Senior Business Analyst Job-Ready Training Program
A comprehensive 12-week intensive program designed for professionals ready to master senior Business Analyst capabilities. Build a portfolio with 30+ artifacts across 5 real-world projects spanning multiple industries. Position yourself for senior BA roles with hands-on experience in stakeholder management, requirements engineering, process improvement, and change leadership.
Program Pricing
Next Cohort: March 15, 2025
Seats Available: 15/25
Program At-A-Glance
A comprehensive 12-week program designed to position you for senior-level BA roles
Duration
12 Weeks
Schedule
2 days per week, 3 hours per session
Total Contact Hours
72 hours (live instruction + hands-on practice)
Learning Format
15-20% Instruction, 80-85% Hands-On Practice
Expected Homework
3-4 hours per week
Total Time Commitment
9-10 hours per week
What You'll Achieve
By completing this program, you will:
Master the complete BA lifecycle from project initiation through solution evaluation and closure
Build a professional portfolio with 30+ artifacts demonstrating senior-level BA capabilities
Gain hands-on experience across 5 real-world projects spanning multiple industries and complexity levels
Develop advanced skills in stakeholder management, requirements engineering, process improvement, and change leadership
Position yourself for senior BA roles with competitive salary ranges
Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, you will be able to:
- Develop compelling business cases with quantified ROI and strategic alignment
- Conduct enterprise-level gap analysis and organizational readiness assessments
- Evaluate solution options using weighted decision frameworks
- Present recommendations to C-suite executives with confidence
- Elicit requirements using advanced techniques (interviews, workshops, observation, prototyping)
- Write testable, unambiguous requirements with complete acceptance criteria
- Manage requirements through change with traceability and impact analysis
- Validate solutions through comprehensive UAT planning and execution
- Analyze and map complex stakeholder landscapes including power dynamics and influence networks
- Develop and execute targeted engagement strategies for resisters, skeptics, and champions
- Facilitate difficult cross-functional workshops and build consensus without authority
- Navigate organizational politics and conflicting stakeholder priorities
- Document current state processes and identify value-adding vs. non-value-adding activities
- Design future state processes using lean principles and value stream mapping
- Assess change impact across organizational dimensions (people, process, technology, culture)
- Develop comprehensive change management strategies addressing resistance and adoption
- Present complex analysis to executive audiences in concise, compelling formats
- Facilitate workshops with 10+ participants managing conflict and driving to decisions
- Influence stakeholders using evidence-based persuasion techniques
- Document professional-grade deliverables matching industry standards
5 Major Projects - Your Portfolio Foundation
Build a comprehensive portfolio with real-world projects spanning multiple industries and complexity levels
Your Role: Lead BA driving enterprise-wide CRM implementation for 500-person organization
What You'll Deliver
- Business Case & ROI Analysis
- Stakeholder Analysis & Influence Map
- Project Charter
- Current State Assessment & Gap Analysis
- Business Requirements Document (BRD) with 40+ requirements
- Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
- Solution Recommendation with Feasibility Analysis
- Future State Process Models (BPMN)
- Change Management Plan
- User Acceptance Test (UAT) Plan
- Lessons Learned Report
Key BA Challenges
- CFO skeptical of $2M investment - must build compelling business case
- IT Director resistant to change - 'current system works fine'
- Sales and Marketing have conflicting feature priorities
- Previous CRM implementation failed 3 years ago - organizational cynicism
- Must facilitate consensus across 15+ stakeholders with competing agendas
Skills You'll Practice
Your Role: Lead BA replacing legacy claims system: discovery, requirements, user stories, UAT execution, and go-live recommendation
What You'll Deliver
- Feature Inventory, Pain Points, Business Rules (from ClaimTrak Pro discovery)
- Gap Analysis (As-Is to To-Be)
- Functional Requirements (30–40), RTM
- User Stories Backlog with Gherkin acceptance criteria
- Business Case with ROI
- UAT Test Plan (40–60 test cases)
- Defect Log, UAT Summary Report
- Go-Live Decision Matrix, Lessons Learned
Key BA Challenges
- Legacy ClaimTrak Pro with minimal documentation
- Reverse-engineer features and business rules from system exploration
- Transform requirements into testable user stories and UAT test cases
- Execute UAT and make evidence-based go-live recommendation
Skills You'll Practice
Your Role: Lead BA optimizing order-to-cash process across 5 departments
What You'll Deliver
- Current State Value Stream Map
- Waste Analysis (delays, handoffs, rework)
- Future State Process Design
- BRD (process changes + enabling technology)
- Implementation Roadmap (quick wins + long-term improvements)
- Process Governance Framework
- Stakeholder Engagement Plan for territorial environment
Key BA Challenges
- Each of 5 departments blames others for 5-7 day order fulfillment delays
- No one owns the end-to-end process - organizational silos
- Sales VP: 'Credit is too slow approving orders'
- Credit Manager: 'Sales gives us incomplete information'
- Warehouse: 'Shipping is the bottleneck, not us'
- Must facilitate consensus when everyone is defensive
Skills You'll Practice
Your Role: Lead BA implementing GDPR compliance for customer data management
What You'll Deliver
- Compliance Requirements Analysis (translating legal language to BA requirements)
- Data Inventory across 12 systems
- Gap Analysis (current vs. required state)
- Compliance Requirements Traceability Matrix
- Solution Recommendation (centralized vs. federated approach)
- Audit Readiness Checklist
- Implementation Plan with risk mitigation
Key BA Challenges
- GDPR regulations are ambiguous - requires legal interpretation
- Customer data scattered across 12 systems (CRM, email, analytics, support, payment, etc.)
