Business Analysis Foundations

The core toolkit every BA uses: stakeholders, requirements, process maps and clear documentation

Free 4.7(1,630 ratings) 7,420 learners

Taught by Sneha Kulkarni

Online
Beginner
English
3 weeks, 3 hrs/week
Updated Oct 2026

What you'll learn

Identify stakeholders and run a discovery conversation
Write clear business and functional requirements
Draw an as-is and to-be process map
Present findings in a one-page summary

Tools you'll use

Excel
Word
draw.io

Course content

3 modules, 6 lessons, 1 hr 25 min total

Module 1 — The BA role2 lessons, 27 min

1.1 Stakeholders1 lesson, 12 min

Who are your stakeholders?Free previewReading, 12m

1.2 Discovery1 lesson, 15 min

Running a discovery conversationReading, 15m

Module 2 — Requirements2 lessons, 30 min

Business vs functional requirementsReading, 14m
Writing requirements people can testReading, 16m

Module 3 — Process maps & presenting2 lessons, 28 min

As-is and to-be process mapsReading, 18m
The one-page summaryReading, 10m

Before you start

No prior experience needed

About this course

A free, practical introduction to the work all business analysts share, whichever path they choose. You will follow one small project from a vague request to a signed-off requirement.

Your instructor

Sneha Kulkarni

Lead Business Data Analyst, Fintech

Sneha turns lending and payments data into decisions for product and risk teams. Her classes focus on asking the right business question before touching the data.

Learner reviews

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Yash Singh

14 Oct 2026

Simple explanations of complex ERP processes. Great for non-technical learners.

Pooja Das

26 Sep 2026

The SQL and Power BI modules were excellent. Would recommend to anyone moving into analytics.