The Quick Start Guide to Business Analysis

Name: The Quick Start Guide to Business Analysis
Rating: 4.3 (18 reviews)

Learn the very basics of Business analysis

Created byIskra Botcheva

Last updated 2/2025

English

What you'll learn

The right questions to ask
Represent the information - using text, diagrams and mock-ups
Manage your requirements
Collaborate successfully with the stakeholders

Course content

7 sections • 52 lectures • 1h 12m total length

Introduction0:26
Learning Objectives0:29
The Importance of Business Analysis0:40

Learning objectives0:23
High level questions1:16
Understand the purpose of the high level questions and what topics to cover
Tutorial: High level questions - add voucher functionality to the online shop2:19
An easy example on how to prepare high level questions
Detailed questions1:59
Understand the purpose of the detailed questions and how to prepare them
Tips and tricks0:55
Tutorial: Detailed questions - add voucher functionality to the online shop2:19
An easy example on detailed questions

Learning objectives0:26
A simple workflow diagram0:37
You will learn how to easily represent a process
Tips and tricks1:12
Tutorial: Simple workflow diagram - purchase and redeem a voucher6:53
Learn how to represent a process from the high level point of view
Example: Redeem a voucher1:37
Represent part of the process in a detailed way
Workflow diagram with several parties1:05
Represent the interaction between several parties
Example: Purchase and redeem a voucher1:13

Learning objectives0:39
High level requirements1:56
Learn about the business objectives, scope, project constraints etc.
Confluence tutorial: High level requirements using Product requirements template8:43
Break down the requirements1:12
Learn how to break down the scope into smaller development tasks
Requirements quality2:17
Make sure that your requirements are a proper input for implementation
Requirement name0:51
Give a proper name to each implementation task
Requirement description (acceptance criteria)1:08
Learn how to describe the processing logic
Example: Free form text - select a voucher0:20
Example: GIVEN WHEN THEN - select a voucher0:33
Tips and tricks0:34

Learning objectives0:28
Who are the stakeholders1:23
Understand the main stakeholder roles
Organizational chart0:32
Why do we need an org chart?
Tips and tricks2:36
Situation 1: Organize a call0:24
Situation 2: Notify about a delay0:42
Situation 3: The client has complained0:27
Situation 4: The dev team tells you that something cannot be implemented0:48
Types of communication1:39
Understand the best way to approach someone depending on the situation
Types of meetings to elicit the requirements1:01
Learn about different types of meetings and which one is appropriate
Separate the elicitation meetings from meetings with the dev team1:15
Learn how to organize your meetings with the business and the dev team
Situation 5: The client would like a new section “Recently viewed products"0:44
Situation 6: The client wants a new order management system to be implemented0:47
Discuss and validate the requirements0:46
Learn how to validate your requirements with the business stakeholders

Requirements

No prior experience with Business Analysis is needed

Description

A quick and easy guide to Business analysis for beginners - understand the tasks a BA does every day. The course contains many examples and tricks.

The following topics are covered:

The right questions to ask - high level questions to understand the big picture and detailed questions to figure out the processing logic
How to represent the information - using text, diagrams and wireframes. Use workflow diagrams to represent the process. Create wireframes to discuss the UI for the new features. Understand different formats to describe the processing logic
How to manage your requirements - create tasks on Jira and manage them. Understand the requirements quality criteria and break down the tasks properly.
Collaborate successfully with the stakeholders - understand who the stakeholders are and various ways to approach them. Organize various types of meetings and use different communication channels depending on the context. The most common situations are represented with examples. Learn how to validate your requirements with the business stakeholders

More than 1 hour of video content, 5 tutorials, 5 additional examples with downloadable resources

Are you curious what GIVEN WHEN THEN means, or what the difference between a wireframe and a mock-up is? Can you guess what brainstorming actually means?

Then let's get started!

Who this course is for:

Beginner Business Analysts who would like to understand the basics, to streamline their work

The Quick Start Guide to Business Analysis

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Course content

Introduction3 lectures • 2min

Prepare your questions6 lectures • 9min

Workflow diagrams7 lectures • 13min

Wireframes and usability7 lectures • 11min

How to describe requirements10 lectures • 18min

Jira tutorial5 lectures • 6min

Work with the stakeholders14 lectures • 14min

Requirements

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