CONDUCTING BUSINESS ANALYSIS & DEVELOPING REQUIREMENTS
Deliver Strategic Value by Eliciting, Analyzing, and Documenting Business Requirements Effectively
Course Schedule
| Date | Venue | Fees (Face-to-Face) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 – 16 Oct 2025 | Doha – Qatar | USD 3495 per delegate |
Course Introduction
Business analysis plays a critical role in identifying business needs, solving problems, and delivering data-driven solutions. High-quality requirements are at the heart of successful projects—but poorly defined requirements often lead to delays, scope creep, and project failure.
This comprehensive 5-day course equips professionals with the skills to perform business analysis using global best practices. Participants will learn how to gather, validate, document, and manage requirements that align with organizational goals and stakeholder expectations.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will be able to:
• Apply business analysis frameworks to define and analyze business needs
• Use elicitation techniques to capture clear and actionable requirements
• Document and validate functional and non-functional requirements
• Develop requirements specifications, user stories, and use cases
• Support solution assessment, scope definition, and change control
Key Benefits of Attending
• Gain a structured approach to understanding and solving business problems
• Avoid costly errors by capturing accurate, complete, and testable requirements
• Enhance communication between business users and technical teams
• Increase your effectiveness in driving project success and stakeholder satisfaction
• Prepare for future certification in business analysis (e.g., CBAP®, PMI-PBA®)
Intended Audience
This program is designed for:
• Business analysts and systems analysts
• Project managers and team leaders
• Product owners and solution architects
• Functional managers and process improvement specialists
• Anyone responsible for gathering, analyzing, or managing project requirements
Individual Benefits
Key competencies that will be developed include:
• Requirements elicitation and stakeholder analysis
• Gap analysis, root cause analysis, and process modeling
• Writing high-quality user stories and acceptance criteria
• Creating use cases, data flow diagrams, and traceability matrices
• Collaborating across business and IT teams for aligned outcomes
Organization Benefits
Upon completing the training course, participants will demonstrate:
• More accurate and complete project documentation
• Reduced rework and faster time-to-solution through better requirements
• Stronger collaboration between business, IT, and project delivery teams
• Increased project success rates and customer satisfaction
• Enhanced agility in responding to changing business needs
Instructional Methdology
The course follows a blended learning approach combining theory with practice:
• Strategy Briefings – Business analysis process, roles, and methodologies
• Case Studies – Successful and failed projects analyzed from a BA perspective
• Workshops – Requirement elicitation interviews, documentation exercises
• Peer Exchange – Cross-functional requirement challenges and solutions
• Tools – Requirements templates, use case formats, and traceability models
Course Outline
DETAILED 5-DAY COURSE OUTLINE
Training Hours: 7:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Daily Format: 3–4 Learning Modules | Coffee breaks: 09:30 & 11:15 | Lunch Buffet: 01:00 – 02:00
Day 1: Introduction to Business Analysis
Module 1: Business Analysis Overview & Key Concepts (07:30 – 09:30)
• Business analysis lifecycle and stakeholder roles
Module 2: Understanding Business Needs (09:45 – 11:15)
• Problem vs. opportunity analysis, business case development
Module 3: Workshop – Stakeholder Mapping (11:30 – 01:00)
• Identify key influencers and their interests
Module 4: Defining Project Scope (02:00 – 03:30)
• Scope boundaries, assumptions, and constraints
Day 2: Eliciting Requirements Effectively
Module 1: Elicitation Techniques (07:30 – 09:30)
• Interviews, workshops, surveys, document analysis
Module 2: Observing and Modeling Business Processes (09:45 – 11:15)
• Use of BPMN, flowcharts, and SIPOC diagrams
Module 3: Workshop – Conducting a Requirement Interview (11:30 – 01:00)
• Simulated client interview and documentation
Module 4: Organizing Requirements (02:00 – 03:30)
• Functional, non-functional, transition requirements
Day 3: Analyzing and Documenting Requirements
Module 1: Validating and Prioritizing Requirements (07:30 – 09:30)
• MoSCoW method, traceability, conflict resolution
Module 2: Writing Clear Requirements (09:45 – 11:15)
• SMART criteria, structured templates, requirement attributes
Module 3: Workshop – Develop a Requirements Specification (11:30 – 01:00)
• Create a BRD or SRS from raw input
Module 4: Use Cases and User Stories (02:00 – 03:30)
• Visualizing and narrating requirements
Day 4: Supporting Solution Design & Change
Module 1: Supporting Solution Assessment (07:30 – 09:30)
• Feasibility and alternative analysis
Module 2: Supporting Development and Testing (09:45 – 11:15)
• Collaboration with designers and QA teams
Module 3: Workshop – Writing Acceptance Criteria (11:30 – 01:00)
• Define testable and clear user stories
Module 4: Managing Requirements Change (02:00 – 03:30)
• Impact analysis and approval workflows
Day 5: Tools, Techniques & Best Practices
Module 1: Requirements Management Tools (07:30 – 09:30)
• JIRA, Confluence, Excel trackers, and modeling software
Module 2: Business Analysis Documentation Review (09:45 – 11:15)
• Review and critique of sample deliverables
Module 3: Workshop – Capstone Project (11:30 – 01:00)
• Build a complete set of requirements for a sample case
Module 4: Wrap-Up – BA Roadmap & Professional Growth (02:00 – 03:30)
• Career paths, certifications, and ongoing development
Certification
Participants will receive a Certificate of Completion in Conducting Business Analysis & Developing Requirements, validating their ability to drive business value through structured requirements elicitation, documentation, and analysis aligned with project and organizational goals.