Analyse
Take a vague business problem, identify stakeholders, ask useful questions and frame the real need.
LEARNING · PRACTICE · INDUSTRY READINESS
A structured path from zero to job-ready.
This is not a collection of disconnected notes. The curriculum is designed as a progression: understand the business problem, define the work, deliver it, communicate decisions, and evaluate outcomes. Every chapter has concepts, practical application and a piece of proof-of-work.
THE LEARNING SYSTEM
Don't just finish lessons. Build capability.
Each topic moves through four levels. Learn gives you the mental model. Apply puts it into a realistic scenario. Produce creates an artifact. Explain makes sure you can defend your thinking in a meeting or interview.
MASTER TABLE OF CONTENTS
The complete learning path
Follow this order if you are starting from zero. You can still jump into an individual chapter, but the sequence is deliberate: each phase prepares you for the next.
PHASE 1
Foundation: think like a BA
Build the core BA skill: understand the business problem, discover what is really happening, turn needs into buildable requirements, and evaluate whether the solution created value.
01
What Business Analysis Actually Does
Problem vs solution • BA mindset • value and outcomes • BA responsibilities • BA vs PM/Product/Developer
02
Problem Framing & Business Need
Problem statements • business objectives • root cause • assumptions • evidence • scope of the problem
03
Stakeholders & Stakeholder Strategy
Stakeholder identification • influence/interest • roles • needs • engagement strategy • conflicts
04
Elicitation: How to Discover What People Actually Need
Interviews • workshops • observation • document analysis • questioning • active listening • elicitation planning
05
Requirements: From Need to Buildable Detail
Business/stakeholder/solution requirements • functional/non-functional • constraints • assumptions • dependencies • acceptance criteria
06
Process Mapping & Business Process Thinking
AS-IS • TO-BE • flowcharts • swimlanes • decisions • handoffs • bottlenecks • process improvement
07
Prioritization, Validation & Traceability
Prioritization • MoSCoW • validation • requirement quality • traceability • change impact
08
Solution Evaluation & Benefits
Acceptance • outcome measurement • KPIs • benefits realization • adoption • feedback • continuous improvement
PHASE 2
Delivery: plan and control work
Learn to turn an approved objective into controlled delivery: initiation, scope, WBS, schedule, cost, quality, risk, communication, execution and closure.
01
How Project Management Fits Together
Projects vs operations • value delivery • lifecycle • constraints • tailoring • PM role • delivery environment
02
Initiation, Business Case & Project Charter
Business case • feasibility • objectives • success criteria • charter • assumptions • high-level stakeholders
03
Scope, Requirements & the WBS
Scope boundary • deliverables • acceptance • decomposition • WBS • work packages • scope creep
04
Schedule, Dependencies & the Critical Path
Activities • dependencies • sequencing • milestones • critical path • float • schedule risk
05
Cost, Quality & Earned Value Thinking
Budget • estimates • cost baseline • quality planning • variance • EV/PV/AC • CPI/SPI
06
Risk, Issues, Assumptions & Change
Risk identification • probability/impact • responses • RAID • issues • change control • escalation
07
Stakeholders, Team & Communication
Stakeholder engagement • team roles • communication planning • status reporting • conflict • escalation
08
Delivery, Closure & Learning
Readiness • UAT • go-live • handover • closure • lessons learned • benefits review
PHASE 3
Agile: deliver through feedback
Understand Agile as a delivery system built around value, feedback, small increments, transparency and adaptation — not simply ceremonies.
01
Agile: What It Really Changes
Agile values • empiricism • feedback • uncertainty • incremental delivery • collaboration • customer value
02
Product Vision & Backlog Thinking
Product vision • goals • outcomes • backlog • ordering • value • MVP • discovery
03
User Stories & Acceptance Criteria
User story structure • personas • value • acceptance criteria • examples • edge cases • INVEST
04
Sprints, Planning & Incremental Delivery
Sprint goal • planning • capacity • refinement • increment • Definition of Done
05
Scrum Roles, Events & Accountability
Product Owner • Scrum Master • Developers • Sprint Planning • Daily Scrum • Review • Retrospective
06
Estimation, Prioritization & Capacity
Relative estimation • story points • planning poker • capacity • prioritization • uncertainty
07
Feedback, Metrics & Continuous Improvement
Product metrics • delivery metrics • flow • velocity • feedback • retrospectives • experiments
PHASE 4
Consulting: advise and communicate
Build the consulting layer: discover the real problem, challenge assumptions respectfully, compare options, make scope/commercials clear and help clients make decisions.
01
Client Discovery
Discovery structure • business context • goals • pain points • current state • questioning • evidence
02
Request vs Problem
Requested solution • underlying need • root cause • evidence • challenge assumptions • reframing
03
Solution Options & Trade-offs
Options • feasibility • effort • cost • risk • scalability • trade-offs • recommendation
04
Scope, Estimates & Commercial Conversations
Scope boundary • assumptions • estimates • dependencies • pricing logic • change requests • negotiation
05
Client Communication & Decision Making
Executive updates • status • decisions • risks • escalation • demos • approvals • expectation management
PHASE 5
Hybrid: tailor the operating model
Learn to design a delivery model around the nature of the work: predictive control where certainty matters and iterative learning where uncertainty is high.
01
Why Hybrid Exists
Predictive vs iterative • uncertainty • complexity • compliance • fixed dates • tailoring
02
Tailoring the Delivery Model
Workstream design • lifecycle choices • governance • decision rights • cadence • tailoring principles
03
Governance in a Hybrid Project
Controls • baselines • approvals • review gates • reporting • change • decision forums
04
Hybrid Planning & Dependencies
Integrated planning • interfaces • dependencies • milestones • release planning • uncertainty
05
A Practical Hybrid Example
eCommerce transformation • fixed launch • iterative UX • migration • governance • learning
INDUSTRY-READY GATES
What “ready” means at each stage.
Progress is based on what you can do, not how many videos you watched.
Define
Produce requirements, process maps, acceptance criteria and a traceable scope that another person can understand.
Deliver
Turn the defined work into a plan, manage risks and dependencies, coordinate people and communicate status.
Advise
Compare options, explain trade-offs, challenge assumptions and make a decision-ready recommendation to a client.
NEXT TRACKS · COMING SOON
Specialist skills will be added when the curriculum is ready.
These stay intentionally separate from the core BA/PM path. Each will be built from fundamentals to practical work rather than as a tool-tour.
Shopify
Storefront foundations, Liquid, theme architecture, sections, snippets, metafields, apps, integrations, performance and real-world eCommerce builds.
SQL
Database thinking, querying, filtering, aggregation, joins, subqueries, analysis patterns and business-question-driven practice.
Power BI
Data preparation, modelling, relationships, DAX fundamentals, KPI design, dashboards and decision-focused storytelling.
Excel
Practical analysis, formulas, lookups, PivotTables, cleaning, reporting and workplace-ready workflows.
FIELD NOTES
Shorter lessons from real delivery.
These are deliberately different from the curriculum: practical judgment, patterns and lessons that are easier to understand after seeing the structured concepts.
DISCOVERY
Why I ask “what problem are we solving?” before discussing the feature
Separating a requested solution from the underlying business need.
Read field note →DELIVERYHybrid is a design decision, not a project label
How predictive controls and iterative delivery can fit together.
Read field note →PROJECT MANAGEMENTA useful project update should make decisions easier
Turning status reporting into a decision tool instead of a data dump.
Read field note →Learn here. Verify at the source.
The curriculum is written for practical learning. When a formal framework matters, verify the definition against the authoritative source.
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