Classroom Sessions:
Date | Venue | Fees | |
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08 - 12 Dec 2025 | Dubai - UAE | $5,950 |
INTRODUCTION
Today’s organization deals with ever increasing levels of complexity and the ever increasing speed of change. In order to achieve maximum effectiveness managers must continually sharpen their skills.
In this GLOMACS training course, you will study how to:
- Understand and apply best practices of the business analysis discipline
- Appreciate the role of business analysis within the organisation
- Conduct a business-needs analysis to elicit stakeholder requirements
- Utilise methods, tools and techniques to identify issues and opportunities
- Prepare, manage and implement solution assessment and validation
Objectives
- Understand how a business analyst acts as an agent of business improvement
- Learn how to use a systematic approach based on “A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide)” Version 3.0
- Understand and apply a systematic framework for conducting business analysis activities through the phases of the business analysis life cycle
- Develop an appreciation for the essential responsibilities of a Business Analyst
- Provide best practices and theory with practical tools and techniques that can be applied immediately in your own organization
- Learn how to develop effective requirements and communication plans
Training Methodology
Participants will learn by active application of methods, tools and techniques presented throughout the training course. The sessions contain focused input from the training course leader, combined with practical sessions enabling delegates to apply the methods and tools to exercises and case studies drawn from a range of industries, including Oil & Gas. The training course caters for different learning style preferences through group work; individual work, participant discussion, facilitator interaction and self reflection.
Organisational Impact
- Facilitate continuous improvement in the organisation
- Accurately define the work of the organisation through the use of business process models
- Contribute to the achievement of breakthrough organisational performance
- Ability to recognise an effective business analysis intervention
- Understand how to identify changes that can Increase effectiveness and efficiency
Personal Impact
- Improved active listening and questioning skills to enhance communication effectiveness
- Increased problem solving and critical thinking skills
- An increased appreciation for your role in helping the organisation achieve improved performance
- Up-to-date techniques and methods to help implement systematic business improvement
- Enhanced management and teambuilding skills
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
This GLOMACS training course is useful for anyone who needs to understand or apply knowledge and skills from the business analysis discipline.
- Project managers who want to better understand the role of business analysis and business analysts within a project
- Business analysts who want to develop their ability to contribute within a project
- Project personnel and stakeholders seeking to advance their careers who desire to strengthen their professional abilities including:
- Functional managers
- Developers and testers
- Systems analysts
DAY 1
Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring
- Introduction to Business Analysis including Key Terms
- The Business Analysis Core Concept Model™
- Sources of Business Analysis Information
- Identify, analyse and communicate with relevant stakeholders
- Determining activities, deliverables, resources and measures
- Define how to approve requirements and manage scope changes
DAY 2
Requirements Elicitation, Management & Communication
- Plan Business Analysis Approach
- How to prepare for, and conduct, elicitation
- Confirming the results of elicitation
- Communicating Business Analysis Information
- Managing stakeholder collaboration
- How to trace and maintain requirements
- Prioritising, assessing and approving requirements
DAY 3
Requirements Analysis
- Specifying and modelling requirements
- Defining assumptions and constraints
- Verifying and validating requirements
- How to define requirements architecture
- Defining design options
- Solution assessment and validation
DAY 4
Developing Business Analysis Capabilities
- Analytical thinking and problem solving
- Behavioural characteristics
- Communication, interaction and conflict resolution skills
- Risk, responsibility, and skills analyses
- Using Data Flow Diagrams
- Case study
DAY 5
Business Analysis Tools and Techniques
- Project scope, schedule and metrics
- Functional decomposition techniques
- Decision modelling
- Benchmarking and Market Analysis
- Personal planning
- Commitment to action
- On successful completion of this training course, GLOMACS Certificate with eligible Continuing Professional Education credits (CPE) from National Registry of CPE Sponsor and Pre-approved Professional Development Hours (PDH), and/or Continuing Development Units (CDUs) from IIBA® will be awarded to the delegates
Endorsed Education Provider
GLOMACS is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.NASBARegistry.org
In Association With
Oxford Management Centre
A GLOMACS - Oxford Management Centre collaboration aimed at providing the best training services and benefits to our valued clients.
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