How to do great Business Analysis

The Maze ... of Business Analysis

The landscape of Business Analysis does look daunting and confusing to most people, with all the jargon, mass of data, views and opinions, concepts, tools & techniques, factors & parameters etc. This course will declutter and demystify this maze and simplify the business analysis process. It will show you what data, tools or techniques are relevant in different situations of business analysis and how to use and apply them.

Unique Teaching Method ... Hands on

The course will achieve this by making you learn how to do great business analysis - through 3 real life business Cases on: (1) Problem analysis, (2) Business Performance Review & Strategy audit, and (3) Evaluation of Business Options & opportunities.

. And you will be practicing this yourself, through 4 Practice Assignments, as you walk through each case, along with the instructor. And a detailed analysis of each case is provided, explaining the data, tools & techniques used and the methodology and logic of the analysis. And you can self-assess your progress in understanding the course through 4 Quiz. Revise with 32 downloadable documents (PDF & Excel).

Skills acquired

After successfully completing this course, you would have acquired:

1. Ability to categorize a given business scenario - Status Assessment, Problem Analysis & Solution, Evaluation of Options - and select the most appropriate data, sources, tools and techniques for each.

2. Mastery of

   - 4 major frameworks: Problem Analysis, Performance Review, Strategy Audit and Evaluation of Business Opportunities & Options, and

   - 14 cutting Edge Tools & Techniques of Business Analysis

3. Facility to creatively analyze data pertaining to Operations, Markets, Financials etc. , reach logical conclusions and present them visually

4. Creating a roadmap of actions that can bring about major improvements in your job, function, company or business.

What this course is NOT ...

It is not a piece of software, certification or checklist, which may have only very limited usefulness or applicability to a variety of business situations.

What IT IS

• A Comprehensive, step-by-step Approach to doing great Business Analysis in a variety of scenarios, demonstrated through 3 real life business case studies.

• Fundamental insights into the nature of business issues

• Knowledge of common pitfalls of Business Analysis and and mental cobwebs in our thinking patterns and how to avoid them

• 12 major concepts illustrated through the case analyses

Course Structure

• 47 Lectures arranged in 8 Sections

• 370 minutes of absorbing videos

• 3 Case Studies - each with Narration and Analysis

• 4 Practice Assignments

• 4 Self-assessment Quiz

• 32 downloadable documents

FREE Lectures

Apart from the Preview Video, the following Lectures are FREE to view:

1. Course Overview : Section 1, Lecture 1

2. Introduction to Cases : Section 3, Lecture 6

Check them out!