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IIBA Endorsed Certified Business Analyst

DATE

2024-07-01;

LOCATION

To Be Determined;

Why Attend?

In today’s competitive environment, professional analysts who possess critical analytical thinking skills are a major asset for any organization. These skills involve deductive reasoning, drawing conclusions from given facts, and applying judgments to reach conclusions from a combination of evidence and assumptions. Participants in this course will learn fundamental thinking processes that can be used to analyze and solve a wide variety of business problems giving them a powerful career advantage. Participants who fully attend this course and successfully pass a test on the last day of training will receive PiB’s Professional Certificate.

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New and advanced analysts and project managers who are involved in researching, analyzing and investigating business problems and issues related to their organization.

  • Overview of the role of the business analyst
    • The business analyst’s scope of work
    • Business analysts as internal consultants
    • Active data gathering
    • Overview of problem solving approaches
    • Generating creative solutions
    • Intelligence versus creativity
    • Effective decision making
    • Choosing between alternatives
  • Thinking strategically
    • An overview of strategic thinking
    • The three big strategic questions
    • Key elements of a successful strategy
    • Strategy and the quest for competitive advantage
    • The importance of strategy
    • The 5 Cs of strategic analysis
    • Porter's 5 forces impact Potential Industry Earnings (PIE)
    • Creating and capturing value
    • Conducting SWOT analysis
    • Fundamentals of PEDESTL framework
  • Structuring problems
    • The importance of structuring problems
    • Defining the right issue
    • Using the issue statement
    • Dividing issues into manageable parts
    • The use of logic trees in problem solving
    • Prioritizing and planning
    • The importance of prioritizing work
    • Eliminating non-essential issues
    • Using the 80:20 rule
    • Prioritization methodologies
    • Using the prioritization matrix
    • Developing practical project plans
    • Building an effective work plan
  • Conducting analyses
    • Getting the right data
    • Types of research
    • Primary research development
    • Secondary research development
    • Using pivot tables for analysis
      • Introduction to pivot tables
      • Creating pivot tables
      • Customizing pivot tables
      • Performing calculations within pivot tables
      • Creating calculated fields
      • Creating calculated items
      • Using cell references and name ranges
      • Managing pivot table calculations
  • Communicating and presenting
    • Turning data into findings
    • Building effective arguments
    • Communicating findings by telling a 'story'
    • Story telling elements
    • Designing powerful presentations
    • Presenting to senior man

2022 - Course Format & Date

DATE: 2024-07-01; - 2023-07-02;
COURSE DURATION: 2; DAYS
VENUE: To Be Determined;
COURSE FORMAT: Face To Face;
AMOUNT: GHS 0;

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