Business Analyst

Master’s Program
Table of Contents

About the Course 3

Key Features 4

About Simplilearn 4

Program Outcomes 5

Who Should Enroll 6

Learning Path Visualization 7

Courses

Step 1 - Introduction to Business Analysis 8

Step 2 - Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) 9

Step 3 - Agile Scrum Master 11

Step 4 - Business Analytics with Excel 12

Step 5 - SQL Training 13

Step 6 - Tableau Training 14

Step 7 - Business Analyst Capstone 15

Course End Projects 16

Tools and Services Covered 17

Electives 18

Certifications 19

Classroom-Level Immersion Delivered Digitally 20

Customer Reviews 21

Corporate Training 22

Advisory Board Members 23

About the Course

The Business Analyst tools and techniques are amongst the most sought-after and highly
compensated digital economy skills. Accelerate your career with our acclaimed Business
Analyst Master’s Program, featuring the perfect mix of practical and hands-on manner
with real-world case studies and extensive hands-on practicum.

This Master’s Program is a blend of self-paced online videos, live virtual classes.
Mentorship sessions provide you with a high-engagement learning experience and real-
world applications, helping you master essential Business analysis skills. You will have
in-depth exposure to concepts including business analysis planning and monitoring, data
analysis and statistics, visualizations, Agile Scrum methodologies, and SQL databases.
preparing you for an exciting career in Business Analysis.

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Key Features

25+ hours of online self Industry recognized 30+ in-demand skills

learning content certifications from
Simplilearn

90+ hours of live virtual Real life projects Lifetime access to self-
classes providing hands-on paced learning and
industry training class recordings

About Simplilearn

Simplilearn is a leader in digital skills training, focused on the

emerging technologies that are transforming our world. Our
Blended Learning approach drives learner engagement and is
backed by the industry’s highest completion rates. Partnering
with professionals and companies, we identify their unique needs
and provide outcome-centric solutions to help them achieve their
professional goals.

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Program Outcomes

Grasp 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 Analysis Planning and
Monitoring

Master the concepts of requirements life cycle management

Gain fundamental knowledge on 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, Agile Scrum 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 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

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Program Eligibility Criteria and
Prerequisites

A Bachelor’s degree in any discipline with basic understanding of mathematics

and statistics

Who Should Enroll in this Program?

This program caters to working professionals from a variety of industries and

backgrounds; the diversity of our students adds richness to class discussions and
interactions. Aspiring professionals of any educational background with an analytical
frame of mind are most suited to pursue the Business Analyst Master’s Program,
including.

The following are the few professional profiles that are ideal students for this course:

Aspiring Business Analysts - including recent college graduates and those looking to
make a career change.

Other positions that are performing business analysis duties such as administrators,
managers, and project leads.

IT professionals

Beginners in the data analytics domain

Project managers

Banking and finance professionals

Marketing managers

Sales professionals

Supply chain network managers

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Learning Path

1 Introduction to Business Analysis

(1.5 hours)

2 Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®)

(41 hours)

3 Agile Scrum Master

(29 hours)

4 Business Analytics with Excel

(7 hours)

5 SQL Training
(7 hours)

Electives
6 Tableau Training CCBA® Certification
(7 hours) Training

Agile Scrum Foundation

Digital Transformation
7 Business Analyst Capstone course for Leaders
(16 hours)

8 Master's Certificate

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STEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Introduction to
Business Analysis
Simplilearn’s Introduction to Business Analysis course provides an overview of the role
and introduction to its tools and techniques. This course will help you understand how
business analysis adds value to an organization.

