Course Outline
1 - Introduction – Roles involved in a SharePoint project
- The opportunities and challenges of a SharePoint project
- The business analysis process
- BA role vs. project manager role
- BA / PM competencies
- Case Study Exercise
2 - Understanding SharePoint Requirements
- Business, User, Functional, Quality-of-service and implementation requirements
- Requirements vs. specifications
- Requirements vs. business rules
- Risk management and risk response strategies
- Analyzing requirements
- Characteristics of effective requirements
- Case Study Exercise
3 - SharePoint Requirements Modeling
- Identify high level scope
- Identify initial requirements stack
- Identify an architectural vision
- Plan your iteration
- Iteration modeling
- Model storming
- Test driven development
- Case Study Exercise
4 - The Change Management Process
- Managing the Solution Scope and Requirements
- Capturing the Requirements Traceability
- Maintaining the Requirements for re-use
- Managing Requirements Conflicts
- Preparing the Requirements Package
- Building the Requirements communications plan
- Case Study Exercise
5 - Assessing & Validating Requirements
- Validating and verifying SharePoint Requirements
- Creating a master test plan
- Create test scenarios and test cases
- Case Study Exercise
6 - Additional Information
- Useful books and links on managing requirements and projects for SharePoint initiatives
Target Audience
Executives, Project Managers, Business Analysts, Business and IT stakeholders engaged in improving the delivery of products and services that meet user needs through the use of Microsoft SharePoint; Anyone who wants to improve their Business Analysis skills; Project stakeholders concerned with SharePoint requirements.