Business Requirements Document for Beginner Business Analyst
Recommended Course for the Beginner BA Who Speaks English as a Second Language
Ratings 4.20 / 5.00
What You Will Learn!
- Students will learn to document 100% of the most critical fields of a Business Requirements Document.
- Students will be able to determine the 6 key areas of any project, including a project in Information Technology.
- Students will acquire the skill to compare IT areas to parts of a house, for example
- Students will practice gathering required information for their first BRD
Description
This is a concise course that simplifies the creation of a Business Requirements
Document (BRD) for a project in Information Technology (IT).
BRD requirements are sketched and defined in 2 steps: 1) the first step - Part One - identifies the 6 key project
areas for a project that is not IT-related; and 2) the second step - Part Two - describes the
6 required areas for a BRD in IT. The 6 required areas for a BRD in IT are as follows:
(1) SCOPE. The Business Analyst/Project Manager needs to know which features of the project
are his/her responsibility and which features are not his/her responsibility.
(2) CONSTRAINTS. For examples, constraints or limits on the project budget or required time of completion for the project.
(3) ASSUMPTIONS. This may refer to "an educated guess" - for example, assuming that testing resources will be available when parts of the project need to be tested.
4) FRONT-END TECHNOLOGIES (VISIBLE AREAS). For example, a Graphic User Interface or GUI.
(5) BACK-END TECHNOLOGIES (NON-VISIBLE AREAS), which describes technology that the user cannot see in the browser. For example, a database or server.
(6) REGULATIONS, which describes the regulatory standards that apply to the project being developed.
Colorful graphics animate the discussion, and a quiz follows each lecture. The quizzes are based on
real-life scenarios, and they facilitate the process of learning and remembering new subject matter.
In addition, a final exercise, as well as a glossary of IT-related terms, help the student produce
his/her first BRD.
At the end of the course, the student will have acquired the skills for gathering the information
required for a very professional BRD.
Who Should Attend!
- Target students include the beginner Business Analyst (BA) and the professional transitioning into the role of BA.
- The course may be especially useful for the student for whom English is a relatively new second language.
- The course may be especially valuable for the student who has little experience with producing written documentation
