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Workshop Outline
Business Systems Analysis: Essential Techniques
Foundational Knowledge
No foundational business systems analysis or technical knowledge is required.
Introduction
Project management of business projects has undergone a paradigm shift. Contemporary project management has evolved to become a dynamic and flexible approach that reflects the rapid changes in technology, organizations and development approaches. thomsett INTERNATIONAL presents a radical model of project management that is driven by the need for faster delivery cycles, full business involvement and higher productivity and quality. The role of the Business Systems Analyst in defining the content of the business project is becoming more and more significant in this environment.
The Workshop
This three day workshop introduces an integrated set of analysis and modelling techniques designed to help the Business Systems Analyst in understanding and documenting the complex areas of project scope, objectives and added value or benefit expectations. In addition, the workshop presents powerful modelling tools for translating the business objectives into system requirements.
These techniques have been developed, adapted and applied by thomsett INTERNATIONAL in many business and IT projects over the past 18 years. They are considered by experts as Best Practice and have been adopted by many leading organisations as a standard.
Topics Include
- The changing business and IT project environment
- The essential analysis concepts
- Logical versus physical systems
- Data versus information
- Expectations versus requirements
- Project Planning
- The business drivers
- Defining scope and objectives
- Stakeholders and related projects
- Current System Study
- Case Study: Introduction
- Introduction to data-flow diagrams
- Modeling scope and objectives
- Context Level Data-flow Diagrams
- Case Study: Current System Context Level Data-flow Diagram
- Modeling business processes
- Tips and tricks for modeling processes
- Level 1 Data-flow Diagrams
- Case Study: Current System Level 1 Data-flow Diagram
- An introduction to Benefits Analysis
- Project Objective levels
- The IRACIS model
- Primary and secondary benefits
- Gathering benefits data
- Project objectives measures
- Case Study: Added Value Analysis Plan
- Modeling data requirements
- Introduction to data analysis
- Basic terms and concepts
- Relationship to project management
- Case Study: Project Plan, Requirements Analysis Phase
- Putting it all together
- Modeling proposed business systems requirements
- Case Study: Proposed System Context and Level 1 Data-flow Diagrams
- Conclusion
Documentation
Workshop participants will receive a full set of the workshop materials and a book written by Rob and Camille Thomsett on Business Systems Analysis.
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