Meet Maureen McVey
Maureen G. McVey, CBAP
Director of Business Analysis, International Institute
for Learning

Maureen McVey has 12+ years of experience as a business analyst and is a founding member of The International Institute of Business Analysis. Ms. McVey has experience with many different industries; banking, finance, insurance, government, and manufacturing and has been working within the I.T. industry for over 25 years.
As the Director of Business Analysis at The International Institute for Learning, she combines her subject matter expertise in Business Analysis competencies and skills to facilitator learning events using a combination lecture/discussion, problem solving and application to relevant situations.

She began her career in the telecommunications industry as a business analyst with a software development house building call centre software applications. From there she spent over 5 years with one of the ‘big 5” management consulting organizations as an SAP consultant. While working with the one of the 5 major Banks in Canada, she worked with the Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI) team to create a BA centre of Competency and internal certification program. As a Sr. Training Consultant for process optimization with a CMMI consultancy firm she has worked with organizations to help them to bring their business analyst processes, skills and knowledge to a higher level.
 

Course Level
Novice / Advanced

About the Program
Business analysts must be able to create business case documents that highlight project benefits, costs, and risks. The business case is based on the real business problem to be solved. These become parts of proposals, feasibility studies, and other decision support documents. This course teaches the purpose, structure, and content of a business case. It presents the basic techniques for determining financial ROI, non-tangible benefits, and the probability of meeting expectations.

Who Should Attend
It is important for you to attend if you:
• Work as a business analyst
• Establish the business case for the   solution of a business problem
• Need to provide business justification   for a solution

Performance Focus
• Business analysis
• Problem definition
• Defining solutions to business problems
• Feasibility study
• Business case development
• Return on Investment

Learning Objectives
Upon completion, participants will be able to:
• Prepare a business case
• Justify the business investment to   solve the business problem
• Perform feasibility studies and ROI   analyses

Course Overview
Foundation Concepts
• The role of the business analyst
• The IIBA™ BABOK™ knowledge areas
• The business analyst and the product/project life cycle
• The business case deliverable

  Introducing the business case process
• Overview of the business analysts’    role in the business case process
• The business analyst before the    business case process
• The business analyst during the    business case process
• The business analyst after the    business case process

Defining the business case problem
• Overview of defining the business    case problem
• Problem statement
• Product vision
• Objectives and constraints

Exploring Business Case Solutions
• Overview of exploring options
• Solution identification for feasibility
• Solution definition for analysis
• Assessing project risks

Justifying the Business Case
• Overview of justifying the business    case
• Qualitative justification
• Quantitative justification

Approving the Business Case
• Requirements communication    overview
• Relationship-based communication    tasks
• Integrated communication tasks –    continuous verification
 
 

For more information, please contact:

Joy Dass
IIL Caribbean
Tel: +1-868-621-2478
E-mail: Joy.Dass@iil.com

Information

Data
1 - 2 February 2010

Local
Port of Spain, Trinidad

Classroom
Course No. 3026
Duration: 2 Days
Credits: 14 PDUs / 1.4 CEUs

Prerequisites
No prerequisites: this course is suitable for both novices and experienced people who need to develop and justify the business case.

Price
TT$ 3,000 plus VAT
TT$ 2,500 plus VAT for member of PMI and IIBA
TT$ 1,500 plus VAT for full time students with ID

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