Key Learning Objectives

Understand the Business Analyst role and activities they
perform within an organization

Recognize the business analysis knowledge areas

Understand the key terms used in business analysis with their

definitions

Describe the Business Analyst’s role and scope with other

business and IT stakeholders

Course Curriculum
Lesson 1 - Introduction to CBAP certification

Lesson 2 - Introduction to BABOK V3

Lesson 3 - Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

Lesson 4 - Elicitation and Collaboration

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STEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Certified Business Analysis

Professional (CBAP®)
This CBAP certification training enables you to master the highest skills of business
analysis including advanced documentation, effective planning, and the design of
business solutions. Covering the core concept model of business analysis and the six
knowledge areas of the BABOK® Guide Version 3, this course prepares you to ace the
IIBA-CBAP exam.

Key Learning Objectives

Business analysis planning and monitoring

Elicitation and collaboration

Requirements life cycle management

Strategy analysis

Requirements analysis and design definition

Business intelligence perspective

Business architecture perspective

Business process management perspective

Course Curriculum
Lesson 1 - Introduction to CBAP certification

Lesson 2 - Introduction to BABOK V3

Lesson 3 - Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

Lesson 4 - Elicitation and Collaboration

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Lesson 1 - Introduction to CBAP certification

Lesson 2 - Introduction to BABOK V3

Lesson 3 - Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

Lesson 4 - Elicitation and Collaboration

Lesson 5 - Requirements Life Cycle Management

Lesson 6 - Strategy Analysis

Lesson 7 - Requirements Analysis and Design Definition

Lesson 8 - Solution Evaluation

Lesson 9 - Agile Perspective

Lesson 10 - Business Intelligence Perspective

Lesson 11 - Information Technology Perspective

Lesson 12 - Business Architecture Perspective

Lesson 13 - Business Process Management Perspective

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STEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Agile Scrum Master

This Agile Scrum Master online training introduces you to the best practices of Agile and
the nuances of the Scrum methodology. Master the Agile Scrum project management
approach and enhance your ability to develop and deliver quality products to customers.
Use this popular methodology to maximize business value while mitigating potential risks.

Key Learning Objectives

After completing this phase, you will be able to:

Producing Scrum artifacts

Agile Scrum methodologies
Implementing distributed
Agile Scrum applications Scrum

Daily Scrum synchronization JIRA project management

Sprint planning and review Agile Scrum best practices

Course Curriculum
Course Introduction Agile estimating, planning and
monitoring
Agile Way of thinking
Agile on Complex projects
Other Agile frameworks
Adopting Agile
Scrum events and artifacts

Scrum roles

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STEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Business Analytics with Excel

Business Analytics with Excel training will boost your analytics career with powerful new
Microsoft Excel skills. This business analytics training will equip you with all the concepts
and hard skills required for a strong analytics career basis. You’ll learn the basic concepts
of data analysis and statistics, helping promote data-driven decision making. Your
new knowledge of this commonly used tool combined with official business analytics
certification is guaranteed to ensure career success.

Key Learning Objectives

Understand the meaning of business analytics and its importance in the industry

Grasp the fundamentals of excel analytics functions and conditional formatting

Learn how to analyze with complex datasets using pivot tables and slicers

Solve stochastic and deterministic analytical problems using tools like scenario
manager, solver and goal seek

Apply statistical tools and concepts like moving average, hypothesis testing, ANOVA
and regression to data sets using Excel

Represent your findings using charts and dashboards

Get introduced to the latest Microsoft analytic and visualization tools i.e. Power BI

Course Curriculum
Lesson 1- Introduction to Business Lesson 4- Dashboarding
Analytics
Lesson 5- Business Analytics with Excel
Lesson 2- Formatting Conditional
Lesson 6- Data Analysis Using Statistics
Formatting and Important Functions
Lesson 7- Power BI
Lesson 3- Analysing Data with Pivot
Tables

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STEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

SQL Training

This course gives you all the information you need to successfully start working with SQL
databases and make use of the database in your applications. Learn to correctly structure
your database, author efficient SQL statements, and clauses, and manage your SQL
database for scalable growth.

