with other depts.
- Positioning of BA
Assignment: List various departments and roles | 11.Facilitative Leadership Concepts - Requirements Gathering Techniques
- Elicitation
- Analyses
- Business Rule Analysis
- Documentation Analysis
- Process Analysis
- Brainstorming
- Observation
- Job Shadowing
- Meeting Facilitation
- JAD, RAD, Review Meetings
- Communication
- Other skills
- Preparing Status Reports & Meeting Minutes
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4.Project Management - Definition & Types of Project
- Dependencies of projects on other projects
- Roles & responsibilities of PM
- Triple Constraint
- PMP Certification
Assignment: Create Project Plan in MS-Project | 12.Project Procurement Management - Requirements Traceability Matrix
- Change Request Management
- Configuration Management
- Types of business situation analyses
- GAP
- SWOT
- MOST
- PESTLE
- CATWOE
- Cost Benefit
- Process Re-engineering / Process Re-modeling
- Version Controlling
- Contracts
- Statement of Work
- Request for Proposal
- Service Level Agreement
- Architectures
- Client Server Architecture
- Service Oriented Architecture
- Cloud Computing
- Standards & Compliance
- ISO / SEI-CMM Standards
- SOX Compliance
- HIPAA
- HL7
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5.What is Business Analysis? - Define Business & Analysis
- Role of a BA
- Tasks BA may also do
- Tasks BA may not do
| 13.Software Testing Concepts - Test case creation
- Testing Life Cycle - V Model
- Defect Fix Cost Analysis
- Types of testing
- Unit Testing
- Integration Testing
- System Testing
- Acceptance Testing
- Non-Functional Software Testing
- Black box testing
- White box testing
- Grey box testing
Assignment: Create Test Cases |
6.Project Cost Management - Requirements
- Design
- Development
- Testing
Assignment: Identify 10 functional requirements for two gadgets Assignment: Create SRS, GUI & Data Sheet | 13.Structured Query Language (SQL) - What is SQL
- Basic SQL Statements
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7.Types of Requirements - Categories of Requirements
- Stakeholder Requirements
- Solution Requirements
- Functional Requirements
- Non-Functional requirements
- Graphical User Interface Requirements
- Data Requirements
- Security Requirements
| 14.Domain Series (7 Domains - Finance
- Banking
- Private Banking
- Corporate/Small Business Banking
- Mortgage
- Loan Evaluation Request
- Debt Ratio - Front Ratio & Back Ratio
- Loan to Value Ratio
- FICO Scores
- Stocks & Bonds
Common Stocks - Preferred Stocks
- Derivatives - Options/Futures
- Stock Trading
- Private Bonds
- Government Bonds
- Investment Options/Techniques
- Medicaid and Medicare Parts A, B, C & D
- Private Health Insurance
- Healthcare Policy Types - Group, PPO & HMO
- Quote Issuance
- Enrollment
- Claims Processing
- ICD 9/ICD 10 Introduction - Diagnosis & Procedure Codes
- Electronic Medical/Health Records
- Core Capabilities
- COTS EMR Applications
- harmaceutical
- Drug Discovery Phases
- Clinical Trial Management
- Electronic Data Capture
- Clinical Data Warehouse
- Telecom
- Speech Interactive Voice Response System
- Voice User Interface (VUI)
- Call Center Technologies
- Intelligent Call Routing Manager
- Virtual Hold
- Screen Pop
- Billing Systems
- Call Detail Record (CDR)
- Rating Engine
- Bill Calculator
- Invoice Generator
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8.SDLC Methodologies - Waterfall Methodology
- Spiral Methodology
- Agile Methodology
- Extreme Programming
- SCRUM
- Rational Unified Process (RUP)
- Architecture Centric Design Method
Assignment: Create Project Risk Register Assignment: Compare PRD, BRD & FSD | 16. Interview Tips and Techniques - Types of Interviews
- Pre-Interview tasks
- Interview Evaluation
- Dos & Don'ts of Interview
- How to control the Interview
- Conclusion of Class
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