Most often, organizations acquire information systems as part of a larger focus on process improvement and efficiency. These organizations need to invest in the right system to meet their needs: right functionality, right size, and for the right price. The business systems analyst role in most organizations is responsible for translating the organization’s needs into requirements, which are then used to select or build the right system for the organization. During the Analysis for Business Systems course, you’ll learn about the standard model for systems development: the systems development lifecycle, or SDLC. You will learn how to read and even create the specific deliverables that business systems analysts prepare during the SDLC. These documents provide guidance to the organization as they determine whether to build or buy and configure a system that meets the organization’s needs.
DU
Basically, a great course. Very brief introduction into BA's work, well-strucktured and very well taught. Huge thanks to Ken. Loved the course.
RS
Course content was really good and I really like the way it was explained with various examples
CS
The content was very good and the Ken really knows how to structure and present the content.
KT
these course is really useful to increase my knowledge and skills in making an effective system requirement for government apps project. thanks cousera, thanks university of minnesota.
CW
The course is so informative but lacks hands-on examples. I recommend combining it with other online courses that have hands on projects.
DD
Ken Reily is very detailed and clear in his instruction. The concepts and ideas I learned in Analysis for Business Systems will be useful in my career.
DE
Awesome course, Learnt more in this 4 weeks than the 4 years of University. good explanation of the work and nice short clips to make it more comprehendible.
SH
It was a will prepared course for the business analysis foundations enhanced with the professor great experience.
JM
This is an excellent course for all those who want to have a good foundations on the concepts of business analysis and what goes in the process. Very well structured program and course material.
KC
The peer review project is very vague for a person who does not have prior experience with this.
JC
The presentation is well-executed and can be easily understood. Many important sections have helpful diagrams and bulleted points. Thank you.
HR
Highly recommended if you want to enchance your skills in System analysis field .This course will give you best methodoligies to have grip on the essential tools
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The course outline is not what one should be expecting.
Its mostly very high level with no examples that are not that much relevant.
No actual case scenario was presented which will help students to exercise this is.
Good course to get an overview over the Business analyst role within organizations
It's a wonderful course for all beginners.Instructor explained each and every process in detail.I learned all the basics in business analysis from this course. Thank you coursera.
course was so straight forward, i learned fast in the best possible way i believe, assignments were helpful to keep you in touch with what you learned. thank you
Useful content, but the logic of material in this course is quite chaotic. It could have been organized in a better way.
Excellent course, very informative and translates to the real world. Since starting this course I have been able to produce better quality work for my job
The coarse material was easy to follow through. The tutor was giving clear examples too.
Very useful overview
Though the informational part is pretty packed, I doubt that the knowledge is given in an effective way. The same outcome could have been achieved by just sharing the excerpts from the book referenced by the instructor. The final project covers the topic that is not central to the course - there are plenty of courses focusing on project management whereas a business analysis (not analytics) course is a rare find, and it would have been more useful to have a final project covering either requirements engineering or diagrams creation (not as an addition, but as a primary task). Also, it would be good, if the course creators came up with their own business case so that students had a concrete business example to work on. This could also standardize the requirements to the task. Also, there is an indirect indication of the low prep level of the final task: while peer-reviewing, I didn't receive a single submission that would actually attempt to perform the task - all 6 that I've attempted to review were either empty files or contained a request to "help" to pass this course... It's painful to leave such a negative review given the immense work that was put into the preparation of the videos. Kudos for that.
This is an excellent course for all those who want to have a good foundations on the concepts of business analysis and what goes in the process. Very well structured program and course material.
It helps me a lot to get full understanding of System analyst role and get skill set to improve my career better
This is a very usefull course whom are beginner in this topic. Good Course and the best presenter.
GREAT COURSE!
It was a very excellent experience to know the form of different diagrams, and software to implement it in business, computerized systems, traceability methods, inventory controls, billing documentation. Thank you very much for such a wonderful Opportunity, University of Minnesota, The Lords of Coursera, and The Secretary of SICA. God bless you very much. Greetings from El Salvador !!!
Great explanations, in the most concise form. Brevity was on point throughout the flow of contents yet enough to cover up the important aspects. One must deliberately consider every concept as explained via this course and it is definitely going to pay back in due time while executing actual projects. Highly recommended course for aspiring business analysts.
The course provides exceptional in depth review about the roles and responsibilities of a business analyst when it comes to talking about the feasibility of the projects in particular. A really helpful course for individuals looking to deal with business systems clients or pursuing their own startup in a similar field.
Really good course, solid foundation for business analyst. I'd like a little more focus on Agile methodology, but I would still recommend it, especially for beginners and people with experience who would like to know more theory behind analysis.
The course is very well explained and structured, it explains the why of every step of the BA process and role, also, the language used is very simple and understandable by non native english speakers. Tahnk you for this course!
these course is really useful to increase my knowledge and skills in making an effective system requirement for government apps project. thanks cousera, thanks university of minnesota.
It is my first experience in doing an online course and I succeeded. I can't believe it. thank you, Coursera for proving me this valuable opportunity.