10 Week Curriculum
Learn the full Business Analyst journey, one stage at a time.
Start with an unclear business problem and progressively work through stakeholder discovery, process analysis, requirements, Agile delivery, product thinking, digital technology, solution design, UAT, business decision support and executive presentation.
- 10 Weeks
- 60 Live Hours
- 10 Enterprise Simulation Labs
One transformation. Ten connected stages.
- 01Discover
- 02Engage
- 03Analyse
- 04Define
- 05Deliver
- 06Connect
- 07Design
- 08Validate
- 09Advise
- 10Defend
Discover · Week 1
Enterprise Discovery
Enter the organisation, understand why the initiative exists and investigate the real business problem before jumping to solutions.
You'll learn
- Business Analysis fundamentals
- BA responsibilities
- SDLC
- Waterfall
- Agile and hybrid delivery
- Scrum foundations
- Business problem vs solution
- Scope
- Objectives
- Assumptions
- Constraints
- Root Cause Analysis
You'll practise
- Review project evidence
- Analyse customer complaints
- Identify symptoms
- Run 5 Whys
- Create Fishbone Diagram
- Write Problem Statement
- Define initial scope
Tools
- Miro
- Confluence
Portfolio output
- Enterprise Discovery Brief
- Problem Statement
- Root Cause Analysis
- Initial Scope
Simulation challenge
Leadership believes it already knows the solution. Your job is to determine whether it understands the problem.
Halfway point
By the halfway point, you are already working inside an active delivery environment.
You will have investigated the problem, engaged stakeholders, redesigned processes, defined requirements and created an Agile backlog before moving into data, technical analysis, UAT and business decision support.
Your portfolio grows with the project.
- 01Discovery Brief
- 02Stakeholder Analysis
- 03Process Models
- 04Requirements
- 05Agile Backlog
- 06Product & Technology Analysis
- 07Solution Design
- 08UAT Pack
- 09Executive Decision Pack
- 10Final Portfolio
Tools appear when the work requires them.
- Discovery
- Miro, Confluence
- Stakeholders
- Miro, Confluence
- Processes
- Visio / Draw.io
- Requirements
- Confluence, Excel
- Agile
- Jira, Confluence
- Product & Technology
- Miro, Figma, Draw.io / Visio, Postman
- Solution Design
- Figma, Postman, Draw.io / Visio
- UAT
- Jira, Confluence
- Governance
- Excel, PowerPoint
- Boardroom
- PowerPoint
Included bonus learning
Go beyond the core BA curriculum.
You do not need to become a developer, designer or data scientist.
Technical and Product concepts are taught at the level required for a Business Analyst to communicate effectively, ask better questions and support delivery.
Ready to start your Business Analyst journey?
Apply to join the IreVantage Academy Business Analyst Immersive Programme. Our admissions team will review your application and share information about upcoming cohorts, programme schedules and enrollment requirements.