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Short Course in Business Analysis
Short practical 1-Day course that makes you Industry ready!
Main Course Benefits
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Course aligned to the latest BABOK® Guide.
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Course delivered by CBAP® certified experienced Trainer.
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Course offers a concise, practical overview of Business Analysis, guiding participants through essential concepts and techniques via a fictional project. Perfect for those short on time. See full course outline.
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Not based in Australia? Don't worry - we offer some classes as per the US time zones too!
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Several core Business Analysis document templates included free.
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20% discount on all future courses.
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Option to withdraw from the training up to 1 day before the classes start. Full refund provided. For Cancellation and refund options, see (see T&C)
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Learning mode: Live interactive classes (Online via Zoom)
Duration: 1 day (7.5 hours)
Course dates: Please see here.
Not based in Australia? Look for course dates marked as 'Suitable for US time zone'
Price: A$465 + GST*
* Price is in Australian Dollars. GST is charged only to customers in Australia
Financial support:
Need financial support? We offer instalment plans.
Are you currently out of work?
Are you a student?
Finished studies 1 year ago?
We offer discounts.
Pre-requisites & Audience
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Basic working knowledge of Computers and MS Office required.
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No prior knowledge of Business/Domain knowledge/Business Analysis experience required.
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Suitable for new starters, those switching careers and even practicing Business Analysts!
Primary Learning Outcomes
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Practical overview of Business Analysis in a short time.
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Information and knowledge for working as a Business Analyst on your job.
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Overview of core Business Analysis Knowledge Areas as per BABOK®.
Resources provided
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Full course slides and quizzes with answers for all the training modules.
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Completed fictional project artefacts (e.g., Use case diagrams, Context diagram, BPMN 2.0 swim lane diagram, User stories etc.)
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Commonly used BA templates (e.g., BRD/FRS documents, Requirements Traceability Matrix etc.)
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Value proposition
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Looking for a BA job? The course gives you foundational industry knowledge in 1 day!
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Preparing for BA Certification? The course provides practical knowledge to supplement core certifications.
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Wanting to upskill and be better at your work? The course equips students with theoretical and practical knowledge to excel at work.
Live BA project
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Course is run as a fictional project (almost like "real world") - start to finish
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Concepts explained in the context of the project.
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Interactive with group discussions, quizzes and exercises.
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Certifications
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Course suitable for ECBA/CCBA/CBAP certification preparation.
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B​usiness Analysis concepts provided in a generic way to suit certifications from IIBA/BCS/PMI/IREB/other bodies
Course outline
1. Introduction to Business Analysis (BA) and BA roles 2. What do Business Analysts do? 3. BA certifications and certifying bodies 4. Key concepts and terms 5. Introduction to BABOK and the 6 Knowledge Areas 6. Software Development Life Cycle - Waterfall and Agile methodologies 7. Business Requirements, Stakeholder Requirements, Solution and Transition Requirements 8. Introduction to a Fictional project (case study) 9. Overview - Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring 10. Defining Problem Statement and Scope of the overall solution 11. Analysing Current State (AS IS) and Defining Future State (TO BE) 12. Running requirement workshops 13. Conducting Stakeholder interviews and doing Observations 14. Requirements modelling and analysis 15. Making Use cases, Swimlane/Activity diagrams (BPMN/UML), Mind Maps, Decision Tables and Data Flow Diagrams 16. Writing Functional requirements 17. Writing Agile User stories and Acceptance criteria 18. Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) 19. Writing and measuring Non-functional requirements (NFRs)
Who will run the classes?
Gaurav Kathuria
Founder & Lead Trainer
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Passionate CBAP®, CSM®, CPM® Business Analyst Trainer and Coach.
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Chemical Engineer from I.I.T. Kharagpur (Indian Institute of Technology) year 2000.
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Best selling author of "Web Content Management with Documentum" (Packt Publishing 2006).
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23 years+ IT industry experience (14 years+ Business Analysis experience).
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25+ projects successfully executed across 6 countries.
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Founder & Lead Trainer - Business Analysis Upskill (IIBA® Endorsed Education Provider).
Free Document Templates/Resources included in the Training
You get the following BA document templates for free as part of the Training package: -
Business Case template
Business / Stakeholder Requirements document template
Requirements Traceability Matrix template
Use Case Template ...and more!
How is the Training conducted?
The entire Training course is conducted by an Instructor and is pivoted on a "Fictional project" (like a real-world Business Analysis assignment/project). Throughout the training, Business Analysis concepts/theory are explained in the context of the "Fictional project" with practical hands-on examples, such as:
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Defining the solution Scope
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Understanding & Capturing requirements
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Process maps/process flows
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Preparing Use Cases
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Writing Functional Requirements, Agile user stories and Non-Functional Requirements ..and more!
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Note: This course provides an overview of the main topics from the Business Analysis Fundamentals course.
Course highlights
Instructor-led (Online and Classroom-based options)
Runs for 1 day
Covers more practical aspects (than just theory)
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Centred around a fictional (almost like "real world") project
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Provides an overview of the main topics from Business Analysis Fundamentals course
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Designed to make the students 'industry ready'
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Hands-on, interactive, full of quizzes
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Primary applications/tools/standards used:
MS Office, Lucidchart, BPMN, UML
Course Completion
Students get a course completion certificate on the successful completion of the training course.
Sample course content
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Want to see some sample training content?
Here's a short video that compares Use cases and Functional requirements.
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