BUSINESS ANALYST
MASTER’S PROGRAM
In collaboration with Knowledge partner
IBM
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Contents
About the Course 03
Key Features 04
• About IBM and Simplilearn in collaboration 05
• About Simplilearn 05
• About EY Learning Solutions 06
Program Outcomes 07
Program Eligibility Criteria and Application Process 09
• Who Should Enroll in this Program? 09
Learning Path 10
Step 1: Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) 11
Step 2: Tableau Training 13
Step 3: Data Analysis and Visualization with Python 14
Step 4: Mathematical Optimization for Business Problems 15
Step 5: Business Analyst Capstone 16
Step 6: Harvard Business Publishing Case Studies for 17
Business Analysis
Course End Projects 18
Tools and Services Covered 19
Electives 21
Certificates 22
Classroom-Level Immersion: Delivered Digitally 23
Customer Reviews 24
Corporate training 25
Advisory Board Member 26
About the Course
The Business Analyst tools and live virtual classes. Mentorship
techniques are amongst the sessions provide you with a high-
most sought-after and highly engagement learning experience
compensated digital economy and real world applications,
skills. Accelerate your career with helping you master essential
our acclaimed Business Analyst Business analysis skills. You
Master’s Program, featuring the will have in-depth exposure
perfect mix of practical skills, to concepts including data
with real-world case studies, analysis, statistics, Agile Scrum
extensive hands-on practicum methodologies, MS Excel, Tableau,
and masterclasses by IBM and EY R, Python, and SQL database,
industry experts. preparing you for an exciting
career in Business Analysis.
This Master’s Program is a blend
of self-paced online videos,
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Key
Features
Masterclasses by industry experts from
IBM and EY
Capstone from 3 domains and 11+ projects
with Industry data sets from Unilever,
Amazon, etc.
Exclusive IBM Hackathons, AMA and data
analytics certification
Industry recognized certifications from
IBM and Simplilearn
8X higher interaction in live online classes
conducted by industry experts
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About IBM and Simplilearn
collaboration
A joint partnership with Simplilearn and IBM introduces students to an
integrated blended learning, making them an expert in Business Analysis.
The program in collaboration with IBM will make students industry ready
for Business Analyst job roles. IBM is a leading cognitive solution and
cloud platform company, headquartered in Armonk, New York, offering
a plethora of technology and consulting services. Each year, IBM invests
$6 billion in research and development and has achieved five Nobel
Laureates, nine US National Medals of Technology, five US National
Medals of Science, six Turing Awards, and 10 Inductees in US Inventors
Hall of Fame.
About Simplilearn
Simplilearn is the world’s #1 online at a fraction of the cost and time as
bootcamp provider that enables traditional approaches. Over one million
learners through rigorous and highly professionals and 2000 corporate training
specialized training. We focus on organizations have harnessed our award-
emerging technologies and processes winning programs to achieve their career
that are transforming the digital world, and business goals.
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About EY Learning Solutions
In today’s testing business environment, with organizational
transformation and regulatory change constant features, a flexible and
cost-effective workforce is critical. High-quality training is a crucial
element of innovative talent management, to improve performance
and ensure that your teams can respond to today’s challenges and are
equipped for career success. We, at EYFAAS, realized this need, and
accordingly we have set up a dedicated “Learning Solution” practice
to help corporate and practicing professionals to deal with new
requirements. FAAS Learning Solutions supplements EY’s primary range
of services and provide business-specific training solutions for our clients
and business communities throughout India, Europe, the Middle East and
Africa. This is done with the help of a multidisciplinary team of trainers
from around the world. As a globally integrated firm, we bring global
insight to our training programs. All training programs are regularly
updated to reflect changing trends and guidance. Our practical, relevant,
and stimulating courses are facilitated by highly competent trainers who
have first-hand knowledge of the subject matter. We recognize that each
client will have a different history, size, location and sector; therefore,
programs can be tailored to the specific needs of your business.
