Understand and Elicit Requirements

Uncover the insightful and necessary information that you need to drive impactful change. Learn the essentials of elicitation techniques and the critical requirements you need to be that change agent. 

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Accurate and comprehensive requirements elicitation is a universal expectation for Business Analysts, regardless of the industry of their organization and the solutions being produced. 

Take this course (the fourth in our Business Analysis Process Series) and learn the essentials of requirements elicitation including requirement types and levels, terminology, and the tried and truly effective elicitation techniques that you’ll need to drive valuable change.

Learn more about the course and your instructors below!

Accurate and comprehensive requirements elicitation is a universal expectation for Business Analysts, regardless of the industry of their organization and the solutions being produced. 

Take this course (the fourth in our Business Analysis Process Series) and learn the essentials of requirements elicitation including requirement types and levels, terminology, and the tried and truly effective elicitation techniques that you’ll need to drive valuable change.

Learn more about the course and your instructors below!

What you’ll learn in this course:

  • We’ll give you a well-rounded view of requirements so you can fully understand what you’re looking for!
  • Together, we’ll examine the building blocks of requirement elicitation so you understand what to use and when to use it.
  • We’ll walk you through the requirement elicitation process so you feel comfortable executing it yourself. 
  • To give you all of the tools you need for success, we’ll explore critical documentation and techniques that you’ll be able to utilize immediately.

To take a closer look at the course curriculum, click here!

Awesome Perks

We’ve included some pretty insightful and useful resources with this course, including: 

  • A 30-Page Student Workbook
    Enhancing your learning as you progress through this course, you’ll find yourself turning to our workbook as a powerful resource even after you complete the course.
  • Over 5 Hours of Engaging Video Lectures
    Our video lectures are created to break down concepts and techniques into a step-by-step guide that makes it easy to understand and grasp the lessons.
  • 9 Business Analysis Templates
    We’ll equip you with the professional templates you need to begin to elicit requirements immediately.
  • 19 Practice Activities and Quizzes
    We give you engaging practical activities and skill-validating quizzes to help you fully absorb and test your knowledge of the concepts and techniques you’ve learned.

The Extras

  • Money-Back Guarantee
    If you’re not happy with the course, contact us in the first 30 days and we’ll give you your money back.
  • Lifetime Access
    Enrollment grants you unlimited access to your course and any activities, resources, handouts, and quizzes for life.
  • 1-on-1 Support
    Unlimited 1-on-1 support directly from your instructor for any questions you might have.

Jeremy Aschenbrenner,
Chief Instructor

Meet Your Instructor

Hi, I’m Jeremy Aschenbrenner!
Many know me better as The BA Guide.

After gaining a decade of valuable experience in business analysis and consistently delivering successful projects that drive value for organizations, I decided to follow my passion for teaching others. This led me to establish The BA Guide, a platform dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations by sharing my expertise.
Learn more about me here

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Course Curriculum

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Understand and Elicit Requirements

Welcome to the Course

  1. Introducing the Understand and Elicit Requirements course
  2. Meet Your Instructor - Jeremy Aschenbrenner

Requirements Defined

  1. Requirements basics
  2. Requirements are critical
  3. What do requirements look like?
  4. Validate your base understanding of requirements

Requirements, Digging Deeper

  1. Product Requirements and Project Requirements
  2. Requirement levels - business, stakeholder, solution, transition
  3. Requirement types - functional, non-functional, business rules, constraints
  4. ACTIVITY: Requirement segmentation and categorization worksheet
  5. Requirement subdisciplines (aka Requirement Process)
  6. A few notes - Requirements perspective and Requirements vs Design
  7. Validate your deeper understanding of requirements

Hollywood Star Lanes

  1. Introducing Hollywood Star Lanes
  2. Optional learning about bowling
  3. Optional Hollywood Star Lanes activities

The Building Blocks of Requirement Elicitation

  1. Introducing requirement elicitation
  2. Elicitation versus Gathering, is there a difference?
  3. Importance of identifying customers
  4. Roles - Customers vs Stakeholders vs Users
  5. Finding key contacts
  6. ACTIVITY: Hollywood Star Lanes - Stakeholder Identification
  7. Validate your understanding of the requirement elicitation basics

Stakeholder Perspective

  1. Customer expectations
  2. Stakeholder fears
  3. Overcoming the stakeholder's fears
  4. Validate your understanding of customer's expectations and fears

Requirement Elicitation Process

  1. Introducing the Requirement Elicitation Process
  2. Plan requirements elicitation
  3. Prepare for elicitation
  4. Conduct requirement elicitation
  5. Confirm elicitation results
  6. ACTIVITY: Requirement Elicitation Process worksheet
  7. Validate your understanding of the Requirement Elicitation Process
  8. Prepare for Elicitation Template

Useful Supporting Documents

  1. Parking Lot
  2. Term Glossary
  3. Validate your understanding of documents that support elicitation

Requirement Elicitation Techniques

  1. Requirement elicitation techniques introduction
  2. Requirement elicitation templates

Requirement Elicitation: Document Analysis

  1. The basics of Document Analysis
  2. Preparing for a Document Analysis
  3. Conducting a Document Analysis
  4. Confirming the results of a Document Analysis
  5. Document Analysis Best Practices
  6. ACTIVITY: Analysis for Cookie Cottage Training Video
  7. ACTIVITY: Analysis for Cookie Cottage Training Video (Part 2)
  8. Validate your understanding of eliciting requirements with Document Analysis

Requirement Elicitation: Observation

  1. The basics of Observation
  2. Preparing for an Observation
  3. Conducting an Observation
  4. Confirming the results of an Observation
  5. Observation Best Practices
  6. Validate your understanding of eliciting requirements with Observations

Requirement Elicitation: Brainstorming

  1. The basics of Brainstorming
  2. Preparing for a Brainstorm
  3. Conducting a Brainstorm
  4. Confirming the results of a Brainstorm
  5. Brainstorming Best Practices
  6. Validate your understanding of eliciting requirements with Brainstorming

Requirement Elicitation: Questionnaire / Survey

  1. The basics of a Questionnaire
  2. Preparing a Questionnaire
  3. Conducting a Questionnaire
  4. Confirming the results of a Questionnaire
  5. Questionnaire Best Practices
  6. Validate your understanding of eliciting requirements with Questionnaires

Requirement Elicitation: Interview

  1. Interview Basics
  2. Preparing for an Interview
  3. Conducting an Interview
  4. Confirming the results of an Interview
  5. Interview Best Practices
  6. Validate your understanding of eliciting requirements with Interviews

Requirement Elicitation: Requirement Workshop

  1. The basics of Requirement Workshop
  2. Preparing for a Requirement Workshop
  3. Conducting a Requirement Workshop
  4. Confirming the results of a Requirement Workshop
  5. Requirement Workshop Best Practices
  6. Validate your understanding of eliciting requirements with Requirement Workshops

Final Thoughts

  1. Eliciting in Agile
  2. Becoming more fluid
  3. Course conclusion

Next Steps

  1. Well done! What's Next?

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