(Online Delivery) Strategic Business Analysis

1 – Foundational Concepts

• Components of business analysis
• Business analysis competencies
• IIBA/PMI and the goals of a professional association
• Purpose for having a BA standard
• Exercise: Review the case study

2 – Introduction to Strategy Analysis

• Definition and purpose of Strategy Analysis
• The timing of Strategy Analysis
• Identifying stakeholders and the business need
• Discussions: Strategy analysis in your organization, When business needs are not clearly defined, and Strategy Analysis and the business analyst
• Exercises: Describe Strategy Analysis, Identify Roles/Responsibilities, and Identify the business need

3 – Analyze the Current State environment

• The importance of analyzing Current State
• Understanding Business Architecture
• Techniques for analyzing Current State

4 – Define the Future State

• Future State description
• Assessing impacts to business architecture
• Determining Solution Scope
• Discussions: Managing expectations with stakeholders, Capturing current capabilities, and How to approach acquiring capabilities

5 – Assess Risks

• Identifying risks
• Risk Tolerance/Categories/risk responses
• The concept of positive risk
• Techniques for identifying risks
• Discussions: Who is responsible for identifying risks? Who captures positive risks today?
• Exercise: Identify Risks

6 – Define the Change Strategy

• Defining change strategy
• Components of change strategy
• Solution scope, enterprise readiness and change
• Techniques for defining a change strategy

7 – Developing a Business Case

• The purpose of a business case
• Business case components
• Building a convincing business case
• Determining the Recommended Solution
• Packaging the business case
• Reviewing the business case with stakeholders
• Discussions: Evaluating project proposals and anticipating questions for the business case review
• Exercise: Create a business case