Day 1

• Introduction to Business Analysis
• The Role and Key Responsibilities of the BA
• Structure of the IT team
• Introduction to the critical Tools used by BAs
• Requirement Gathering Techniques
  

Day 5

• Introduction to Tools
• Requirements Management-Requisite Pro
• Analysis and Design-Rational Rose
• Business Process Modeling– Microsoft Visio, All Fusion
• Process Modeling, Data Modeling- What are the tools?
• Review Mini Projects
  

Day 2

• JAD sessions (How to conduct)
• Different Types of Requirements
• How to create Business Requirement Document and
• Functional Requirement Document
• How to create Software Requirement Specifications
  

Day 6

• Testing
• Testing Methodologies, Test Cases, Test Plan
• A brief description of Test Director, Quality Centre
  

Day 3

• Overview of Software Engineering –Methodologies, Principles and
  Practices
• Why SDLC?
• SDLC – Description of different methodologies with a special emphasis on RUP
  
• Business Process Modeling – Overview and Advantages
• Introduction to UML Modeling
• Specification, Rules and guidelines of the language
  As-Is BPA and To-Be BPA, Difference, Gap Analysis and Feasibility Analysis
  

Day 7

• An overview of SQL, Entity Relationship
• Diagrams, Star Schema,
• Snow Flake Schema
• Overview of Data Mapping, Data Integration,
• Data Analysis
• Service Oriented Architecture, Business Process Management- Overview
  

Day 4

• Part 1 - Use Case, Activity and State Diagrams
• Part 2 – Sequence, Collaboration, Class and Object Diagrams
• Part 3 – Component, Package and Deployment Diagrams
• Mini Projects to conceptualize and put theory into practice
• Use Case approach to Requirements
• Use Cases – System, Actors (Primary and secondary), Use Case
• Narrative, Basic Flow, Alternate and Exception flows, Business Rules
• Writing Effective Use Cases
• Mini Projects

Day 8

• Interaction with the students and discussion on the topics taught
• Resume preparation-Suggestions
• Interview Questions &Wrap Up