Business Analysis pathway

Create efficiencies and improve business processes

Business Analysts are responsible for reviewing and analysing business processes then making recommendations on how to improve or create efficiencies.

Driven by data, they identify opportunities, solve problems and create and communicate solutions. They often lead teams and manage many stakeholders, including reporting and presenting findings back to the business.

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What will this training prepare me for?

You'll learn how to define, plan and manage projects, transform raw data into business insights, build stakeholder relationships and map business requirements.

Completing this pathway will give you the foundational knowledge for an entry-level role as a Business Analyst.

Included courses

Data Foundations

Duration: 20-30 hrs
Prerequisites: NIL

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This is the first course in a three-part course series comprising of Data Foundations, Data Analysis with Excel and Data Visualisation with PowerBI.

In this course, you'll learn how to:

Plot and optimise graphs using good visualisation principles
Interpret basic descriptive statistics
Understand and plot frequency distributions
Use and adapt pivot tables
Understand variants and measures of central tendency
Understand misleading statistics and how to avoid them

Difficulty: Beginner

Assessments: Formative quizzes

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Introduction to Project Management

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Duration: 20 hrs
Prerequisites: NIL

In this course, you'll learn how to:

Define projects, frameworks, methodologies and project lifecycles
Understand and build stakeholder relationships
Understand the key principles of change management
Schedule projects from scope to critical path
Understand the software development lifecycle and agile methodologies

Difficulty: Beginner

Assessments: Final quiz

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Business Analyst Foundations

Duration: 40 hrs
Prerequisites: NIL

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In this course, you'll learn how to:

Understand and implement fundamental knowledge of Business Analysis
Plan and define projects
Elicit project requirements
Understand the role of a Business Analyst in design and development, including testing

Difficulty: Beginner

Assessments: Formative quizzes & Capstone project

Consulting Fundamentals

Duration: 5-10 hrs
Prerequisites: NIL

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In this course, you'll learn the foundations of consulting through a series of modules including:

Introduction to consulting and the different types used in the field
An in-depth look at what business acumen is and how a consultant can understand problems in an organisation
Understanding the foundational communication and presentation skills a consultant needs to know
How a consultant may further their education and professional development to better assist a business

Difficulty: Beginner/intermediate

Assessments: Final quiz

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