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BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
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BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
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Module 1 Module 4
CONTEXTUALISING BUSINESS SYSTEMS ANALYSIS ELICITING AND COMMUNICATING REQUIREMENTS
In order to be an effective business systems analyst, Most projects fail because of poorly documented requirements.
you need to have a sound understanding of organisations, This module covers key soft skills, tools and techniques that are
systems, stakeholders, the relationship between these elements, essential to ensuring you can elicit requirements thoroughly and
and the Business Systems Analyst (BSA). Module 1 places the role effectively, as well as methods of communicating requirements
of the BSA within the context of the organisation and the systems to stakeholders in a way that they can easily understand.
development lifecycle, and provides an overview of the key This module also introduces you to the different types of
technical, industry and soft skills needed by a BSA. requirements you will be working with as a BSA.
Module 2 Module 5
ANALYSING THE CURRENT BUSINESS SYSTEM PREPARING TO CREATE A BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS
Module 2 is the first of two modules on compiling the SPECIFICATION
business case for a possible solution. This module gives you In order to be a success, a project needs to have clearly
a brief overview of the business case and what its function is, defined and documented requirements. The requirements that
and then moves on to conducting an analysis of the current you elicit will be communicated in a variety of forms (models,
business system (the as-is analysis). This includes identifying flow charts, diagrams and narratives) and collated into one large
the business need (defining business goals and objectives, document the business requirements specification document.
identifying the business problem, and identifying stakeholders This module introduces you to the business requirements
and their requirements), as well as assessing the capability gap. specification, which you will be working on from Modules 5 to
In this module, you will complete the first part of a business 9 as part of an ongoing project. This module outlines all the
case, which forms part of your ongoing project. different domains of requirements, as well as the different ways
these requirements are communicated. At the end of the module
you will specify the non-functional requirements for a project.
Module 3
RECOMMENDING AN ALTERNATE BUSINESS SYSTEM
This module continues on from Module 2, and covers how
Module 6
to identify and recommend an alternate system solution. MODELLING BUSINESS PROCESSES AND SYSTEM ARCHITEC-
You will discover tools to help you define the solution scope as TURE REQUIREMENTS
well as the solution approach, and will also learn how to conduct Process modelling is an essential skill all business systems
a feasibility analysis in order to determine which solutions are analysts need to have. Module 6 gives you an overview of
the most feasible to recommend. At the end of this module business process modelling, and the different types of process
you will conduct your own feasibility study and complete the models a BSA might produce. It also introduces you to the
business case you started in Module 2. modelling notation you will be using to create your models and
flow charts BPMN. At the end of this module you will create
your own business process models using draw.io, a free online
diagram and flow chart editor.
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Module 7 Module 9
MODELLING FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS ASSURING QUALITY
Modelling is an essential skill for a business systems analyst This module covers quality assurance and analysis. An important
to possess. In Module 7 you will get to flex your modelling part of a BSAs role is ensuring that systems are tested to ensure
muscles, and will be creating a use-case model, and a functional that the solution is verified and validated before it goes live. You
decomposition diagram. You will also learn how to formulate will learn key quality assurance methods and techniques, and at
user stories and epics. All of these models will form part of your the end of the module, you will design a test scenario that will
business requirements specification document. include test cases, input data and output data.
Module 8 Module 10
MODELLING DATA AND HUMAN-SYSTEM INTERFACE DESIGN FACILITATING CHANGE AND INNOVATION
This module is split into two parts data modelling and A Business Systems Analyst is ultimately an agent of change.
human-system interface design. Skilled business analysts, The solution they recommend, that is designed and developed
who can ensure new and existing IT systems are designed and then implemented, will ultimately result in some form of
from a human perspective in addition to effectively enhancing change for the organisation, for the system itself, and for the
the strategic objectives of a business, are in high demand. end-user. This change can be disruptive, and BSAs need to have
This module covers the human system interface design element a cache of change management tools and techniques to help
of business systems analysis, ensuring you can design systems them facilitate change and innovation effectively. This module
that meet the needs of end-users. In the data components, provides you with tried and tested methods for facilitating various
you will be creating part of an entity relationship diagram and a types of change organisational change, system change, and
data flow diagram, as well as formulating data definitions. personal change as well as the skills to identify which methods
are appropriate in which circumstances.
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