Requirements Discovery for Business Analysts – 2023

Overview of Requirements Discovery for Business Analysts and Product OwnersUnderstand the stages of a Requirements Discovery and the Business Analyst’s role in each of these stages: Preparation, Execution, Analysis TransitionKnow roles on your Discovery Team: Consulting Lead, Business Analyst, Solution Architect, Project ManagerLearn what deliverables Business Analysts need to prepare as a result of the DiscoveryHow to create and maintain the Agenda for Discovery workshops and interviewsWhat are the different types of Discovery meetings: Show-and-tell, Workshops, InterviewsTypical Mistakes that need to be avoided at your Discovery engagementLEARN THE FUNDAMENTALS OF REQUIREMENTS DISCOVERY IN A SINGLE 38 MIN CRASH COURSE!In less than 1 hour, I teach why successful Business Analysts and Product Owners run Requirements Discovery sessions for their Digital Projects, the purpose of the Preparation, Execution, Analysis Transition phases of Discovery, and what deliverables are typically produced as a result of Discovery.  All in One Course!Have you ever been wondering – why we, business analysts, product owners, or other folks on the team,  keep asking the client the same old questions about the project scope, business goals, or specifics of the client’s workflow … again and again? Shouldn’t we already know it or shouldn’t someone in our organization have captured this before? And I bet you have heard the client telling you, frustratedly: “We have already told it!”, or “You guys need to align with your other team that’s been asking us the same thing!”Some project teams and business analysts, sometimes tend to think of requirements gathering and elicitation as an ongoing process, something that doesn’t have a definite end. We are constantly discovering new requirements, aren’t we? Well, though this is partially true, and in Agile we keep refining the backlog as we go, the sober reality is that clients don’t necessarily think the same way. They pay us – vendors, consultants, and agencies – to ensure that project requirements and expectations are captured, understood, estimated, and communicated to the project team early on. Clients also expect us to start software development projects and consulting initiatives with a deep dive into their subject matter, and specifics of their business to define the exact problem they are trying to solve. Business analysts and other industry professionals call this deep-dive – Requirements Discovery phase of the project, or simply – Discovery.I have been involved in software development projects for Healthcare, Retail, Automotive, Energy, and Public sector companies for more than 17 years,  and have been blessed to lead project teams in my roles as a Business Analyst, Consulting Lead, and Project Manager. I have seen it many times as teams and sometimes clients repeatedly make the same mistake – neglecting the importance of properly conducting the Discovery phase. Or they may be doing Discovery but are not getting the best results out of it, or not sharing results across various members of their teams and client organization.I have created this crash course to help teams better understand the purpose of Discovery and give practical recommendations to business analysts about planning, building an agenda, scheduling, gathering the team, capturing results, and sharing these across the organization. This course is based on years of hands-on experience in planning and leading successful discovery engagements for Fortune 500 organizations, in the United States and Europe.This course is designed for Business Analysts, Product Owners, Project Managers, Solution Architects, and other project leaders involved in the planning or executing software development and consulting projects.Here’s what you’ll learn:How to prepare, execute and wrap up discovery engagementsWhat is a Discovery team and what is the role of the Business Analyst on the teamHow to create discovery Agenda and prepare for the meetingsDifferent types of discovery meetings: show-and-tell, interviews, workshops, etc.What artifacts should be created as a result of a discovery: backlog, user stories, Sprint #1How to run the knowledge transfer and transition artifacts to the delivery teamSpecifics of online/offline discovery workshops.Extra: Discovery checklist Extra: Further courses and recommended readingENROLL TODAY and join me and many others on the path to successful Requirements Discovery!Who this course is for:IT Business AnalystsIT Product OwnersIT Project ManagersIT Solution Architects