Phase 1: Business Analyst Foundation

• What is Business Analysis?

• Who is a Business Analyst?

• Why organizations need Business Analysts

• Roles and responsibilities of a Business Analyst

• Business Analyst daily activities

• Business problem, business need and business opportunity

• Understanding change, need, solution, stakeholder, value and context

• Business Analyst involvement from project initiation to release

• Business Analyst in product-based and service-based companies

• Business Analyst versus Product Owner

• Business Analyst versus Project Manager

• Business Analyst versus Scrum Master

• Business Analyst versus Data Analyst

• Business Analyst versus Quality Analyst

• Introduction to BA Mastery Academy

• Complete overview of the training program

• Business Analyst career opportunities

• Different Business Analyst job titles

• Business Analyst career growth path

• Skills expected from entry-level and experienced Business Analysts

• Understanding the student’s current experience and career goal

• Initial Business Analyst skill assessment

• Creating an individual learning and practice plan

• Understanding the organization’s business objective

• Identifying business problems and opportunities

• Writing a clear problem statement

• Root cause versus symptom

• Current-state analysis

• Future-state analysis

• Gap analysis

• SWOT analysis

• PESTLE analysis

• Five Whys analysis

• Fishbone analysis

• Feasibility analysis

• Cost-benefit analysis

• Risk analysis

• Defining business outcomes

• Identifying KPIs and success measurements

• Preparing a basic business case

Module 1: Course Orientation and Career Roadmap

Module 2: Business Analysis Fundamentals

Module 3: Business Problem and Strategy Analysis