Key Learning Objectives

After completing this phase, you will be able to:

Understand databases and relationships

Use common query tools and work with SQL commands

Understanding transactions; creating tables and views

Comprehend and execute stored procedures

Course Curriculum
Lesson 1- Rational Databases Lesson 7- Joining Tables

Lesson 2- SQL Querying Lesson 8- Subqueries

Lesson 3- Your First Queries Lesson 9- Manipulating Your Data

Lesson 4- Filtering Your Results Lesson 10- Transaction Control

Lesson 5- Consolidating Your Data Lesson 11- Creating Database Objects

and Adding Business Logic
Lesson 6- Grouping Your Data

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STEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Tableau Training
This Tableau Desktop 10 training will help you master the various aspects of the program
and gain skills such as building visualization, organizing data, and designing dashboards.
You will also learn concepts of statistics, mapping, and data connection. It is an essential
asset to those wishing to succeed in Business Analysis.

Key Learning Objectives

Grasp the concepts of Tableau Desktop 10, become proficient with statistics and build
interactive dashboards

Master data sources and datable blending, create data extracts and organize and format
data

Master arithmetic, logical, table and LOD calculations and ad-hoc analytics

Become an expert on visualization techniques such as heat map, treemap, waterfall,

Pareto, Gantt chart and market basket analysis

Learn to analyze data using Tableau Desktop as well as clustering and forecasting
techniques

Gain command of mapping concepts such as custom geocoding and radial selections

Master Special Field Types and Tableau Generated Fields and the process of creating
and using parameters

Learn how to build interactive dashboards, story interfaces and how to share your work

Course Curriculum
Lesson 1 - Getting Started With Tableau Lesson 6 - Mapping data in Tableau

Lesson 2 - Working With Tableau Lesson 7 - Dashboards and Stories

Lesson 3 - Deep Diving with Data and Lesson 8 - Visualizations for an

Connections Audience

Lesson 4 - Creating Charts

Lesson 5 - Adding Calculations to your

Workbook

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STEP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7

Business Analyst Capstone

Enhance your Business Analysis skills with a hands-on, industry-relevant capstone

project, bringing together every course into one portfolio-worthy capstone.
This 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:

Online Pantry

A world’s leading online e-commerce company is looking at creating a Pantry

feature, which would sell daily essential products This would be an additional
enhancement in the current website or app. This would be the company’s foray into
daily essential products which are regular consumption products and would lead to
repeat sales every month.

E-Fixed Deposits

A world’s leading bank currently has a manual option to create bank fixed deposits.
The bank users go to the nearest Citibank branch and create a fixed deposit.
Citibank has a future vision of being a 100% online bank and wants to do away with
all its manual banking processes. They have identified the need to create e-fixed
deposits.

Restaurant Management System

A US celebrity chef has his own chain of restaurants, across different cities in the
USA. He wanted to put a new Restaurant Management System to track the day-to-
day management of his restaurant.

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Course End Projects

Project 1:
Canteen Ordering System for
Unilever
Design an online portal for Unilever Canteen that enables
employees to order their food online, with the goal of
decreasing employee waiting time, reducing food waste,
and increasing the chance of getting preferred food items.

Project 2:
Library Management System for
Stanford
Design a library management software for Stanford
University to automate library activities like providing
immediate and accurate information regarding any type of
book, magazine, and research papers.

Project 3:
WhatsApp Pay
Help WhatsApp design a business model to help at least
one million users get on board with the WhatsApp Pay
feature within the first three months of its launch—with the
goal of getting 30 percent of the WhatsApp user base on
the service.

Project 4:
Hospital Management System for The
Mayo Clinic
Design a hospital management system for Mayo Clinic to
efficiently manage and coordinate cross-departmental
administrative activities like patient records, bed availability,
patient billing, and scheduling doctor’s appointments.

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Tools and Services Covered

PROGRAM ENDORSED BY IIBA:

IIBA is the world’s leading professional association

that develops and maintains standards for the
practice of Business Analysis.

