Advance Your Career with a
Business Analysis Certificate
Looking to take your business analysis skills to the next level? Our Business Analysis Certificate Program is tailored to equip you with a deep understanding of business analysis best practices, tools, and methodologies. This intensive program covers critical skills like process improvement, requirements elicitation, requirements modeling, solution analysis, and more.
Designed for busy professionals, our certificate program is delivered in a flexible format with live online sessions that are led by expert trainers with vast industry experience. You'll work on practical and hands-on exercises, which provide you with the opportunity to apply new knowledge and get feedback from our instructors in real-time.
Don't wait to take the next step in your business analysis career, start your journey today with our Business Analysis Certificate Program!
Public Courses
Start your journey to advance your career with public online courses.
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Schedule your courses using the link in the confirmation email. Choose dates that work with your schedule. Courses can be completed in any order.
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Customized Group Training
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We will meet with you to establish training goals and customize the materials.
Training is privately delivered in-person at your location or virtual.
Features
9-day
Coursed Bundle
63 PDU / CDU
Included Courses
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What We Cover
Introduction to the discipline of Business Analysis
Key business analysis terms, activities, deliverables and techniques
The benefits and value of Business Analysis
Barriers to Business Analysis
Identify the roles and responsibilities of the Business Analyst
Compare the BA role to other project roles
Identify where project roles can overlap and how to manage responsibilities
How business analysis works in both IT and business environments
The competencies of a Business Analyst
The breadth of business analysis from business to IT projects
The career path for Business Analysts
Methodologies and approaches to business analysis
Overview of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
Business Analysis certifications
Overview of the IIBA’s Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) and how it relates to Business Analysis and the role of the BA
The BABOK Core Standard
Definition of requirements and their classifications
A typical day in the life of a Business Analyst
A high level understanding of the Business Analysis process
Where the BA fits in to project work
A high level understanding of requirements, business rules, scope, process, data, interfaces, and interactions.
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What We Cover
What is strategic enterprise analysis
How to identify business needs & communicating vision
Root Cause Analysis techniques
Defining the problem or opportunity
Documenting Project or product vision
Making a build versus buy decision
RFI/RFP/RFQ Processes and the BA
How the BA process changes when selecting and implementing a vendor product
Define and understand what is scope
What is project scope vs. product scope
What is gap analysis
The process of solution scoping
Techniques and models for solution scoping
How scope models are used to validate scope
How scope models are used to communicate scope
How to break down scope to drive elicitation efforts
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What We Cover
Identifying Stakeholders
Classic and Modern Stakeholder Analysis Models
Facilitation, Elicitation, Collaboration
An Elicitation model
Barriers to effective elicitation
Elicitation Techniques
How to select which technique to use
17+ Elicitation Techniques
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What We Cover
The importance of modeling and analyzing requirements
When and why to model
Impacts to modeling based on stakeholder preferences and needs
Progressive elaboration and how to choose the right level of detail to model
How to adapt modeling based on approach – Agile, Waterfall, Incremental
How to tie models back to scope modeling
Different types of modeling, including:
Process Modeling (Process Maps, Swim Lanes)
Data Modeling (Data matrix, Entity Relationship Diagram (ERD), Class Diagram, Concept Modeling)
Interface Modeling (Prototyping, Mockups, Wireframes, Storyboards)
Interaction Modeling (Use Cases, SIPOC)
Decision Modeling (Decision Trees, Decision Tables, Weighted Ranking)
Problem Analysis / Root Cause Analysis (Ishikawa Diagram, 5 Why's
Business Rules Analysis in modeling)
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What We Cover
Approaches for documenting narrative requirements
The Business Analysis Body of Knowledge requirement classification, as well as the Uncommon League’s new approach to understanding requirements
Where Progressive Elaboration fits in to requirements documentation
The quality criteria for well written requirements
How to present different components of requirements
Different constructs for writing narrative requirements
Practice writing well-formed requirements for both Agile and Traditional approaches
How to correct requirements for clarity and quality
Techniques to check your work
Components of a business requirements document
Components of a system requirements specification or functional requirements document
The next steps for requirements and analysis deliverables
Effective methods for prioritizing requirements in Waterfall, Incremental or Agile approaches
Packaging requirements effectively based on stakeholder preferences
Understand the fundamentals of requirements traceability
How to trace requirements to business goals and objectives, scope, design and testing
How to create a traceability matrix
Methods for approving analysis deliverables
How to manage changes to requirements and deliverables after sign-off has occurred
What happens after requirements are approved?
The Business Analyst role in design
The Business Analyst role in quality assurance (QA) or system testing
The Business Analyst role in user acceptance testing
The Business Analyst role during the implementation of the solution
The Business Analyst role after the solution has been implemented
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Learn how scope is the input to planning efforts.
The difference between Project scope and Product (solution) scope
How to document product (solution) scope as the input to your planning efforts
Understanding gap analysis and the part it plays in the Business Analysis plan
Identify key planning concepts for analyzing Business Analysis work
Predictive (Waterfall, incremental) and Adaptive (Agile) approaches to planning Business Analysis work
How to plan the work and work the plan
Understanding complexity and impacts for your plan
How to choose techniques for your plan
How to choose activities and deliverables for your plan
How to communicate your plan
Understand various estimation techniques and how to select one, or more, that will work for you.
