Business Requirements Document for Beginner Business Analyst

This is a concise course that simplifies the creation of a Business Requirements

Document (BRD) for a project in Information Technology (IT).

BRD requirements are sketched and defined in 2 steps: 1) the first step - Part One - identifies the 6 key project

areas for a project that is not IT-related; and 2) the second step - Part Two - describes the

6 required areas for a BRD in IT. The 6 required areas for a BRD in IT are as follows:

(1) SCOPE. The Business Analyst/Project Manager needs to know which features of the project

are his/her responsibility and which features are not his/her responsibility.

(2) CONSTRAINTS. For examples, constraints or limits on the project budget or required time of completion for the project.

(3) ASSUMPTIONS. This may refer to "an educated guess" - for example, assuming that testing resources will be available when parts of the project need to be tested.

4) FRONT-END TECHNOLOGIES (VISIBLE AREAS). For example, a Graphic User Interface or GUI.

(5) BACK-END TECHNOLOGIES (NON-VISIBLE AREAS), which describes technology that the user cannot see in the browser. For example, a database or server.

(6) REGULATIONS, which describes the regulatory standards that apply to the project being developed.

Colorful graphics animate the discussion, and a quiz follows each lecture. The quizzes are based on

real-life scenarios, and they facilitate the process of learning and remembering new subject matter.

In addition, a final exercise, as well as a glossary of IT-related terms, help the student produce

his/her first BRD.

At the end of the course, the student will have acquired the skills for gathering the information

required for a very professional BRD.