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Business/Systems Analysis for the 21st Century

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According to the Standish Group's 1997 and 2003 CHAOS reports, the most significant contributing factors to project failure could be traced directly to poor requirements understanding and definition.

In a recent Sequent Computer Systems Inc. study of about 500 IT managers the most frequently named cause of project failure was poorly defined and changing requirements.

A summary of other studies on the dominant reasons that projects fail indicates that the three most common failure points in developing enhancing or changing business systems today are:

1.      Incomplete and/or incorrect business requirements and/or technical specifications
2.      Incomplete or ineffective testing (often due to poor requirements)
3.      Improperly managed projects (either incompetent project management, or incomplete and/or incorrect requirements)

In all three cases, poor requirements definition, understanding and management play a dominant negative role.


What is Business Systems Analysis and Who Needs It?

Business Systems Analysis is the evolving discipline that deals with identifying your business information technology needs. It includes expressing these needs as business requirements, processes and rules (hereafter business requirements) that the business community and information professionals both interpret the same way.

Business requirements serve as the basis for development, testing, deployment, and use of your future information systems. They are the starting point for lifecycle management and business driven development. In a nutshell, these are the critical success factors for delivering information technology that the business community needs, wants, and will use. 
 
 
 
 
Business Analysis Training Curriculum
 
CORE Competency Workshops -- Level 1*

Discover the most commonly needed Business Systems Analysis techniques. Everyone who considers themselves a Business/System Analyst or anyone playing that role must have the skills taught in these workshops.

CORE+ Workshops -- Level 2* 

Learn the next most common set of Business Systems Analysis techniques. Every Business/System Analyst who considers themselves an advanced practitioner of the art and science of Business Systems Analysis should have the techniques taught in these sessions.

Supplemental Workshops -- Level 3*

Expand your personal set of techniques in the areas of estimating, leading and testing. All of them will make you a better Business Systems Analyst and place you in a position of leadership.

Customized Competency Workshops

All training offers are designed such that you can combine chapters from any set of classes to create a unique training experience for your group.
 
These webinars will help managers understand what Business System Analysis is all about. They are all available as instructor-led in-house courses (1-2 hours) or as a webinar (1 hour).
 

*Courses at these levels are also available as online workshops

 
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