How to start today even if you’ve never planned before
Duration and Description
Online Course with LIVE Instructor
PDU / CDU Earned (Certification or Re-certification)
FREE Rescheduling + FLEX Scheduling
Breakout Sessions with Interactive Whiteboards
Download Materials, Templates, Examples
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Frequently Asked Questions
Courses & Certification
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Yes. Any of the Certificate and Boot Camps from The Uncommon League can be used towards certification from IIBA, PMI, and Scrum.org. Check with these organizations on the number of training hours that are required as they vary by certification type and organization.
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IIBA, PMI, and Scrum.org all have different processes for obtaining certification. Bob Prentiss CBAP® the founder of The Uncommon League suggests these points in putting together a plan:
1. Permit yourself. Saying the words “I’m going to get certified in analysis,” out loud commits your mindset to achieve the certification. Decide to pursue certification and then give your self permission to start.
2. Know the path. Getting analysis certification requires you to follow a pretty straightforward path. It’s best to know the steps you have to make before you make them. Being the impressive analyst you are, you are will naturally ask questions about the steps for certification. Talk with others that have completed the process to get a better perspective on the certification process or visit the certification website for more information.
3. Plan to Set Aside Time. Certification takes a little effort so you will need to set aside time in your schedule for completing the tasks in the certification process. The best approach is to schedule time on your calendar every day. Even as little as 30 minutes a day makes a big difference. Use this time for submitting the application, studying on your own, or collaborating with others in a study group.
4. Group Collaboration. You can undoubtedly study on your own, but several studies have shown that learning together is a more powerful learning experience, and you will retain more of the information when compared to just studying alone. Create or find a group that supports your certification efforts. Study groups can help you handle frustration or needing to understand an analysis technique more clearly.
5. Prepare and Mock Test. In preparing for the exam, the best course of action is taking sample certification tests. These help you understand how the questions are formulated and help you know which topics to focus on in your studying. You will be more confident in having completed a few mock exams. Focus on the areas of the mock exam where you didn’t’ get the questions right. Pull out those analysis skills and figure out why you answered the question wrong and put that topic on a list for you to study in more depth. If you’re getting a topic right consistently, you won’t need to focus your studying on that topic.
6. Support Your Success. Asking for support is an integral part of the journey. As with any project, you might want to consider getting yourself a champion. Your champion sits in your corner as your cheerleader. They also help you keep focus and on the path to certification.
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100%. The Uncommon League shows you not only the concepts and techniques - we also show you how they would work in the real-world by providing hands-on, interactive, and instructor coached breakout sessions. Our courses cover a broad area of knowledge areas and are designed for students to transition into their new careers more effectively.
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Yes - The Uncommon League is an Endorsed Education Provider and closely follows that educational standards as set by the certifying organizations. Employers recognize that candidates that show a history of learning in their particular discipline are more likely to be successful in their roles. Individuals with training and certifications have an advantage over other candidates that do not have training or certification. Also, individuals with training and certification generally receive a 5-10% boost in wages.
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FLEX scheduling is a part of the Business Analysis Certificate program. It allows a student to set their own pace in going through the program and to easy reschedule courses when needed.
Courses in the BA Certification program are scheduled several times during the year.
Students in the certification program can take courses in any order and can schedule themselves for any instance of a BA Certificate course.
It’s not required to complete all the BA Certificate courses in one quarter. Courses can be scheduled out over a period of 18 months from the date of purchase.
You have up to 18 months from the date of purchase to complete all your certificate courses in order to qualify for the certificate.
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Yes. You can reschedule for FREE. There are no penalties or fees. You can reschedule to any future scheduled date for the course.
You must transfer or reschedule the course within 18 months of purchase.
You can only transfer to a course of equal or lesser value.
BA Certificate students have FLEX scheduling (see the FAQ on FLEX scheduling).
Payment & Discounts
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We currently don’t offer payment plans directly to students however PayPal does offer the ability to split payments over a period of time.
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Yes. We accept purchase orders and can invoice for courses.
Please not payment of the invoice is required prior to the start of the course.
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We offer 5% discounts on groups of 3-5 students. Use discount code 5OFFDISC at checkout.
We offer 10% discounts on groups of 5 or more. Use code 10OFFDISC at checkout.
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We offer at 5% discount for government employees. Use discount code GOVWORKDISC at checkout.
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We accept all major credit cards, PayPal, Apply Pay, and checks.
Visit our Pay by Check page on this site to request an invoice to pay by check.
We will need payment of the invoice prior to the course start. Please allow 3-5 business day to post yoru check to the invoice. Once the invoice is paid, we will automatically enroll you in the course and you will get an email confirmation with a link to the course.
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We currently do not support ACH or wire transfers.
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Yes. We accept PayPal.
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We accept checks for purchase orders and invoiced courses only. You can request an invoice be sent.
Please note we will need to receive payment prior to the start of the course.