- Marketing fears data access restrictions will hurt campaigns
- IT says 6-month timeline is 'impossible'
- Must prove compliance with audit trail and documentation
- Balancing legal requirements with business operations
Skills You'll Practice
Your Role: Lead BA on compressed timeline tackling real-world chaos
What You'll Deliver
- Rapid BA cycle: Assessment → Requirements → Solution → Implementation Plan
- Integrated portfolio demonstration
- Executive presentation (board-level)
Key BA Challenges
Skills You'll Practice
Career Outcomes & Salary Ranges
Position yourself for senior BA roles with competitive compensation
Salaries vary by location, industry, and company size
Who This Is For
Designed for ambitious professionals ready to transform their careers
Who This Program Is For
Career changers with business experience seeking senior BA role
Junior BAs seeking senior-level skills and portfolio development
Project coordinators/managers transitioning to senior BA
Domain experts (finance, healthcare, operations) adding BA expertise
Professionals in adjacent roles (QA, Product, Operations) upskilling
Who This Program Is NOT For
Complete beginners with no professional experience
Those seeking data analyst/data science skills (SQL, Python, Power BI)
Those looking for project management (PMP) or product management training
Those unable to commit 9-10 hours per week consistently
What You'll Graduate With
Real-world skills and artifacts that will set you apart in the job market
12-Week Breakdown
2 sessions × 2 h each week with hands-on projects and real deliverables
Phase 1: Foundation & Strategic Initiation
Project 1 Begins: Enterprise CRM Transformation
Live Focus
Senior BA's role in strategic initiatives, business case development with ROI/NPV analysis, stakeholder analysis with power/interest/influence mapping, coalition building
Hands-On Project Work
Facilitate executive alignment session, build stakeholder influence map, develop quantified business case, create stakeholder engagement plan
Weekly Deliverable
Business Case, Stakeholder Analysis Document, Project Charter
Phase 1: Foundation & Strategic Initiation
Project 1 Continues
Live Focus
Current state documentation, gap analysis, root cause analysis, organizational readiness assessment, future state visioning
Hands-On Project Work
Document current processes using SIPOC, conduct gap analysis, facilitate future state visioning workshop, navigate conflicting stakeholder visions
Weekly Deliverable
Current State Assessment, Gap Analysis & Future State Vision Document, Updated Stakeholder Engagement Plan
Phase 1: Foundation & Strategic Initiation
Project 1 Continues
Live Focus
Advanced elicitation techniques (interviews, workshops, observation, prototyping), technique selection, active listening, requirements documentation and synthesis
Hands-On Project Work
Conduct stakeholder interviews with resistant participants, facilitate requirements workshop with competing priorities, perform job shadowing, develop comprehensive BRD
Weekly Deliverable
Business Requirements Document (BRD) v1.0, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Elicitation Summary Report
Phase 2: Requirements Excellence & Solution Design
Project 1 Continues
Live Focus
Requirements quality analysis, prioritization frameworks (MoSCoW, Kano Model, WSJF), solution options evaluation, feasibility analysis
Hands-On Project Work
Present BRD to mock stakeholders, prioritize 40+ requirements, evaluate solution options with weighted decision matrix, conduct feasibility analysis
Weekly Deliverable
BRD v1.1 (refined), Prioritization Matrix & MVP Definition, Solution Recommendation Document
Phase 2: Requirements Excellence & Solution Design
Project 1 Continues
Live Focus
Business process redesign principles, BPMN (Business Process Model Notation), change management frameworks (ADKAR, Kotter's 8-Step, Prosci), change impact assessment
Hands-On Project Work
Present solution recommendation to executive committee, design future-state processes with BPMN, conduct change impact assessment, develop stakeholder-specific change strategies
Weekly Deliverable
Process Design Document (BPMN models), Change Management Plan, Change Impact Matrix
Phase 2: Requirements Excellence & Solution Design
Project 1 Closure
Live Focus
Requirements change control processes, impact analysis, requirements validation vs. verification, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) planning and facilitation
