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Business Analysis Foundations

4.6(2,500)·140K enrolled
Beginner 2 hours English Completion Certificate Certificate

About this course

Business Analysis Foundations covers the core skills of the business analyst role: understanding stakeholder needs and translating them into requirements, process mapping and gap analysis, use case development, acceptance criteria, working with development teams, and the BABOK framework that defines professional BA practice. It's a compact course that establishes the vocabulary and methodology of business analysis for practitioners transitioning from other roles.

Business Analyst is one of the most common title targets for professionals transitioning from project management, operations, or consulting roles into more technically adjacent work. This course provides the foundational vocabulary and frameworks without requiring technical skills — positioning learners to apply the methodology in their specific domain.

What you'll learn

Elicit and document stakeholder requirements effectively
Create process maps and identify gaps between current and desired states
Write use cases and acceptance criteria for development teams
Apply the BABOK framework to structure BA work
Facilitate requirements workshops and manage stakeholder conflicts

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Instructor

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Haydn Thomas
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140K+ learners10 courses4.6 instructor rating

Haydn Thomas is a certified business analyst and LinkedIn Learning instructor with consulting and BA practice experience across enterprise and government organizations.

Requirements

  • No technical background required; some professional work experience helpful

Who this course is for

  • Project managers and operations professionals transitioning to business analyst roles
  • Consultants who want to formalize BA methodology
  • Anyone who interfaces between business stakeholders and technical teams

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Frequently asked questions

It provides the foundations — most BA roles also look for domain expertise and tool proficiency (SQL, Excel, or specific industry knowledge).
It introduces the BABOK framework that the CBAP is based on, but CBAP preparation requires more depth and professional experience.
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