Business Analysis
Strategic Business Analysis
Lift business analysis to the strategic level.
2 daysAdvanced8 modules
About this course
Lift business analysis to the strategic level. You will strengthen strategic thinking, analyse the current state, define the future state, assess risks, shape the change strategy, build the business case and evaluate solution performance.
What you'll learn
- Understand what comprises strategy analysis and when and how it is performed
- Identify the “big picture” and improve your strategic thinking skills
- Increase project success by better defining the business need
- Learn how to analyze the current state and define future state
- Develop and assess alternative approaches to the change and propose the “best” recommended solution
- Determine how to evaluate a solution once it is implemented to ensure it meets its expected value
Curriculum
8 modules
- Strategy analysis defined
- Strategy analysis tasks
- Strategy analysis and the project life cycle
- Key competencies needed for strategy analysis
- Thinking - an introduction
- Strategic thinking skills
- How to become a strategic thinker
- Strategic thinking tools and techniques
- Current state analysis overview
- Determine the business need
- Identify stakeholders
- Conduct a current state analysis
- Future state overview
- Define business goals and objectives
- Determine solution scope
- Identify constraints
- Determine potential solution value
- Define the future state
- Risk analysis and management process
- Organizational risk tolerance levels
- Risk response options
- Identify risks and create a risk register
- Components of a change strategy
- Conduct a gap analysis
- Assess enterprise readiness
- Define a change strategy
- Determine a transition approach
- Business case overview
- Common mistakes in building a business case
- Present the business case
- Develop a mini business case
- Solution performance evaluation process
- Measure solution performance
- Define & analyze solution performance measures
- Assess solution and enterprise limitations
- Recommend actions to increase solution value
Who it's for
Experienced analysts, consultants and managers who shape initiatives before projects begin.
Before you start
- It is recommended that participants complete the Business Analysis Foundation course prior to enrolling or have equivalent experience.
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