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Business Analysis & IT Project Management
Bridge business and delivery — turn needs into shipped outcomes.
Business Analysts and IT Project Managers connect business needs to delivery teams, turning requirements into shipped, valuable outcomes. It is a people-and-process path that rewards communication, structure and judgement — no heavy coding required.
The complete Business Analysis & IT Project Management field roadmap - everything worth learning, from fundamentals to advanced. Highlighted core topics are the ones we take you through in the UstackSchool programme.
Core - taught in the programmeRecommendedOptional / advanced
1
Foundations
BA & PM rolesSDLCAgile vs WaterfallIIBA BABOK
2
Requirements Engineering
Elicitation techniquesUser storiesAcceptance criteriaBRD / FRD documentsRequirements traceabilityUse casesPrototyping
3
Prioritisation
MoSCoWRICEValue vs effortKano model
4
Process Modelling
Process mapping (BPMN)Flowcharts & swimlanesAs-is / to-beGap analysisUML
5
Data & Systems Analysis
Data flow diagramsSQL basicsERDsAPI concepts
6
Agile Delivery
ScrumBacklog managementSprint ceremoniesKanbanVelocity & burndownSAFe
7
Tools
JiraConfluenceMiro / LucidchartMS VisioAzure DevOps
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Analytics & Reporting
Excel analysisKPIs & metricsPower BI / TableauDashboards
9
Stakeholder Management
Workshop facilitationCommunicationNegotiationChange management
10
Project & Product Skills
RoadmappingBusiness caseRisk managementBudgeting
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Get job-ready
End-to-end BA projectPortfolioCertifications (CBAP / PMI-PBA / Scrum)Interview prep
Tools & technologies
Jira & ConfluenceMiro / LucidchartExcel / SheetsNotionTrelloMS ProjectSlackFigma (reading designs)
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