Course Details
Duration: 5 Days; Instructor-led
Audience
Anyone who wishes to go for PMI-PBA examination
Prerequisites
Degree holders with 4500 hours of business analysis experience and 2000 hours of general project experience and a 35 hours of contact hours related to business analysis course is mandatory. High school diploma holders needs to show a 7500 hours of business analysis experience along with a 2000 hours of general project experience and a 35 hours of contact hours related to business analysis course is mandatory.
Methodology
This course is highly interactive and uses diverse teaching methods (lectures, self-assessments, group discussions, activities, and videos) to accommodate different learning styles This training will also leverage on participant’s personal life and work experiences.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this program, participants should be able to :
- Understand the business analysts concepts, approach and techniques
Outlines
Module 1: Introduction to PMI-PBA℠ Certification
- Overview of certification process, requirements, and application tips
- PMI-PBA℠ Exam overview
- Business analysis terminologies
Module 2: Project Goals
· Define the business problem or opportunity and work the value proposition
· Develop project goals
· Identify and analyse the stakeholders
· Business case review
· Define traceability of requirements
· Develop requirements management plan
· Plan requirements change control
· Plan for document control
· Define solution acceptance criteria
Module 3: PBA Requirement
· Elicit requirements
· Analyze requirements
· Perform gap analysis
· Allocate requirements
· Obtain requirements signoff
· Write requirements specifications
· Validate requirements
· Elaborate and specify detailed requirements acceptance criteria
Module 4: Traceability and Monitoring
· Track requirements
· Monitor requirements
· Update requirements status
· Communicate requirements status
· Validate test results
· Communicate solution defects
· Obtain stakeholder signoff of solution
· Evaluate solution value
Manage changes to requirements
Module 5: Exam Preparation
· Practice Exam Questions & Review
· Risk performance information
· Risk reporting
· Workaround
· Risk trends
· Risk audits
· Risk reassessments
· Risk closure
Module 6: Risk Qualitative Analysis
- Probability and impact assessment
- Risk matrix
- Risk score
- Project risk score
- Data quality
- Risk urgency
- Watchlist
- Top 10 list
- Risk categorization
- Human nature and bias
- Go-no-go decision
Module 7: Risk Quantitative Analysis
- Expected monetary value
- Decision tree
- Risk exposure
- Multi-impact risk
- Monte carlo analysis
- Sensitive analysis
- Tornado chart
- Risk exposure
Module 8: Risk Response
· Identifying risk causes
· Threats response strategies
· Opportunities response strategies
· Contingencies plans
· Fallback plans
· Triggers
· Residual risks
· Secondary risks
Module 9: Managing Overall Project Risk
· Overall project risk and its root-causes
· Project appraisals
· Risk indicators
· 6 alternatives to build the reserve
· Using the reserve
Module 10: Monitoring Risks
· Monitoring cycle
· Risk performance information
· Risk reporting
· Workaround
· Risk trends
· Risk audits
· Risk reassessments
· Risk closure
· Lessons learned
Module 11: Risk Governance
· Adapting to policies
· Metrics
· Lessons learned
Module 12: Reviewing PMBOK Knowledge Areas
- Project management framework
- Scope management
- Time management
- Costs management
- Human resources management
- Communications management
- Procurement management
- Stakeholders management
Module 13: Exam Simulation
- Exam simulation
- Exam analysis and diagnosis