Aligned with the standards of IIBA®

Obtain 35 IIBA CDUs

Prepares you to ace the ECBA, CCBA

and CBAP exams

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Electives

CCBA® Certification Training

This Certification of Capability in Business Analysis
(CCBA) training course covers the basic skillsets required
of business analyst professionals based on the industry
standards and benchmarks of the International Institute
of Business Analysis (IIBA®) and others. You’ll become
proficient in recognizing the needs of a business so
that the most applicable solutions can be identified and
implemented, and produce reliable quality results with
increased efficiency and consistency.

Agile Scrum Foundation

Master your professional knowledge of Agile
methodologies and Scrum practices with this
introductory course accredited by Exin. As a subset of
the Agile development approach, the Scrum framework
enables collaborative cross-functional teams to deliver
projects in incremental portions. Scrum effectively
addresses complex adaptive problems to deliver
products of the highest value.

Digital Transformation Course for

Leaders
This course will help you understand the IT-enabled
changes in a business environment, learn how to
successfully implement digital transformation projects,
and help guide your career in tomorrow’s business world.
You will be able to calculate the impact of IT on decision-
making within an organization and how it ultimately
impacts revenue growth.

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Certificate

C E R T I F I C AT E
O F AC H I E V E M E N T

Business Analyst

T H I S I S T O C E R T I F Y T H AT

JOHN DOE
Has successfully graduated from the <Course Name> Masters
Program summa cum laude having completed all mandated course
requirements and industry projects with distinction.

Date: __ / __ /2020

Krishna Kumar, CEO

Upon completion of this Master’s Program, you will receive the certificates from
Simplilearn in the Business Analyst courses in the learning path. These certificates will
testify to your skills as an expert in Business Analyst. Upon program completion, you will
also receive an industry-recognized Master’s Certificate from Simplilearn.

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Classroom-Level Immersion:
Delivered Digitally

Anywhere
Anytime
Access Online Enrollment and
Access on Web and Mobile

Online
Self-Learning Learner Watches Chapter-End
the Video Quizzes

Live,
Interactive
Classes Live Virtual Live Interaction
Classroom and Mentoring

Hands-On
Experience Final Project Virtual
Assessment Work Labs

Simplilearn Certification Criteria

85% Course
Completion + 80% Score on
Simulation Exam

+
Internal, and
External Project Submitted
Certification and Accepted

Final Exam and

Certification

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Customer Reviews

Prakash Rajiv
Business Analyst at doodleblue Innovations

I am doing the Business Analyst Master course from

Simplilearn. It is a really wonderful experience with the
trainers and LMS. I can learn according to my time and
pace. Overall the course is really wonderful.

Jagadeshwari Srinivasan
Senior Program Director @Ness Technologies

I liked the concept of online learning. The training

delivery is seamless and flawless - Thanks! Keep up the
good work. I especially like the fact that the arguments
are explained in detail, so that participants who are
interested in the understanding can get an important
contribution to their knowledge enhancement.

Musheer Ahmed Shaik

Project Manager @Wipro

The program is excellent, and well designed for

Project Managers. All the topics are well covered,
and the added advantage is we get support from the
professionals.

Sarang Bezalwar
Test Manager at Doshaheen Solutions Pvt. Ltd

Course content at Simplilearn is very well structured

and relevant for today’s market condition. The
support staff is very helpful in selecting the course and
guiding the participant.

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Corporate Training

Top clients we work with:

Features of Corporate Training:

Tailored learning solutions

Flexible pricing options

Enterprise-grade learning management system (LMS)

Enterprise dashboards for individuals and teams

24X7 learner assistance and support

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Advisory Board Members

Tim 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.

Jeff Allen
Project Management and Agile Expert,
Consultant, Author

Jeff Allen is a highly regarded project management and

Agile expert with more than 15 years of experience at
large companies like Compaq and HP. As an Agile Coach,
he has mentored over 5000 professionals globally.

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