Job-ready skills you need to kickstart your career as a business analyst (Aligned with the BABOK Guide)

Develop hands-on practical skills and prepare for ECBA certification valued by employers

Strategies and methods for process modeling, requirements gathering, stakeholder engagement, and project management

Fundamental concepts, tools, and techniques for systems analysis, data analysis, and visualization

Ideal for non-project management professionals to help develop key project management skills and be more successful in their business or IT roles

Job-ready skills in project, stakeholder, and requirements management, including key tools such as user stories, RACI charts, and Agile frameworks

Identify stakeholders, analyze them, and apply effective communication and stakeholder engagement strategies; Elicit, document, & manage requirements

Leverage generative AI tools to support project management, stakeholder engagement and requirements gathering

Assess an organization’s strategic position using PESTEL, Porter’s Five Forces, and SWOT to analyze external environments and internal capabilities.

Formulate growth and competitive strategies using positioning, portfolio analysis, and market-entry decisions like build, buy, or license.

Design forward-looking strategies using scenario planning and innovation frameworks to navigate disruption and achieve long-term success.

Develop end-to-end strategic plans and translate insights into executive presentations and implementation roadmaps for decision-making and execution.

Develop financial analysis expertise by integrating statement analysis, forecasting, valuation, and communication for data-driven decisions.

Analyze financial statements using ratios, benchmarking, and cash flow analysis to assess performance and identify improvement opportunities.

Build integrated financial models with three-statement modeling, scenario analysis, and sensitivity testing to evaluate strategic options.

Apply valuation methods and synthesize insights into models, reports, and presentations to support investment and strategic decisions.

Create basic visualizations such as line graphs, bar graphs, and pie charts using Excel spreadsheets.

Explain the important role charts play in telling a data-driven story. 

Construct advanced charts and visualizations such as Treemaps, Sparklines, Histogram, Scatter Plots, and Filled Map Charts.

Build and share interactive dashboards using Excel and Cognos Analytics.

Analyze how generative AI enhances core management consulting tasks across the entire project lifecycle.

Apply GenAI tools and specialized platforms to accelerate market research, data analysis, and insight generation for consulting deliverables.

Leverage GenAI to create professional consulting outputs including process models, strategic recommendations, and executive presentations.

Implement AI governance practices including quality assurance, bias mitigation, and client transparency to build trust.

Execute an end-to-end consulting engagement from problem scoping to executive presentation and implementation planning.

Scope business problems, design research and stakeholder strategies, and define clear problem statements and actionable hypotheses.

Develop data-driven solutions through strategic, financial, and operational analysis to identify root causes and build business cases.

Create portfolio-ready deliverables and construct a consulting career plan by optimizing materials and preparing for interviews.