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Estimating for Business Analysts: Virtual In-House Training

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.

What you will Learn

You'll learn how to:

Translate business needs and requirements into estimates

Estimate durations using a variety of techniques

Negotiate differences in estimates

Getting Started

Introductions

Course structure

Course goals and objectives

Foundation Concepts

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

Estimating the Time Requirements

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 Product

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

Negotiating estimates

Negotiation techniques

Negotiation approaches

Summary

What did we learn, and how can we implement this in our work environment?

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Estimating for Business Analysts: Virtual In-House Training

By IIL Europe Ltd

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