Hands-On Project Work
Manage change requests with impact analysis, present to Change Control Board, define acceptance criteria, develop comprehensive UAT plan
Weekly Deliverable
Requirements Baseline v2.0, Change Request Documentation, UAT Plan & Test Scenarios, PROJECT 1 COMPLETE PORTFOLIO PACKAGE
Phase 3: Complex Discovery & Migration Excellence
Project 2 Begins: Healthcare Claims System Migration (ClaimsCare)
Live Focus
Project 2 kickoff: ClaimTrak Pro legacy system exploration, installation, team investigations (5 focus areas), feature inventory, business rules, pain points, BPMN models
Hands-On Project Work
Install and explore ClaimTrak Pro, conduct team investigations, produce Feature Inventory, Pain Points, Business Rules, and Investigation Summary
Weekly Deliverable
Feature Inventory, Pain Points Analysis, Business Rules, BPMN models, Investigation Summary
Phase 3: Complex Discovery & Migration Excellence
Project 2 Continues: Healthcare Claims (ClaimsCare)
Live Focus
Project 2 (ClaimsCare): 5-step gap analysis, As-Is to To-Be, IEEE 830 requirements, MoSCoW prioritization, RTM, user stories with Gherkin, ROI business case
Hands-On Project Work
Produce Gap Analysis, 30–40 Functional Requirements, RTM, User Stories Backlog, Business Case with ROI; finalize Requirements Package (50–70 pages)
Weekly Deliverable
Gap Analysis, BRD/Requirements Package, RTM, User Stories Backlog, Business Case
Phase 3: Complex Discovery & Migration Excellence
Project 2 Closure: Healthcare Claims (ClaimsCare)
Live Focus
Convert user stories to 40–60 UAT test cases; execute UAT, log defects, make Go/No-Go/Go with Conditions recommendation for ClaimsCare
Hands-On Project Work
Write UAT test cases, update RTM, Test Scenario Matrix, UAT Test Plan. Execute UAT, defect log, UAT Summary Report, Go-Live Decision Matrix, Lessons Learned
Weekly Deliverable
UAT Test Plan, Executed Test Cases, Defect Log, UAT Summary Report, Go-Live Decision, PROJECT 2 COMPLETE
Phase 4: Professional Readiness
Ethics, Certification & Job Prep
Live Focus
BA ethics (GDPR, data handling), CBAP certification prep, tailoring resumes to job descriptions, common interview questions, LinkedIn and portfolio building
Hands-On Project Work
Resume workshop, mock interviews, portfolio building and case studies
Weekly Deliverable
Resume, Portfolio artifacts, Interview prep materials
Phase 4: Professional Readiness
Advanced Soft Skills & Networking
Live Focus
Leadership and emotional intelligence for BAs, networking (BA chapters, volunteering), handling vague requirements, stakeholder conflicts, tough conversations
Hands-On Project Work
Role-play exercises with feedback, full BA cycle application
Weekly Deliverable
Facilitation and soft skills practice, networking plan
Phase 5: Integration & Professional Readiness
Capstone & Graduation
Live Focus
Review of learning, job search strategies, final certification guidance, portfolio presentations, reflection on growth
Hands-On Project Work
Complete capstone deliverables, present portfolio, graduation and certificate presentation
Weekly Deliverable
Capstone deliverables, Portfolio Presentation, COMPLETE PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO (30+ artifacts)
Additional Program Features
Tool Stack
You'll use these industry-standard tools from Week 1
Google Workspace
Professional documentation and collaboration
Miro/Mural
Visual collaboration, stakeholder mapping, virtual workshops
Lucidchart
BPMN process modeling, flowcharts, system diagrams, wireframes
Jira
User stories, backlog management, requirements tracking, traceability
Google Forms
Surveys, stakeholder feedback, requirements validation
Zoom/Meet
Remote stakeholder sessions, workshops, presentations
Pricing & Payment
Flexible payment options designed for your success
Full program access with all features
20% off
Payment Plans
Full payment required upon registration
Refund Policy
100% until end of Week 1 · 50% until end of Week 2 · No refunds after Week 2
What Our Graduates Say
Real stories from professionals who transformed their careers
"This program gave me the practical skills and confidence to transition from marketing to business analysis. The hands-on projects were invaluable."
"The instructors are industry experts who bring real-world experience. I landed my first BA role within 2 months of completing the program."
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