- Develop essential business analysis skills
- Master software tools used in business analysis
- Leverage requirements gathering and analysis techniques
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Discover the skills needed to thrive in a business analyst role. Explore foundational business analysis concepts and understand key processes. Practice using software tools for common business analysis tasks.
Syllabus
Courses under this program:
Course 1: Business Benefits Realization Foundations
-Get introduced to business benefits realization, a practical way to ensure high-valued projects and programs are selected and their benefits are achieved and sustained long-term.
Course 2: Business Analysis Foundations: Business Process Modeling
-Explore the benefits of using business process modeling to make sense of your company's business activities, including commonly used process modeling diagrams and how to use them.
Course 3: Modern Project Management in Microsoft 365
-Learn how to use Microsoft 365 tools and services—including Outlook, Planner, Teams, and more—to manage projects more efficiently.
Course 4: Managing Data with Microsoft 365
-Learn how to manage data in Microsoft 365 to take on new projects, gather insights, and improve your performance at work.
Course 5: Business Analysis: Essential Tools and Techniques
-Learn about the key deliverables—what they are and how to deliver them—in business analysis work.
Course 6: Introduction to Business Analysis
-Discover the world of business analysis and guide your team to successful outcomes using problem definition, requirements discovery, elicitation, analysis, modeling, and validation.
Course 7: Generative AI for Business Analysts
-Learn the relevance of generative AI to business analysts and how it can enhance their work.
Course 8: Agentic AI for Business Analysis
-Get an introduction to agentic AI and business analysis, and learn how to harness AI for improving systems, customer experiences, and operations while managing associated risks.
Course 9: The Role of Business Analysis in Data Analytics
-Build your foundational knowledge of business data analytics, including core concepts, processes, and best practices, to effectively drive data-informed decision-making.
Course 1: Business Benefits Realization Foundations
-Get introduced to business benefits realization, a practical way to ensure high-valued projects and programs are selected and their benefits are achieved and sustained long-term.
Course 2: Business Analysis Foundations: Business Process Modeling
-Explore the benefits of using business process modeling to make sense of your company's business activities, including commonly used process modeling diagrams and how to use them.
Course 3: Modern Project Management in Microsoft 365
-Learn how to use Microsoft 365 tools and services—including Outlook, Planner, Teams, and more—to manage projects more efficiently.
Course 4: Managing Data with Microsoft 365
-Learn how to manage data in Microsoft 365 to take on new projects, gather insights, and improve your performance at work.
Course 5: Business Analysis: Essential Tools and Techniques
-Learn about the key deliverables—what they are and how to deliver them—in business analysis work.
Course 6: Introduction to Business Analysis
-Discover the world of business analysis and guide your team to successful outcomes using problem definition, requirements discovery, elicitation, analysis, modeling, and validation.
Course 7: Generative AI for Business Analysts
-Learn the relevance of generative AI to business analysts and how it can enhance their work.
Course 8: Agentic AI for Business Analysis
-Get an introduction to agentic AI and business analysis, and learn how to harness AI for improving systems, customer experiences, and operations while managing associated risks.
Course 9: The Role of Business Analysis in Data Analytics
-Build your foundational knowledge of business data analytics, including core concepts, processes, and best practices, to effectively drive data-informed decision-making.
Courses
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Learn how agile impacts the business analyst (BA) role and the requirements discovery process.
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Learn an easy 10-step process to manage the requirements for any project.
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Get introduced to business benefits realization, a practical way to ensure high-valued projects and programs are selected and their benefits are achieved and sustained long-term.
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Learn the foundations of business analysis. Explore the role of the business analyst and the BA process, from conducting a needs assessment to release planning.
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Explore the benefits of using business process modeling to make sense of your company's business activities, including commonly used process modeling diagrams and how to use them.
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Business analysts and project managers need to work together to get successful results. Learn collaboration techniques for each stage of the project management process.
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Get an introduction to data science in this course designed for aspiring professionals in project management and leadership.
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Learn when and how to conduct interviews with users and project stakeholders to identify project requirements.
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Learn when and how to conduct interviews with users and project stakeholders to identify project requirements.
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Business analysis is often used to refer to a profession, a competency, and the discipline of performing business research. This course gives an overview of all three areas.
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Learn how to manage data in Microsoft 365 to take on new projects, gather insights, and improve your performance at work.
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Learn to identify the different benefits of using Planner, Project, and Lists when managing a project, and utilize them to help you collaborate with others.
Taught by
Laura Paton MBA, PMP, CBAP, PMI-PBA, Greta Blash, PgMP, PMP, RMP, CBAP, PBA, ACP, CAPM, Angela Wick, Haydn Thomas, Daniel Stanton, Microsoft and Doug Rose