Business analyst: a 4-step requirement elicitation guide

How to solve the right problem for stakeholders by applying a 4-step requirement elicitation approach

Why requirement elicitation?

When faced with a problem, us humans love to go into "solution mode" and that's a problem...

Indeed, it's basic human nature to solve problems as quickly as possible. But in today's complex world, every solution is not a good solution. We need to better understand the problem before trying to solve it.

This is even more the case in the business world where there is no shortage of complex problems. Think of investment decisions in technological innovations, regulatory changes, changing consumer patterns, supply chain shortages, etc. Before solving these problems, we must analyze and understand them better. That's where requirement elicitation comes in.

Requirement elicitation is a business analysis methodology where we first focus on analyzing the problem so that we can come up with better solutions.

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What will you learn after enrolling?

After this course you will be able to provide your stakeholders with a sharp and accurate problem analysis. You will be able to do this by following a 4-step requirement elicitation approach: 

• Step 1 - planning an elicitation strategy;

• Step 2 - conducting elicitation by using battle-tested techniques such as interviewing, brainstorming, workshops and more;

• Step 3 - confirming understanding during and after elicitation sessions and;

• Step 4 - communicating elicitation results to stakeholders using the right format

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Who is this course for?

• Recent graduates looking to start a position as a business analyst, consultant, product manager, product owner or project manager and UX researcher

• Junior business analysts wanting to strengthen their knowledge

• Senior business analysts looking to brush up their skills

• All professionals who are actively doing requirement elicitation in their field of expertise and wanting to formalize their way of doing analysis

What else can I offer you?

You will have access to:

• The slides of the course which you can use at your own convenience

• A fun project to make things more practical

• Quizzes to test your knowledge

• Handouts and templates to help you in your day-to-day elicitation activities

• Access to an industry expert. In case you have questions feel free to contact me and I will do my absolute best to guide you.

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What did others think?

“This was an easy to follow succinct course. Anyone who has to perform requirements collection should check out this course. I wish I knew about this course sooner!" – Nicholas

"Very Informative and presentation is excellent :)" - SoftwareGI BA

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Now it's your turn!

Do you want a fail-safe approach to solving complex problems? Then this course has everything you need and more!