Business Analysis Essentials

Want to learn the fundamental skills to be a great Business Analyst?  

Leveraging the core skills of business analysis allow organisations to achieve their strategic objectives, deliver value to stakeholders, and stay competitive in today's dynamic business environment. Our Business Analysis Essentials course  is designed for those new to the analyst role or those  seeking formal training. Aligned to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK). you’ll gain context for the role complete with a structured approach to provide value to your organisation. This includes understanding business analysis terminology, the business analysis lifecycle, and how to perform core business analyst activities such as engaging with stakeholders. You’ll gain the fundamental skills needed to be a great BA including understanding the integral parts of a business system and understanding the right solution for the right problem.

You'll gain

This course will contribute 20 Continuing Development Units (CDUs) towards the IIBA certification requirements for ECBA, CCBA and CBAP. Please note the CDU requirements may vary between certifications, please check the IIBA website for full certification requirements. 

This course will contribute 20 PMI® Professional Development Units towards your chosen certification (13 technical hours, 4 leadership hours and 3 strategic hours).

You'll learn

During this course you will learn about: 

• The responsibilities, skills and knowledge of a Business Analyst and the value it brings to an organisation
• Many analysis models and techniques and when to apply each of them
• Producing effective requirements 
• Produce a use case diagram and a detailed use case description
• Produce an entity-relationship diagram and a data dictionary
• Build decision trees and decision tables to represent and clarify business rules
• Planning, and conducting stakeholder iinterviews
• The value of modelling 
• Effectively providing and receiving feedback. 

Great for

• Those new to the business or systems analysis role 
• Experienced analysts seeking formal training 
• Non-information systems team members working with systems analysts 
• Project Managers looking to improve their analysis skills 
• Those who want to understand how to apply business analysis techniques to an agile working environment 

You'll need

There are no prerequisites for the Business Analysis Essentials class.