Introduction

This highly interactive and practical Strategy & Business Analysis training course will help you to understand the business analysis work that is needed to collaborate with stakeholders in order to identify and address a requirement of strategic importance (the business need), then align the resulting strategy for the change with higher and lower-level strategies.

Course Objectives

• Understand the link between business analysis and strategy
• Understand how business analysis can help to implement business strategy
• Align potential solutions with strategic goals
• Examine the links with other perspectives including Agile and BPM
• Identify and define the organization’s current and future states
• Apply relevant strategic thinking tools and techniques 
• Identify strategic risks
• Analyse performance measures
• Define solution design options
• Understand how to analyse value

Target Audience

• Business Architects
• Business Systems Analysts
• Enterprise Analysts
• Management Consultants
• Process Analysts
• Product Managers
• Product Owners

Course Outline

Day 1: Introduction to Strategy and Business Analysis

• What is the link between Strategy and Business Analysis?
• Definitions, Concepts and Key Terms
• What makes a strategy successful?
• Performance Measures and Strategic Alignment
• Governance and Information Management

Day 2: How is Business Strategy Formulated?

• Vision and Values, Mission and Goals
• Analyse External Environment
• Business Capability Analysis
• Assess Strategic Fit and Formulate Strategy Options
• Strategy Maps and The Balanced Scorecard
• Using The Business Model Canvas

Day 3: Strategy Analysis

• Introduction to Strategy Analysis in A Business Analysis Context
• Analyse Current State
• Define Future State
• Assess Risks
• Define Change Strategy
• Strategy Analysis Case Study

Day 4: Solutions and Perspectives

• How to Analyse, Value and Recommend Solutions
• Analysing Performance Measures
• Agile Perspective
• Business Intelligence Perspective
• Business Architecture
• Business Process Management

Day 5: Putting Analysis, Requirements and Design into Action

• Developing Strategic Thinking Capability
• Practising Interaction Skills
• Additional Tools and Techniques
• Case Study: Putting Business Analysis into Practice
• Identifying Business Analysis Performance Improvements
• Commitment to Action