Breaking into Business Analysis with little IT experience

Name: Breaking into Business Analysis with little IT experience
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Become a Business Analyst from scratch without technical knowledge

Created byLaura Ojeda

Last updated 4/2025

English

What you'll learn

The Business Analysis fundamentals.
What user stories are.
The role of the BA in the software development life cycle.
What databases are.
How to identify and develop your intrinsic communication and analytical abilities.
What SQL is and how to use it.
A technique to identify your own strengths in order to stand out as the best Business Analyst.
Practice applying all the knowledge acquired in a real case.
The BA common terms.

Course content

7 sections • 39 lectures • 53m total length

Course overview2:08
By the end of this course you will have learned the business analysis fundamentals:
What the Business Analyst role is.
What their most important skills are.
and the knowledge they need to have and when to use it.
And the most interesting part, you will learn a technique to identify your own strengths in order to stand out as the best Business Analyst in the company.
Course Presentation1:23
My BA Blog presents its new course: Become a Business Analyst from Scratch.

Introduction0:17
At the end of this section you’ll learn:
What the practice of business analysis is about.
Have a clearer notion of who the Business Analyst is and what their responsibilities are.
Understand the common terms used to define business analysis.
The Business Analyst’s place in the software development life cycle.
This will give you a better perspective of what you are going to have to do by placing yourself in a real word context.
Allow improvement to enterprises1:54
Become a solution designer1:59
Find yourself in the cycle1:58
The Waterfall methodology0:54
The Agile methodology0:56
Where does the Business Analyst take part in the SDLC?0:29
Understand the common terms0:13
Download the attached resource and find the most important terms for performing the business analyst role.
Ckecklist0:20
Let's recap what you have just learned
Conclusion0:24

Introduction0:20
In this section, we will learn the basic knowledge that a business analyst should have.
The degree of depth to which we will have to learn these topics will depend on the tasks that each project requires. The important thing is that you learn what this knowledge is on the subject of and in which situations it would be useful.
We will also apply everything learned so far with a practical exercise.
Sounds exciting? Let's see what this is all this about ...
Transforming information into knowledge1:40
The Business Analysis Plan5:17
In the next video, you will see the story of Annie in her first job as a business analyst. You will learn her way to organise the business analysis tasks.
Elicitation and Collaboration1:24
Prepare elicitation by completing 5 activities1:27
Elicitation with interview technique4:11
Writing User Stories2:48
Identifying functionalities0:54
Analyse with tools - What is a database?0:45
Analyse with tools - What is SQL0:56
Analyse with tools - Practising SQL5:46
Document your final design0:46
Let's put it all together
Conclusion0:28

Requirements

A genuine desire to learn about Business Analysis
No previous knowledge or experience required
And open mind and a willingness to learn
A PC, Laptop, Tablet, Phablet or Smartphone
Access to Internet

Description

Are you interested in working in technology but do not have a technical background? Do you want to learn business analysis but you don't know where to start? If the answer to these questions is "yes", then this is the right course for you.

In this course, I will teach you everything you need to know to become the best Business Analyst.

My name is Laura Ojeda and I teach Business Analysis for beginners. This course is for anyone who wants to be part of the IT world but doesn't know where to start. If you identify with this description this course is for you.

Stop taking blind steps. Find everything you need to know to get your first job as a Business Analyst. Get the knowledge you need to effectively perform BA tasks, hone your skills, stand out with an impressive CV!

By the end of this course you will:

Acquire The BA Knowledge You Need
Get all the Business Analysis Knowledge you need to be able to perform the BA tasks.
Perfect Your BA Skills.
Learn the main Business Analysis Techniques and Tools .
Effectively Execute The BA Tasks.
Learn the business analysis master plan, step by step.
Stand Out With Your First CV As A BA.
Get a commented Business analyst CV Template.
Learn How To Get your First BA Job!!!
Charm the recruiter in your first job interview and get your first job as a BA.

And the most interesting part, you will learn a technique to identify your own strengths in order to stand out as the best Business Analyst in the company.

BONUS MATERIAL

The Business Analysis Plan. To be able to follow the BA process methodically,
Articles. To expand your BA knowledge with more BA useful information.
Practical Self-Knowledge Tests. To discover yourself and identify your own strengths.

Who this course is for:

All those who are interested in working in technology but do not have a technical background.
Anyone who wants to learn business anaysis and does not know where to start.

Breaking into Business Analysis with little IT experience

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Course content

BECOME THE BEST BUSINESS ANALYST2 lectures • 4min

THE BUSINESS ANALYST ROLE10 lectures • 9min

THE BUSINESS ANALYST SKILLS5 lectures • 4min

THE BUSINESS ANALYST KNOWLEDGE13 lectures • 27min

APPLY FOR JOBS4 lectures • 3min

STAND OUT WITH YOUR BEST SELF3 lectures • 5min

CONCLUSION2 lectures • 1min

Requirements

Description

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