In-Person

The Business Analyst: Partner in Digital Transformation

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Length
3 days
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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  • Downtown

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Rate
$3,095
$3,095
Language

French

Formations sur mesure pour les organisations

Program can be

Customized for

your organization
Formations internationales

Delivered anywhere

in the world
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Nadia Uria-Fernandez
Nadia Uria-Fernandez
Program Manager

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This program will introduce you to best practices and techniques that every good business analyst should have in their toolbox in order to boost their performance, anticipate and control risk, and support project stakeholders and decision-makers in the midst of change.

This program will shed light on the business analyst’s areas of knowledge and work organization as they pertain to project implementation using a Waterfall or Agile delivery approach.

GOALS

This program will enable you to:

  • Gauge the contribution and added value of your role as a business analyst within an organization.
  • Learn the basic necessities of business analysis, including the required skill sets, techniques and tools.
  • Understand the business analyst’s processes, activities and tasks in a strategic and project context.

IS THIS FOR YOU?

If you’re an aspiring business analyst, product owner or manager of a BA team and you would like to improve your performance and add to your toolbox, this program is for you.

You are a practising or aspiring business analyst or a manager in charge of a business analysis team. Your organization’s practices in this area are loosely structured. You would like to improve your performance and add to your toolbox.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Course contents compliant with the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) published by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), as well as the Practice Guide in Business Analysis published by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
  • Practical approach aimed at improving performance and reducing risk related to business analysis throughout the project life cycle.
  • Exposure to an extensive selection of tools to support business analysts in their activities (predictive/adaptive).
  • Current content in line with the latest industry standards.

Participants will receive a certificate of completion from Executive Education HEC Montréal.

The art and science of business analysis

  • International institutions dedicated to the development of the profession (IIBA and PMI)
  • Definition of business analysis
  • Role of the business analyst
  • Competency model
  • Overview of various delivery modes for digital projects

Business analysis in a strategic and project management context

  • Business analysis approach to a project
  • Business analysis processes, activities and tasks in a project cycle
  • Business analysis techniques and tools
  • Corresponding skill sets:

Business analysis and Agile delivery

  • Why Agile?
  • Agile philosophy, approach, values and principles
  • Introduction to Agile methodologies and frameworks
  • Particularities of Agile business analysis

TRAINING APPROACH

  • Lectures
  • Real-world case studies and scenarios
  • Hands-on experience with various techniques and tools
  • Exercises
  • Discussions about key concepts
Jean-Pierre Lacroix

MSc, CBAP, PMI-ACP, SPC

Strategic advisor in organizational transformation

Xuan-Hoa Tran

PMP, CBAP, PMI-ACP, SPC4

Specialist in digital transformation and business analysis

In-Person

The Business Analyst: Partner in Digital Transformation

This program will introduce you to best practices and techniques that every good business analyst should have in their toolbox in order to boost their performance, anticipate and control risk, and support project stakeholders and decision-makers in the midst of change.

This program will shed light on the business analyst’s areas of knowledge and work organization as they pertain to project implementation using a Waterfall or Agile delivery approach.

Presentation Program Instructors

GOALS

This program will enable you to:

  • Gauge the contribution and added value of your role as a business analyst within an organization.
  • Learn the basic necessities of business analysis, including the required skill sets, techniques and tools.
  • Understand the business analyst’s processes, activities and tasks in a strategic and project context.

IS THIS FOR YOU?

If you’re an aspiring business analyst, product owner or manager of a BA team and you would like to improve your performance and add to your toolbox, this program is for you.

You are a practising or aspiring business analyst or a manager in charge of a business analysis team. Your organization’s practices in this area are loosely structured. You would like to improve your performance and add to your toolbox.

SPECIAL FEATURES

  • Course contents compliant with the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) published by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA), as well as the Practice Guide in Business Analysis published by the Project Management Institute (PMI).
  • Practical approach aimed at improving performance and reducing risk related to business analysis throughout the project life cycle.
  • Exposure to an extensive selection of tools to support business analysts in their activities (predictive/adaptive).
  • Current content in line with the latest industry standards.

Participants will receive a certificate of completion from Executive Education HEC Montréal.

The art and science of business analysis

  • International institutions dedicated to the development of the profession (IIBA and PMI)
  • Definition of business analysis
  • Role of the business analyst
  • Competency model
  • Overview of various delivery modes for digital projects

Business analysis in a strategic and project management context

  • Business analysis approach to a project
  • Business analysis processes, activities and tasks in a project cycle
  • Business analysis techniques and tools
  • Corresponding skill sets:

Business analysis and Agile delivery

  • Why Agile?
  • Agile philosophy, approach, values and principles
  • Introduction to Agile methodologies and frameworks
  • Particularities of Agile business analysis

TRAINING APPROACH

  • Lectures
  • Real-world case studies and scenarios
  • Hands-on experience with various techniques and tools
  • Exercises
  • Discussions about key concepts
Jean-Pierre Lacroix

MSc, CBAP, PMI-ACP, SPC

Strategic advisor in organizational transformation

Xuan-Hoa Tran

PMP, CBAP, PMI-ACP, SPC4

Specialist in digital transformation and business analysis

TESTIMONIAL(S)

“The information contained in the training is clear and complete. The trainers are very knowledgeable in their subject matter and are very generous when answering our questions, given that each participant comes from a different background and has different experience."

- Dina Badouder, Archivist Analyst, Irosoft Inc.
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