Business Analysis Fundamentals

Just because they’re the basics, doesn’t mean they’re boring. Master the fundamentals and concepts you’ll need to know to thrive in your career. 

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Set yourself up for success and learn the key business analysis concepts you’ll need to drive value with improvement projects at your organization.

Business Analysis Fundamentals is a comprehensive guide to the base concepts of business analysis. This course provides an overview of the BA role and responsibilities, introduces the key skills required for successful BA work, essential project methodologies, and more.

Learn more about the course and your instructors below!

Set yourself up for success and learn the key business analysis concepts you’ll need to drive value with improvement projects at your organization.

Business Analysis Fundamentals is a comprehensive guide to the base concepts of business analysis. This course provides an overview of the BA role and responsibilities, introduces the key skills required for successful BA work, essential project methodologies, and more.

Learn more about the course and your instructors below!

What you’ll learn in this course:

  • Business Analyst basics including an outline of what a Business Analyst is, what they do, and how they do it. 
  • Six essential project methodologies, including traditional waterfall and modern Agile frameworks.
  • Proper project initiation techniques including business case creation that facilitates business objective alignment.
  • Project requirements overview with six popular techniques to elicit insight from your stakeholders.
  • An overview of modeling diagrams that assist with project documentation. 
  • How to conduct requirement specification, including categorization, derivation, prioritization, and validation. 

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Awesome Perks

We’ve included some pretty insightful and useful resources with this course, including: 

  • Exclusive access to our Business Analyst Glossary
    Be in the know and up to speed with the seemingly complex terms and acronyms that come with the job. Our searchable glossary is home to over 350 terms, phrases, and acronyms, and it’ll become an essential tool for you as you grow your business analysis knowledge.
  • A Business Requirements Document (BRD) Template
    This optimized template example is an essential new piece to add to your toolbox while you perfect your requirement documentation skills.
  • A Business Case Template
    Organize all of the complex details and sell the value of your project with our simplified Business Case Template. No more staring at a blank screen or searching for ‘how-tos’. With this template, you’ll be building comprehensive, insightful Business Cases for your projects in no time.

The Extras

  • Money-Back Guarantee
    If you’re not happy with the course, contact us in the first 30 days and we’ll give you your money back.
  • Lifetime Access
    Enrollment grants you unlimited access to your course and any activities, resources, handouts, and quizzes for life.
  • 1-on-1 Support
    Unlimited 1-on-1 support directly from your instructor for any questions you might have.

Jeremy Aschenbrenner,
Chief Instructor

Meet Your Instructor

Hi, I’m Jeremy Aschenbrenner!
Many know me better as The BA Guide.

After gaining a decade of valuable experience in business analysis and consistently delivering successful projects that drive value for organizations, I decided to follow my passion for teaching others. This led me to establish The BA Guide, a platform dedicated to empowering individuals and organizations by sharing my expertise.
Learn more about me here

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Customer Appreciation

"This guy is great. As a career changer new to many of the concepts of Business Analysis, Jeremy explains things clearly and at a good pace. Whenever I encounter something new, I just look up the chapter and 30 mins later I'm in a lot better place. I would definitely recommend this to anyone new to the BA world."
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"SUPER thorough, covered everything from the basics to more advanced concepts. Probably the most comprehensive course on business analysis I've ever seen."
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"Being completely new to Business Analysis, I appreciated the way Jeremy simplifies topics making them easy to process. The videos are great and you are able to digest essential points easily and still go back for reference. Really a great course all around."
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Course Curriculum

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Business Analysis Fundamentals

Welcome to the Course!

  1. Course Introduction
  2. Meet Your Instructor - Jeremy Aschenbrenner

The Basics

  1. What is a Business Analyst and what value do they provide?
  2. Broad Responsibilties of a Business Analyst
  3. Types of Business Analyst Roles
  4. Top Business Analyst Skills
  5. Validate Understanding of the Basics

Business Analysis Approaches and Frameworks

  1. Business Analyst Glossary of Terms + Download
  2. Business Analysis Approaches and Frameworks Overview
  3. Waterfall
  4. Incremental
  5. Spiral
  6. Scrum [Agile] PART 1
  7. Scrum [Agile] PART 2
  8. Updates to Scrum Standards
  9. Rapid Application Development (RAD) [Agile]
  10. Prototyping
  11. Software Development Life Cycles Knowledge Check

Initiating a Project

  1. Activity: Begin to think logically
  2. Activity: Begin to think logically - Solution and Explanation
  3. Understanding the Business Objective
  4. Creating a Business Case [PART 1]
  5. Creating a Business Case [PART 2]
  6. What is a Stakeholder and How to Identify Them
  7. Assigning Responsibilities to Stakeholders using a RACI Matrix
  8. Initiating a Project Quiz
  9. Activity: Create a Business Case

Requirement Basics

  1. Overview of Requirements
  2. SMART Requirements
  3. SMART Requirements Clarification
  4. Tips for Producing Valid Requirements
  5. Phases of the Requirements Process
  6. Business Rules
  7. Requirement Basics Quiz

Requirement Elicitation

  1. Requirement Elicitation Basics
  2. Introduction to Requirement Elicitation
  3. Elicitation Technique: Brainstorming
  4. Elicitation Technique: Requirement Workshops
  5. Elicitation Technique: Interviewing (PART 1 OF 3)
  6. Elicitation Technique: Interviewing (PART 2 OF 3)
  7. Elicitation Technique: Interviewing (PART 3 OF 3)
  8. Elicitation Technique: Surveys
  9. Elicitation Technique: Documentation Review
  10. Elicitation Technique: Analyzing Interfaces
  11. Activity: Utilize the elicitation skills you've learned

Requirement Analysis

  1. Introduction to Requirement Analysis
  2. Visual Modeling Concepts
  3. Business Models
  4. Technical Models
  5. BPMN vs UML
  6. Engaging Your Technical Team

Requirement Specification

  1. Introduction to Requirement Specification
  2. Categorizing Requirements
  3. Deriving Requirements
  4. Deriving Requirements - In Other Words
  5. Assigning Requirement Attributes
  6. Prioritizing Requirements
  7. Validating Requirements
  8. Business Requirements Document (BRD)

Requirements Approval

  1. Introduction to Requirements Approval
  2. Gaining the Business Approval
  3. Gaining the Technical Approval
  4. Gaining Sponsor or Committee Approval

After the Project

  1. Conducting a Project Review
  2. Verifying the Completion of a Project

Miscellaneous Other Topics

  1. Application Environments
  2. Tip for Success: Own Your Conference Calls
  3. Tip for Success: Include a Meeting Agenda
  4. Tip for Success: Stop with Formal Meeting Agendas

Next Steps

  1. Well done! What's Next?

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Business Analysis Fundamentals

Course Introduction

Introduction to Business Analysis, the BA Role, and the Value BAs Provide

Introduction to Business Analysis, the BA Role, and the Value BAs Provide

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