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Become a Business Analyst
Master requirements, stakeholder management, and data analysis to bridge business and IT teams.
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Sneha T. [PLACEHOLDER] ★ 4.9
Business Analyst Lead at ConsultPro | 8+ years of experience
About this Path
Designed for fresh graduates and career-switchers from operations, support, or finance who want to enter IT as Business Analysts. You will learn to elicit and document requirements, model business processes with BPMN, work with SQL for data analysis, and deliver actionable insights that drive project decisions.
Path Overview
Beginner LevelCertificate of CompletionAbout 32 hours to completeEnglish language12+ curated videosLearn online at your own pace4 modules with resourcesGamified & interactive
Path Curriculum
Role of a BA in Agile vs Waterfall
Understand where BAs fit in different delivery models and what stakeholders expect.
Types of Requirements: Business, Functional, Non-Functional
Classify and write requirements that are testable, traceable, and unambiguous.
Stakeholder Identification and Management
Map stakeholders by interest and influence to plan your engagement strategy.
SDLC Phases and BA Deliverables
Identify which BA artifacts are needed at each stage from initiation to closure.
Elicitation Techniques: Interviews, Workshops, Observation
Choose the right technique based on stakeholder availability and complexity of the domain.
Writing Use Cases and User Stories
Structure functional requirements in formats engineering and QA teams can act on.
Business Requirements Document (BRD) Structure
Assemble a complete BRD with scope, assumptions, constraints, and acceptance criteria.
Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
Link requirements to test cases and business objectives to manage scope changes.
BPMN 2.0 Process Diagrams
Draw as-is and to-be workflows in Lucidchart to surface inefficiencies and handoff gaps.
Data Flow Diagrams and Entity-Relationship Models
Represent how data moves through systems and how entities relate for design clarity.
SQL for Business Analysts
Write SELECT, JOIN, GROUP BY, and HAVING queries to answer business questions from databases.
Excel and Power BI for BA Reporting
Build pivot tables and Power BI dashboards to present data-driven recommendations.
Working in Agile Sprints as a BA
Manage the product backlog, write acceptance criteria, and support sprint ceremonies.
Jira and Confluence for BA Workflows
Track requirements, defects, and documentation in industry-standard project tools.
Wireframing with Figma or Balsamiq
Sketch low-fidelity UIs to validate scope and reduce rework during development.
Building a BA Portfolio and Interview Prep
Document two end-to-end case studies showing elicitation, analysis, and impact.
What you'll learn
- ✓Elicit requirements from stakeholders using interviews, workshops, and observation techniques.
- ✓Document functional and non-functional requirements in BRDs and use-case specifications.
- ✓Model business processes using BPMN 2.0 in tools like Lucidchart or draw.io.
- ✓Write SQL queries to extract, filter, and aggregate data for business reporting.
- ✓Create wireframes in Figma or Balsamiq to validate solutions with stakeholders before development.
- ✓Manage a project backlog in Jira and communicate status through structured stakeholder reports.