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A business analyst does not have authority to estimate the project and will not be held responsible for the project staying within the proposed budget; however, the business analyst does participate in various planning exercises with the project team. Many times the business analyst is on his or her own, required to provide estimates of how long it will take to perform their tasks. This course acquaints you with the basics of estimating from the point of view of the business analyst, emphasizing time estimates for the work. It also covers some of the product cost estimates that a business analyst may have to provide when the business is performing a cost/benefit analysis for the project.
You'll learn how to:
Translate business needs and requirements into estimates
Estimate durations using a variety of techniques
Negotiate differences in estimates
Introductions
Course structure
Course goals and objectives
The importance of estimating to a business analyst
The good and bad of estimating
The project context
The meaning of good estimating
Focuses of estimating
Characteristics of a good estimate
Applicable BABOK® Knowledge Areas
Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
Elicitation and Collaboration
Estimating the elicitation
Information Gathering Plan
Relative times for elicitation activities
Planning and estimating the business analysis approach and activities
Planning the business analysis activities
Impact of process
Estimating the value of the product
Business analyst's role
Defining and determining value
Function and use case points
Agile estimating
Planning Poker
Other agile estimating techniques
Negotiation techniques
Negotiation approaches
What did we learn, and how can we implement this in our work environment?