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Business Analysis Planning and Methods

BUS ADM X448.1

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Delivery Options Online

Rapid and effective business and process transformation is vital in today's competitive world. Learn business analysis fundamentals and the “Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring” knowledge area, which is the first of six generally accepted areas that define the profession's framework. Discover how practitioners determine/plan which activities are necessary in order to complete a business analysis effort. You will master the essential analysis theories that govern the performance of all other business analysis/transformation tasks. Study other topics such as return on investment (ROI) analysis and practical techniques used by business analysts in the real world.

Course Outline

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Course Objectives

  • Understand business analysis as a profession and the fundamentals of the business analysis life cycle and its tools, techniques and best practices
  • Define business requirements and throughout the business analysis life cycle
  • Design, develop, assess and manage business solutions
  • Understand and use tools and techniques that can be applied immediately to analyze and solve business problems

What You Learn

  • Plan and manage business analysis
  • Conduct a stakeholder analysis
  • Create data flow diagrams
  • Apply business analysis to information technology projects, Agile teams, business architecture, business process management and business intelligence
  • Create return on investment analysis

How You Learn

  • Online course commentaries
  • Course readings
  • Online discussions
  • Written assignments
  • Final project
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Sections

Section 042

Mar 08, 2021 to May 02, 2021 Online

Course Fee(s)

Course Fee credit (2 units)

$1,045.00


Type Online, Fixed Date

Enroll in this course by its start date and complete it by its specified end date. There are no live sessions, but plenty of opportunities to collaborate with your classmates and instructor.

Dates

Mar 08, 2021 to May 02, 2021

Instructional Hours

30.00

Delivery Options

Online

Available for Credit

2 semester units

Instructors

  • Timothy Donahue-Bombosch

Section Notes

Drop deadline: 6 days after start date.

This is a fixed-date class with asynchronous, online instruction. 

Student will receive access to their online section within the Canvas Learning Management System on the scheduled start date. There are weekly deadlines for assignments, and students will complete assignments within the specific dates posted in their online class.

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Section Materials

  • Textbook (Mandatory) Case # 909M11: Farming Pharmaceuticals: Ventria Bioscience and the Controversy over Plant-Made Medicines by Anne T. Lawrence © 2009 Harvard Business School Publishing
  • Textbook (Mandatory) Case # HKU774: Banyan Tree: Sustainability of a Brand During Rapid Global Expansion by Ali Farhoomand, Pauline Ng, Cathy Enz © 2008 Harvard Business School Publishing
  • Textbook (Mandatory) A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) © 2015 International Institute of Business Analysis v3 edition ISBN 1927584027 Textbook ISBN: 9781927584026

This course applies to the following programs:

Certificate Program in Business Analysis

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Required Courses

  • Business Analysis Fundamentals
  • Business Analysis Planning and Methods
  • Requirements Identification and Management
  • Business Solution Development and Delivery
  • Business Solution Evaluation and Validation

Learn More About this Program

Notes

Those who intend to sit for the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)® exam should also meet the IIBA® testing requirements.

Departmental contact: extension-business@berkeley.edu | (510) 642-4231

Prerequisites

Students must complete Business Analysis Fundamentals BUS ADM 423.8 before taking this course.

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Timothy Donahue-Bombosch, Ph.D., Extension Honored Instructor, is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP)® with more than 10 years of experience managing projects for Cisco, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Becton-Dickinson, Beckman Coulter, Genentech, Iridex, Affymetrix, Kaiser Permanente and Mindjet. 
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