Systems Investigation and Analysis Workshop

Stehle Associates
London, United Kingdom

Course Format: Classroom | E-learning | Virtual Class | Online/Live | On-site/In-house | Blended | Self-paced

Course Description:

'' How many developments fail because analysis did not reveal the true needs, or the development team solved the wrong problem? How often do users find that the system is not what they expected? Why do projects go wrong? No matter what development approach or technologies an organisation employs, without effective analysis the solution will not be the optimum. To achieve effective but timely analysis requires skilled staff who know how to elicit needs and how to confirm them. Without the necessary skills analysis is either not conducted, or perhaps worse, conducted incorrectly.

Proficient analysis pays for itself in time saved later in the project. Cancelled projects and those that require major modification after implementation cost organisations dearly, not just in the direct and visible costs, but in the lost opportunity for the business and the loss of respect with users. Good analysis identifies problems and potential solutions early in the development life cycle, allowing omissions and errors to be identified and resolved at negligible cost. Getting requirements correct at the outset can save 50 to 200 times the cost of trying to correct for mistakes downstream (Boehm and Papaccio, 1988). This is the sort of saving that every organisation wants to achieve.

Who should attend:

This world-renowned course is a non-technical but intensive and participative introduction to the skills required during analysis. Its simple message - that effective systems result from sound problem and opportunity analysis - is aimed at any staff involved in business analysis, business re-engineering and systems analysis work.

Business Managers and Staff
Business Analysts
Systems Analysts and Designers
Prerequisites:

There are no specific prerequisites for this course. Some experience of business or analysis would be useful but is not essential.

What you will learn:

On successful completion of this course, attendees will be able to:

Initiate a business systems analysis project
Investigate and document requirements
Employ interactive workshop techniques to compress timescales and agree requirements
Investigate and document requirements
Analyse the problems and weaknesses of the current system
Investigate and document requirements
Identify business-oriented solutions together with opportunities for IS/IT support
Investigate and document requirements
Present clear statements of findings and recommendations, and gain acceptance of proposals for further work
What you will cover:

Project Initiation - Understanding business objectives and constraints; information requirements; problems and weaknesses in the current system
Information Gathering - Meetings and interviews; observation; questionnaires; interview technique; checklists and guides; listening, and analysing responses; discovering exceptions; note-taking and summarisation
Interactive Workshop Planning and Execution - Workshop content, agenda and preparation; workshop dynamics and logistics; gaining consensus; follow up and resolving issues
Analysis Documentation - Flow diagrams; collating and summarising quantitative data; identifying anomalies; walkthroughs and reviews
Problem Analysis - Identifying, quantifying and analysing business problems; critical success factors; problem ownership; critical examination and cause effect analysis
Outline Design - creative thinking; problem solving and potential problem analysis; right brain and left brain thinking; designing in teams; design constraints and validation
Effective Communication - one way and two way communication; elements of the communication process; explaining and gaining acceptance of proposals; written and verbal communication skills
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Elements of this syllabus are subject to change.

Phone:+44 (0)20 7917 9943

School Address/Venue(s):

Stehle Associates
212 Piccadilly
London W1J 9HG United Kingdom

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