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Business Analysis Fundamentals - Solving the Business Problem: On-Demand This course teaches participants the overall process of business analysis and where it fits in the bigger picture of the project life cycle and the business context. The course is interactive and combines discussion, active workshops, and demonstrations of techniques. The goal is bottom-line results that cut through the real-world problems facing people seeking to improve the way they operate to develop new and improved systems and products or otherwise deliver results through project performance. What You Will Learn Upon completion, participants will be able to: Define the solution scope Work with the development team in the systems testing stage Ensure the solution is usable in the business environment Foundation Concepts Defining the Business Analyst Function Role of the Business Analyst as Change Agent An Introduction to the BABOK® Guide Business Analyst Roles and Relationships through the Project Life Cycle Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring - Defining the Process Overview of Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring (BAP&M) BAP&M - Process and Tools BAP&M - Roles and Responsibilities BAP&M - Governance, Information Management & Performance Improvement Elicitation and Collaboration - Gathering and Confirming Information Overview of Elicitation and Collaboration Elicitation and Collaboration Techniques Requirements Life Cycle Management - Maintaining Requirements and Design Information Overview of Requirements Life Cycle Management Requirements Life Cycle Management Tasks - Details Strategy Analysis - Providing Context to Requirements Analysis and Design Definition Overview of Strategy Analysis Analyze Current State Define Future State Assess Risks Define Change Strategy Requirements Analysis and Design Definition - Defining Solution Options Overview of Requirements Analysis and Design Definition (RA&DD) The Anatomy of Requirements RA&DD Task Descriptions RA&DD Techniques Solution Evaluation - Assessing Solution Performance Overview of Solution Evaluation Solution Evaluation Tasks Solution Evaluation in Development Stages Underlying Competencies Overview of Underlying Competencies (UCs) Underlying Competencies - Details

Attending this programme will give you the knowledge and skills to transform your communication skills immediately, having learnt: The pros and cons of different communication channels and when best to use them The power of communicating through words, sound and body language Why people behave and communicate differently and how to recognise and adapt to their style What someone's natural behavioural style means when it comes to making decisions How to increase sales through better and more personalised communication How to engage better with audiences of all sizes when presenting

This course will allow you to explore the potential of self-service business intelligence using Power BI Desktop to analyse and connect to different sources of data, creating Relationships between those different datasets, Query the data using Shaping and data Modelling, to create Visualizations, and publish Reports to different platforms . Course Objectives At the end of this course you will be able to: Connect to data from different sources. Use the Query Editor Perform Power BI desktop data Shaping and Transformation. Create Power BI desktop Modelling. Create Power BI desktop Visualizations and Reports. ' 1 year email support service Take a closer look at the consistent excellent feedback from our growing corporate clients visiting our site ms-officetraining co uk With more than 20 years experience, we deliver courses on all levels of the Desktop version of Microsoft Office and Office 365; ranging from Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced to the VBA level and Business Intelligence. Our trainers are Microsoft certified professionals with a proven track record with several years experience in delivering public, one to one, tailored and bespoke courses. Our competitive rates start from £550.00 per day of training Tailored training courses: You can choose to run the course exactly as they are outlined by us or we can customise it so that it meets your specific needs. A tailored or bespoke course will follow the standard outline but may be adapted to your specific organisational needs. Please visit our site (ms-officetraining co uk) to get a feel of the excellent feedback our courses have had and look at other courses you might be interested in. Introduction to Power BI Power BI Jargon explained A quick look at Power BI Desktop A quick look at the Power BI service Helpful resources Power BI and Excel Introduction to using Excel data in Power BI Upload Excel data to Power BI Import Power View and Power Pivot to Power BI Getting started with Power BI Desktop Overview of Power BI Desktop Accessing Help and Helpful resources Connect to data sources in Power BI Desktop Shaping and Transforming Data with Query Editor Introduction to the Query Editor Data Sources Power BI Desktop can Connect to Introduction to Steps and M code Combining Data Using Merge and Append Queries Data Type Properties Working with Delimiters Clean and transform your data with the Query Editor Text Specific Transformation Tools Number Specific Transformation Tools Date Specific Transformation Tools Split and Merge columns Creating an Index Column Adding Conditional Columns Columns From Examples Grouping and Aggregating data Pivoting and Unpivoting Using filters Modeling the data Introduction to modeling your data How to manage your data relationships Create calculated columns Optimizing data models Create calculated measures Show Values As and Quick Measures Create calculated tables Explore your time-based data Introduction to DAX DAX calculation types DAX functions Visualizations Introduction to visuals in Power BI Create and customize simple visualizations Modify colors in charts and visuals Shapes, text boxes, and images Page layout and formatting Group interactions among visualizations Visual hierarchies and drill-down Using custom visualizations Create a KPI Visualization Geo-Data and Maps Reports, Publishing and Sharing Introduction to the Power BI service Quick insights in Power BI Create and configure a dashboard Ask questions of your data with natural language Create custom Q&A suggestions Share dashboards with your organization Introduction to content packs, security, and groups Publish Power BI Desktop reports Print and export dashboards and reports Create groups in Power BI Use content packs Update content packs Publish to web Who is this course for? Who is this course for? This course facilitates you with knowledge on the potential for Power BI Desktop to analyse and connect to different sources of data, creating Relationships between those different datasets, Query the data using Shaping and data Modelling, and to create Visualizations, and publish Reports to different platforms. Requirements Requirements Before attending this course, delegates should have: - A general knowledge of database concepts (fields, records and relationships) - Familiarity with Excel. Career path Career path Business Intelligence Data Analysis ETL & Data Warehousing

