Upleta Associates

Business Analysis

What is a Business Analyst? As per International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA): A Business Analyst (BA) is an organizer, listener, investigator, facilitator, communicator, collaborator, innovator, and much more!

A business analyst works as a liaison among stakeholders in order to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies and information systems. The business analyst understands business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and recommends solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals.

For more information visit the following links:
Becoming a BA
Business Analysis Careers

Who should attend:	What makes a successful BA:
Student (IT and Non IT) Non IT professional with business background in: : Finance, Banking, Mortgage, Oil & Gas, : Supply Chain, Sales & Marketing QA/Tester aspiring to become a BA Programmer aspiring to become a BA	Strong communication skills Good analytical skills Excellent documentation skills Ability to maintain strong interpersonal relations Motivated to understand business
What is not required:	Fee, Duration, & Location
Technical expertise Programming experience	$399 / 25 - 30 Hours Discounted price if approached in a Group Pay after the 1st class, if you want to continue Training is done online and on site in Houston
Highlevel Course Outline	Guidance, Tips, Reading Material etc ...
Introduction to Business Analysis Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Software Engineering Methods Requirement Gathering Use Case UML Software Testing Business Analysis Tools	Case Study Oil & Gas: Exploration & Production Finance Healthcare (coming soon) Project Delivery Framework of select Fortune 100 companies PMP (Project Management Professional) CSM (Certified Scrum Master) CBA (Certified Business Analyst)
Job Placement	Resume & Mock Interview
We do not do job placement. We only do training! We will however : : help you plan your job search : provide you with a list of recruiters : give you tips on how to negotiate with recruiters	We will not build a resume for you We will however, provide you with sample resume We will conduct upto 2 Mock-Up interviews. : Post interview, will provide 1/2 page - 1 page analysis

	For Your Information
	One result: American programmers are becoming BAs. Business Week, March 2004, suggests that the role of a Business Analyst is a "relatively safe haven" for programmers provided they have communication skills AND a grip on business .... _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _
	Business Analyst was featured as one of the 10 most recession proof jobs by Forbes.com _ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ _ _ _

Update: 9/13/10

We will be commencing a new batch on Sept 18th

For this batch, we will be conducting a focus session on Project Management Professional (PMP) certification by PMI.Org

FYI: For quite some time now, we have been inviting at least 2 recruiting/consulting companies to come and conduct a presentation on their company and provide interview tips, career advise etc ...

Update: 9/3/10

Trainees in our current session will conclude their training tomorrow
Tentative commencement date of new training is Sept 10th.
- We will have a separate batch of trainees with QA/Testing background
We will be conducting demo (i.e. Introduction to BA) classes over the weekend and into the next week

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