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Master’s Program
This Business Analyst Master’s Program is designed to hone your expertise in the latest Business analytics tools and techniques, including planning and monitoring, data analysis and statistics, visualizations, Agile Scrum methodologies, and SQL databases. This Business Analyst certification course will train you in a practical manner with real-world case studies, ensuring that you’re market-ready.
♦ About the Program
Why become a Business Analyst?
The employment of management analysts, including business analysts, is expected to grow 14 percent between 2018 and 2028, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). This is a higher growth rate than other professions.
Business Analysts use data to outline problems, opportunities, and solutions for businesses and report them back to the stakeholders in the organization. They also play a crucial role in fixing outdated processes, driving new technology adoption, and innovation, making this an in-demand role in every area of business, from consulting to product management. A Business Analyst’s career path can take them in multiple directions, depending on their experience and future career goals. Simplilearn’s Business Analyst Certification is a perfect program to kick start your career, and have endless growth opportunities.
What are the objectives of the Business Analyst Course?
Business analysts are in-demand across a wide range of industries. Business analysis can be an exciting and rewarding career for people who possess the requisite skills—helping struggling companies thrive and make good companies great.
Simplilearn’s Business Analyst Training Program will provide you with extensive expertise in business analysis. With this course, you will master the concepts and skills required for an active business analyst career. You will become an expert in Excel, CBAP, Tableau, Agile ScrumMaster, SQL, CCBA, and Agile Scrum Foundation.
You will also gain the skills necessary to build interactive dashboards; gain insight into business analysis planning and monitoring, understand the competencies of a business analyst, master Agile Scrum methodologies, and learn how to work with SQL databases. The entire Business Analyst Certification learning experience is tied together with real-world projects and virtual simulations to help you obtain domain experience.
After completing all aspects of the training, you will be prepared for the role of a business analyst.
What important skills will you learn from this Business Analyst Certification Training?
With this Business Analyst Training you can:
- Grasp the fundamentals of Excel analytics functions and conditional formatting
- Apply statistical tools and concepts like moving average, hypothesis testing, ANOVA, and regression to data sets using Excel
- Understand the tools and techniques used in business analytics planning and monitoring
- Master the concepts of requirements life cycle management
- Gain fundamental knowledge of the agile perspective
- Learn to analyze data using Tableau and become proficient in building interactive dashboards
- Master the Agile Scrum project management approach
- Gain expertise in Agile Scrum methodologies and applications, daily scrum synchronization, sprint planning, and review
- Understand business analysis key concepts and business analysis core concept model (BACCM)
- Acquire advanced knowledge of identifying, defining, assessing, and completing various elements of business analysis tasks
- Master SQL concepts such as Universal Query Tool (UQT) and SQL command
- Plan, execute, monitor, and track Scrum projects
- Absorb agile philosophy and gain deep knowledge of scrum
- Effectively apply Scrum in your organizations
What all is covered as part of the Capstone project in this Business Analyst Course?
The Business Analyst Capstone project provides high-touch mentoring sessions with expert industry trainers for 8 hours over a span of 4 weeks. This will enhance your Business Analysis skills with hands-on and industry-relevant projects while bringing together every course into one portfolio. The learner will get the option to choose from the following three industries to work on in their Capstone project:
- Hospitality: Learners will create a restaurant management system for a globally well-known Michelin-star restaurant chain
- Retail: Learners will create a plan to launch an “online pantry” (similar to Amazon Pantry) that delivers essential products on a daily basis
- Banking: Learners will create a plan and capture the requirements to create a feature with which a global bank can introduce e-Fixed deposits for all the users
What is BABOK®? And what does it cover?
BABOK is a Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) which helps business analysts achieve better business outcomes at the strategic, tactical and operational level. BABOK covers knowledge areas, techniques and perspectives which represent the majority of tasks business analysts do and provides focus to tasks and techniques specific to the context of the initiative.
What Business Analysis areas are covered in the BABOK Guide?
The BABOK guide describes below 6 knowledge areas that represent the daily tasks performed by a business analyst:
- Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
- Elicitation and Collaboration
- Requirements Life Cycle Management
- Strategy Analysis
- Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
- Solution Evaluation
What projects are included in this Business Analyst course?
Project 1: Sales Performance Analysis
Description: Build a dashboard to present monthly sales performance by product segment and product category to identify the areas that have met or exceeded their sales targets.
Project 2: Customer Analysis
Description: Build a dashboard that presents statistics about the customers, ranking of them by profit ratio and sales plus the profit performance by region.
Project 3: Product Analysis
Description: Build a dashboard that presents sales by product category over time, with the ability to drill down to the product and regional level to check if the products are correctly priced.
Project 4: Sales Dashboard
Description: Build a dashboard that presents metrics about products (like sales, profits, profit ratio) and the trends of statistics over time, filtering down to one or more geographic regions.
Who should take this Business Analyst Certification Master’s Program?
Business Analyst is a solid career choice for both new and experienced professionals. Aspiring professionals of any educational background with an analytical frame of mind are best suited to pursue the Business Analyst Training, including:
- Aspiring business analysts, including recent college graduates and those looking to make a career change
- New business analysts wanting to improve their craft
- Other positions that are performing business analysis duties such as administrators, managers, and project leads
- IT professionals
- Project managers
- Banking and finance professionals
- Marketing managers
- Sales professionals
- Supply chain network managers
- Beginners in the data analytics domain
What are the prerequisites for this Business Analyst Certification Master’s Program?