Effecting Business Process Improvement - The Proactive Business Analyst: On-Demand Business analysts facilitate the solution of business problems. The solutions are put into practice as changes to the way people perform in their organizations and the tools they use. The business analyst is a change agent who must understand the basic principles of quality management. This course covers the key role that business analysts play in organizational change management. What You Will Learn You will learn how to: Define and document a business process Work with various business modeling techniques Perform an enterprise analysis in preparation for determining requirements Analyze business processes to discern problems Foundation Concepts Overview of business analysis and process improvement Defining the business process Introducing the proactive business analyst Focusing on business process improvement for business analysts Launching a Successful Business Process Improvement Project Overview of the launch phase Understanding and creating organizational strategy Selecting the target process Aligning the business process improvement project's goals and objectives with organizational strategy Defining the Current Process Overview of current process phase Documenting the business process Business modeling options: work-flow models Business modeling options: Unified Modeling Language (UML) model adaptations for business processes Analyzing the Current Process Process analysis overview Evaluation: establishing the control group Opportunity techniques: multi-discipline problem-solving Opportunity techniques: matrices Building and Sustaining a Recommended Process Overview of the recommended process and beyond Impact analysis Recommended process Transition to the business case Return to proactive state

Managing and Leading Projects Across Organizational Boundaries - Achieving Project Success in Complex Environments Through Collaborative Skills: On-Demand Significant projects today are performed by teams of people from multiple organization units and, often, multiple companies. When project managers, team leaders or technical professionals seek collaborative relationships across organizational boundaries, they often encounter a daunting array of challenges. These challenges must be dealt with effectively across business, political, team, interpersonal and personal levels to successfully meet project objectives. The goal of this course is to provide participants with a framework for improving project performance by successfully navigating through the turbulence of organizational cultures. What You Will Learn You'll learn how to: Assess an organizational culture's challenges and adapt your interpersonal skills and political acumen to meet them Apply basic tools and techniques for building relationships and gaining influence across organizational boundaries Plan a tailored, systematic approach for gaining support, resources and collaboration from individuals in organizations where you have no formal influence Getting Started Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Foundation Concepts Overview of key course concepts Managing and leading: the balance and evolution Managing and leading projects versus ongoing work Organizations defined and a project manager's outlook across the structures The Path to Competency in Managing and Leading Projects Across Organizational Boundaries (MLPAOB) Organizational Cultures and Behaviors Overview of organizational culture and behaviors Organizations and change Organizational grassroots changes Political Acumen Overview of role and impact of political acumen Role of politics in organizations Political behaviors How to improve your political acumen skills Building Relationships Strategies for building relationships Balance emotion with reason "Try to understand" Inquire, consult and listen Reliability and building trust Gaining Influence Overview of gaining influence Step 1: Determine influence needs Step 2: Assess influence assets Step 3: Plan approach Step 4: Implement plan Step 5: Manage progress Planning and Implementing Your Approach Overview of Implementation Approach and Continuous Improvement (IA&CI) Enhancing Primary MLPAOB skills through: Identifying and sampling auxiliary MLPAO skills Practicing MLPAOB skills Self-reflection: developing a personal action plan (optional - time permitting) Summary What did we learn, and how can we implement this in our work environments?

