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Business Analysis is crucial for bridging the gap between business needs and technical solutions! If you’re ready to dive into this dynamic field, our Business Analysis Tech Taster is perfect for you.

You’ll explore key aspects of business analysis, providing a solid foundation to build upon. This course covers everything from understanding the role of a Business Analyst and comparing Agile and Waterfall methodologies to mastering requirements-gathering techniques and UML. You’ll also learn to document and prioritize requirements using various methods and tools like Jira, Confluence, Miro, and Lucidchart. 

 

 

Learn the principles of key tech topics with Code First Girls ‘MOOC’ (Massive Open Online Courses) Sprints and test your knowledge with MOOC Challenges.

Please note these courses are available to anybody who identifies as a woman and is over the age of 18.

 

Session 1: Introduction to Business Analysis

• Intro to Business Analysis
• The role of a Business Analyst
• Introduction to Agile and Waterfall
• Business Analysis and Agile

Session 2: Understanding Users and Requirements

• Understanding Users and Stakeholders needs
• Requirements Gathering Techniques 
• UML (Unified Modelling Language)
• User Stories and Use Cases

Session 3: Documenting and Prioritising Requirements

• Writing clear and concise requirements
• Functional and non-functional requirements
• Prioritising requirements
• MoSCoW method, Kano analysis, Impact/Effort matrix

Session 4: Business Analysis Tools and Techniques

• Intro to tools and software
• Jira and Confluence, Miro and Lucidchart
• What next?

 

Find out more about Code First Girls:

Code First Girls has become one of the largest providers of free coding courses for women globally, having delivered over £75 million worth of free technology education and teaching three times as many women to code as the entire UK university undergraduate system!

They’re on a mission to close the gender gap in the tech industry by providing employment through free education. They’ve already helped more than 150,000 women learn to code and by working with companies globally, we’re boosting employability, diversity and social mobility, transforming local economies and communities.

 

When you sign up to this course, you will receive a link which will take you through to the Code First Girls platform where you will need to fill in a registration form. Upon completion you will then be fully registered to the course and will receive a confirmation email directly from Code First Girls which will include information and your links to join. After each session there will be a mini quiz to fill in. Please read your joining information from Code First Girls thoroughly.