This Business Analyst course covers all of the fundamentals; there is no mandated prerequisite, but some experience in business analysis is recommended.
♦ Program Advisor
Tim JeromeTim Jerome
Project Management Expert and Evangelist
Tim Jerome is an international project management expert with over 15 years of experience at companies like Intel and Digital Network Services. A former president of the PMI Rio Grande Chapter, Tim is also a PMP instructor with over 10 years of experience in addition to his extensive project management consulting experience.
Bryan Campbell
President at 7 C’s Consulting and Agile Project and Program Manager
Bryan Campbell is a highly respected Agile Coach and Project Manager with more than 25 years of experience managing projects, programs and PMOs around the world. He specializes in agile transformation for enterprise, scale PMOs.
♦ Learning Path
Course 1
Introduction to Business Analysis
Course 2
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®)
Course 3
Agile Scrum Master
Course 4
Business Analytics with Excel
Course 5
SQL Training
Course 6
Tableau Training
Course 7
Business Analyst Capstone
Master’s Program Certificate
Electives
CCBA®-Certification of Competency in Business Analysis
Electives
Agile Scrum Foundation
Electives
Digital Transformation Course for Leaders
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♦ Reviews
Olu Adeyinka MSc
Senior Business System Analyst
The faculty has excellent knowledge about the subject, and his ability to teach is very inspiring. The course content is comprehensive and updated.
Caleb Navarro
The trainer was highly skilled and took the time to answer every single question, and explained how to think of the BA framework from the right perspective. The sessions were very interactive and focused on content and explained each knowledge area in detail.
♦ Why Online Bootcamp
Develop skills for real career growth
Cutting-edge curriculum designed in guidance with industry and academia to develop job-ready skills
Learn from experts active in their field, not out-of-touch trainers
Leading practitioners who bring current best practices and case studies to sessions that fit into your work schedule.
Learn by working on real-world problems
Capstone projects involving real world data sets with virtual labs for hands-on learning
Structured guidance ensuring learning never stops
24×7 Learning support from mentors and a community of like-minded peers to resolve any conceptual doubts
♦ FAQs
Who is a Business Analyst?
A Business Analyst is someone who bridges the gap between business and IT by driving the organization toward efficiency and profitability. They are mainly responsible for planning and monitoring, eliciting requirements, analyzing functional and technical requirements and communicating with various stakeholders to fulfill business needs.
What is the duration of Simplilearn’s Business Analyst Certification Master’s Program?
Simplilearn’s Business Analyst Training Program lasts for 365 days (1 year) where learners can work at their own pace through high-quality e-learning video modules. Learners may also enroll in 75+ instructor-led online training classes for the year.
How do I enroll in the Business Analyst Training program?
You can register for this Business Analyst Training Program on our website and make an online payment using any of the following options:
- Visa Credit or Debit Card
- MasterCard
- American Express
- Diner’s Club
- PayPal
Once payment is received you will automatically receive a payment receipt and access information via email.
What can I expect from the Business Analyst Masters Program?
You will gain access to e-learning content for all Business Analyst courses included in the learning path, exclusive forums moderated by faculty and industry experts, and monthly mentoring sessions by faculty and industry experts. Upon completing the program requirements, you will receive the Master’s certification.
Do you provide a money-back guarantee for this Business Analyst Course?
Yes. We provide a seven-day money-back guarantee for our master’s programs. Refer to our Refund Policy and submit refund requests via our Help and Support portal.
I am not able to access the online Business Analyst course, whom do I contact for a solution?
Contact us using the form on the right of any page on the Simplilearn website, select the Live Chat link or contact Help & Support.
Who are the instructors for this Business Analyst Training program?
All of our highly qualified instructors for this Business Analyst course are industry experts with years of relevant industry experience. Each of them has gone through a rigorous selection process that includes profile screening, technical evaluation, and a training demo before they are certified to train for us. We also ensure that only those trainers with a high alumni rating remain part of our faculty.
What is Global Teaching Assistance?
Our teaching assistants are a dedicated team of subject matter experts here to help you get certified on your first attempt. They engage students proactively to assure the course path is followed and to help you enrich your learning experience, from class onboarding to project mentoring and job assistance.
What is covered under the 24/7 Support promise?
We offer 24/7 support through email, chat and calls. We have a dedicated team that provides on-demand assistance through our community forum. What’s more, you will have lifetime access to the community forum, even after completion of the Business Analyst course.
How can I get a copy of the BABOK book to study?
IIBA® members receive a complimentary copy of the BABOK® Guide Version 3 PDF. If you are an IIBA member, you can download BABOK Version 3 from the IIBA website. Non-members can purchase a copy of the BABOK Guide Version 3 PDF for USD 29.95.
Does Simplilearn provide practice exams related to this Business Analyst Certification program?
Yes, we offer the following Business associated practice tests –
- CBAP Exam Prep Practice Test
- CCBA Exam Questions Practice Test
