Enterprise Analysis

OCI - Education & Training - Enterprise Analysis

Schedule


Course Location Begin Date End Date Time Hours Register
Enterprise Analysis CAIT - St. Louis Feb 23, 2012 Feb 24, 2012 Th-F 9-4:30 pm 12 CAIT
  CAIT - St. Louis Mar 13, 2012 Mar 22, 2012 T/Th, 5:30-8:30 pm 12 CAIT
  CAIT - St. Louis Sep 04, 2012 Sep 05, 2012 T-W, 9-4:30pm 12 CAIT

Goals
How to Develop Specifications That Drive Quality Business System Results

How often have you read of a company that touted the successful implementation of new processes or technology one year and then struggled to achieve business results the next? Unfortunately, an improvement project executed to technical perfection will only have modest impact if it doesn't tightly target critical business needs. Enterprise Analysis is the collection of early project activities that capture the necessary view of the business to provide context to requirements and functional design efforts.

BABoK (TM) Compliance - This seminar thoroughly covers the Enterprise Analysis knowledge area.

After completing this seminar, participants will be able to:

  • Identify stakeholders and navigate the organizational politics
  • Understand the components of a Business Architecture
  • Conduct feasibility studies to determine the optimum business solution
  • Scope and define the new business opportunity
  • Prepare the business case
  • Conduct initial risk assessment
  • Prepare the decision package

Audience
  • Business analysis managers
  • Business or technical analysts
  • Operations managers
  • Project managers
  • Requirements engineers
  • IT or development managers
  • Systems analyst or managers

Duration
2 Days

Prerequisites
None

Contents
  • Creating the Enterprise Analysis Framework
    • Defining the process
    • Identifying the inputs, components and outputs of enterprise analysis
    • Identifying stakeholders
  • Developing and updating the business architecture
    • Creating/interpreting the strategic plan
    • Frameworks for business architecture evaluation
    • Establishing traceability
  • Conducting feasibility studies
    • Framework and requirements
    • Current state assessment
    • Identification of alternatives
    • Documentation
  • Defining the business opportunity
    • Developing a visioning document
    • Collaborative work sessions
    • Analysis of options
    • Future state identification
  • Preparing the business case
    • Cost-benefit analysis
    • Business case components
    • Conducting the initial risk assessment
    • Preparing the decision package
  • Enterprise Analysis Integration
    • Evaluating and leveraging organizational dynamics
    • Linking Enterprise Analysis to requirements management
    • Identifying the business analyst's critical skills, competencies and responsibilities

Format
Lecture