Developing the Business Case - Defining the Business Problem and Solution Scope: On-Demand This course teaches the purpose, structure, and content of a business case. It presents the basic techniques for determining financial ROI, non-tangible benefits, and the probability of meeting expectations. What You Will Learn You will learn how to: Prepare a business case Justify the business investment to solve the business need Perform feasibility studies and ROI analyses Foundation Concepts The role of the business analyst An introduction to the BABOK® Guide The business analyst and the product/project life cycle The business case deliverable Introducing the Business Case Process The business analyst and Strategy Analysis The business analyst and the business case process The business analyst during the business case process The business analyst after the business case process Importance of defining solution performance metrics Defining the Business Need Overview of defining the business need Business needs: problem/opportunity statement Product vision Objectives and constraints Exploring Business Case Solutions Overview of exploring solutions Solution identification for feasibility Solution definition for analysis Assessing project risks Justifying the Business Case Overview of justifying the business case Qualitative justification Quantitative justification Approving the Business Case Overview of business case approval Developing recommendations Preparing the decision package - Documents Preparing the decision Package - Presentations

Writing and Managing Requirements Documents - Creating the Acceptable, Approvable Requirements Document: On-Demand This course will enhance the skill set needed for writing and managing the complex readership that business analysts interact with on a day-to-day basis. What You Will Learn Upon Completion, participants will be able to: Write an understood requirements document that is approvable and acceptable Validate a requirements document Manage the changes to requirements documents through the SDLC Foundation Concepts The role of the business analyst An introduction to the BABOK® Guide The business analyst and the product/project life cycle The requirements documentation process Planning for Effective Requirements Documentation Overview of requirements planning Planning for validation Planning for verification: well-formed criteria Planning for verification: understood and usable criteria Writing Effective Requirements Documents Overview of writing requirements documents Using a standard structure / template Applying formatting techniques Meeting the challenge of writing non-functional requirements Baselining Requirements Documents Overview of the requirements baseline process Validation Verification Approval Managing Requirements Change through the Product Life Cycle Overview of requirements change management Establishing a formal change management process Tracing requirements through design and development (build, test, and implementation) Following through to post-implementation (transition and early production) Summary What did we learn, and how can we implement this in our work environments?

Assuring Quality Through Acceptance Testing - Making Sure that the Business Problem is Solved: On-Demand It is the business analyst's job to define the business problem to be solved by IT. It is also the business analyst's responsibility to confirm that the resulting solution developed by IT does, in fact, solve the defined problem. This is done first through testing, especially acceptance testing, and then through monitoring of the installed solution in the user community. The business analyst is not only concerned with the testing itself, but also with the management and monitoring of the users doing the acceptance testing, and recording, analyzing, and evaluating the results. What You Will Learn Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to: Create a set of acceptance test cases Manage and monitor an acceptance test stage where users perform the testing Work with the development team in the systems testing stage Assess the solution once it is in the business environment Foundation Concepts The role of the business analyst An introduction to the BABOK® Guide BA roles and relationships through the project life cycle Introduction to assuring software quality through acceptance testing The Scope of IT Testing Overview of testing stages The testing process Testing documentation Pre-Acceptance Testing The BA's role in testing Early development testing stages (unit and integration) Late development testing stage (system) The Acceptance Test Stage - Part I (Planning, Design, and Development) Overview of user acceptance testing Acceptance test planning Designing user acceptance tests Developing individual user acceptance test cases Building effective user acceptance test scenarios The Acceptance Test Stage - Part II (Execution and Reporting) Operating guidelines Execution Reporting Post-Acceptance Testing Overview Project implementation Project transition (project closure) Production through retirement Testing Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software Overview Selecting the software Implementing the software Summary What did we learn and how can we implement this in our work environments?

Assuring Quality Through Acceptance Testing: On-Demand It is also the business analyst's responsibility to confirm that the resulting solution developed by IT does, in fact, solve the defined problem. This is done first through testing, especially acceptance testing, and then through monitoring of the installed solution in the user community. It is the business analyst's job to define the business problem to be solved by IT. It is also the business analyst's responsibility to confirm that the resulting solution developed by IT does, in fact, solve the defined problem. This is done first through testing, especially acceptance testing, and then through monitoring of the installed solution in the user community. The business analyst is not only concerned with the testing itself, but also with the management and monitoring of the users doing the acceptance testing, and recording, analyzing, and evaluating the results. What you will Learn Upon completion, participants will be able to: Create a set of acceptance test cases Manage and monitor an acceptance test stage where users perform the testing Work with the development team in the systems testing stage Assess the solution once it is in the business environment Foundation Concepts The role of the business analyst An introduction to the BABOK® Guide BA roles and relationships through the project life cycle Introduction to assuring software quality through acceptance testing The Scope of IT Testing Overview of testing stages The testing process Testing documentation Pre-Acceptance Testing The BA's role in testing Early development testing stages (unit and integration) Late development testing stage (system) The Acceptance Test Stage - Part I (Planning, Design, and Development) Overview of user acceptance testing Acceptance test planning Designing user acceptance tests Developing individual user acceptance test cases Building effective user acceptance test scenarios The Acceptance Test Stage - Part II (Execution and Reporting) Operating guidelines Execution Reporting Post-Acceptance Testing Overview Project implementation Project transition (project closure) Production through retirement Testing Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) Software Overview Selecting the software Implementing the software Summary What did we learn and how can we implement this in our work environments?