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Overview

An expanding economy, increased global competition, and rapid technological growth provide today's organizations, public and private, with a tremendous challenge.  That challenge is to effectively use its resources to create, uncover and exploit opportunities for innovation and growth -to add value to its products and to its services.  At the heart of this challenge is the business analyst.

The Business Analysis Bootcamp provides experienced analysts with a road map for meeting that challenge.  It covers initial problem analysis, goal setting, creating a business case, planning, eliciting, analyzing and structuring requirements, assessing feasibility, generating alternative solutions and presenting the results of a business case to decision-makers.

At the core of this workshop is a Harvard Business School type case study that immerses the student in total job practice.  Video taped interviews and presentations provide maximum reinforcement of skills. Solving real business problems in the classroom gives participants not only the skills, but also the confidence to provide effective solutions and to recognize new opportunities for their organizations.

This workshop uses our exclusive “immersion” method of teaching.  Participants are thrust into a simulated “real life” situation where they actually practice and solve real business problems. 

At the conclusion of the course, participants get the opportunity to compare their solution to the actual situation as it occurred.  By doing so, they truly realize the impact that business analysts can have on their organizations.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of the Business Analysis Bootcamp, participants will be able to:

• Accurately diagnose business problems
• Define measurable objectives.
• Prepare cost-of-resource analysis for current and proposed systems.
• Generate and evaluate alternative solutions from a business point of view
• Devise a requirements-gathering plan.
• Plan and conduct data-gathering interviews.
• Identify areas of risk for a given systems solution.
• Communicate recommendations and alternatives to management, in management terms.
• Develop business solutions that favorably impact on their organization's overall goals.

Prerequisites: Introduction to Business Analysis or equivalent experience.  Some process modeling and business case experience is useful but not required.

Schedule:  5 Days, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Tuition: $2,495 (discounts available - click here for more information)

Location: UMBC Training Centers, South Campus, 1442 S. Rolling Road, Baltimore, MD 21227

Contact Information

E-mail Kyle Skinner or call (443) 543-5459 if you have any questions about this course or if you would like to be added to the interest list.