Analyst Web-based Seminars

Introduction to Surveys This course is an introduction to survey design, methodology, implementation and execution. The course will also go through questionnaire design/ writing, sample design, data collection strategies, multivariate analyses, and presentation of tables/ graphs. For more information contact us directly. Our courses are offered in three formats a resident course at our office, a corporate course on  more...

How to Plan Prepare and Manage Acceptance Testing ...ially your organization) at risk. This online business analyst testing course teaches you how to select a testing strategy, develop a test plan, organize test scenarios, and manage the testing effort for end-user acceptance testing based on business, stakeholder, solution, and transition requirements. Note: This instructor-led course delivered in two virtual sessions via the Internet  more...

How to Find and Build Test Cases from Business Requirements ... To err is human, to test divine. This online business analyst testing workshop presents test engineering techniques to identify scenarios to be tested, document the setup criteria, script the execution steps, and establish how to quickly evaluate whether the solution passed or failed the test. You will learn how to use business requirements, stakeholder requirements, solution requirements,  more...

How to Define and Document Use Cases A business use case diagram is a visual tool that shows interaction between the environment and an evolving information technology solution. A single business use case is a textual tool for representing how individual end-users and other involved parties or systems (collectively referred to as "actors") will interact with the proposed system. Knowing why you need a business use case, when it  more...

How to Analyze and Improve Business Data ...a asa aa valuablea resource. This on-line business analyst training workshop assumes you know how to draw business data models (entity/ relationship diagrams). It is designed to give you a time-proven set of business analysis techniques, methods, and tricks to help you analyze an existing business data model, create a new business data model, and extract informational requirements  more...

How to Build Business Data Models Business data represents the atomic level of information systems. It forms the basis upon which everything else depends. In a very real sense if you get the business data right, the rest will follow. If you get the business data wrong, the system may never recover. In order to get the majority of the business data right, it is essential to have a picture of the data in form of a business data  more...

How to Track and Monitor Business Analysis Activities Once your business analysis activities have been planned and scheduled, tracking the activities and monitoring progress on the project can consume a lot of the time allocated for business analysis. If not done properly, these activities can cause you to spend more time working in a project manager capacity and neglecting the requirements gathering activities that are the prime responsibility of  more...

How to Elicit Business System Requirements ... early in your project. How will you, the business system analyst, and the business subject matter experts (SMEs) determine what the system should do when you are finished? There are many people involved, each with different expectations and needs. How can you deal with these difficulties, gather reasonable requirements quickly, and not waste the effort? This training workshop offers  more...

How to Package and Communicate Business Requirements ...analyst is bridging the communication gap between the business community and the technology experts. Business, stakeholder, solution, and transition requirements describe what information technology has to deliver but making sure that both parties agree on just what these requirements mean is the real challenge. This virtual workshop presents concepts, tools, techniques, and ideas for  more...

How to Build Business Process Models ...d, error-prone, and inefficient. This online business analyst training course shows you how to create and validate business process models using business process analysis techniques such as context diagrams, data flow diagrams, activity diagrams, and swimlane diagrams. You will also learn how to use business event/ response tables to create an event-centric process model for your project.  more...

How to Analyze and Improve Business Processes ...ess process analysis is one of the most critical business analyst skills. It is the activity that uses business process models for improving business processes without putting your project a or your organization a at risk. This online business analyst workshop assumes you know how to create business process models (context, data flow, activity, and swimlane diagrams) and builds on that  more...