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Business Analyst Master’s Program
Outcomes
Grasp the fundamentals of Learn to analyze data using
Excel analytics functions and Tableau and become proficient in
conditional formatting building interactive dashboards
Apply statistical tools and Master the Agile Scrum project
concepts like moving average, management approach
hypothesis testing, ANOVA, and
regression to data sets using Excel
Gain expertise in Agile Scrum
methodologies and applications,
Understand the tools and daily scrum synchronization, sprint
techniques used in business planning, and review
analytics planning and monitoring
Understand business analysis key
Master the concepts of concepts and business analysis
requirements life cycle core concept model (BACCM)
management
Acquire advanced knowledge of
Gain fundamental knowledge of identifying, defining, assessing,
the agile perspective and completing various elements
of business analysis tasks
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Business Analyst Master’s Program
Outcomes
Master SQL concepts such as Absorb agile philosophy and gain
Universal Query Tool (UQT) and deep knowledge of scrum
SQL command
Effectively apply Scrum in your
Plan, execute, monitor, and track organizations
Scrum projects
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Program Eligibility Criteria and
Application Process
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 Aspiring Business Analysts
professionals from a variety of - including recent college
industries and backgrounds; graduates and those looking
the diversity of our students to make a career change.
adds richness to class
discussions and interactions. Other positions that are
Aspiring professionals of any performing business
educational background with analysis duties such as
an analytical frame of mind administrators, managers,
are most suited to pursue the and project leads.
Business Analyst Master’s IT professionals
Program, including.
Beginners in the data
The following are the few analytics domain
professional profiles that are
ideal students for this course: Project managers
Banking and finance
professionals
Marketing managers
Supply chain network
managers
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Learning Path - Business Analyst
Certified Business Analysis
Professional (CBAP®)
Data Analysis and
Tableau Training Visualization with
Python
Mathematical
Business Analyst
Optimization for
Capstone
Business Problems
Harvard Business
Publishing Case Studies
for Business Analysis
Electives
Business Analyst Industry MasterClass
Business Analysis Industry Masterclass - EY
Agile Scrum Master
CCBA®
SQL Training
Data Science with R
Business Analytics with Excel
Statistics Essential for Data Science
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Certified Business Analysis Professional P
Endorsed Education Provider
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This CBAP certification training enables you to master the highest skills of
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business analysis including advanced documentation, effective planning, 3
and the design of business solutions. Covering the core concept model
of business analysis and the six knowledge areas of the BABOK® Guide 4
Version 3, this course prepares you to ace the IIBA-CBAP exam.
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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
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Course curriculum
Lesson 01 - Introduction to CBAP certification
Lesson 02 - Introduction to BABOK V3
Lesson 03 - Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
Lesson 04 - Elicitation and Collaboration
Lesson 05 - Requirements Life Cycle Management
Lesson 06 - Strategy Analysis
Lesson 07 - Requirements Analysis and Design Definition
Lesson 08 - Solution Evaluation
Lesson 09 - 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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Tableau Training P
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This Tableau course helps you understand how to build visualizations,
organize data, and design charts and dashboards to empower more 2
meaningful business decisions. You’ll be exposed to the concepts of Data
Visualization, different combo charts, and stories, working with filters,
3
parameters, and sets, and building interactive dashboards. 4
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Key Learning Objectives Course curriculum
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After completing this phase, you Lesson 01 - Getting Started with
will be able to: Tableau
Become an expert on Lesson 02 - Core Tableau in
visualization techniques Topics
such as heat map, treemap,
waterfall, Pareto Lesson 03 - Creating Charts in
Tableau
Understand metadata and its
usage Lesson 04 - Working with
Metadata
Work with Filter, Parameters,
and Sets Lesson 05 - Filters in Tableau
Master special field types and Lesson 06 - Applying Analytics
Tableau-generated fields and to the worksheet
the process of creating and
using parameters Lesson 07 - Dashboard in
Tableau
Learn how to build charts,
interactive dashboards, story Lesson 08 - Modifications to
interfaces, and how to share Data Connections
your work
Lesson 09 - Introduction to
Master the concepts of data Level of Details in Tableau
blending, create data extracts (LODS)
and organize and format data
Master arithmetic, logical, table,
and LOD calculations
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Data Analysis and Visualization with P
Python 1
In Collaboration with
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Grow beyond spreadsheet software for data analytics. Perform statistical
3
analyses and create meaningful data visualizations using Python. This 4
course will take you from the basics of Python to exploring many different
types of data. You will learn how to prepare data for analysis, perform 5
simple statistical analyses, create meaningful data visualizations and
6
predict future trends from data.
Key Learning Objectives
Learn data analysis with Python
Learn how to import data sets, clean and prepare data for analysis
Summarize data and build machine learning models using scikit-learn
Build data pipelines
Learn data visualization libraries in Python namely Matplotlib, Seaborn
and Folium.
Course curriculum
Lesson 01 - Data Analysis with Python
Lesson 02 - Data visualization with Python
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Mathematical Optimization for Business P
Problems 1
In Collaboration with
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Construct optimization models to solve business problems in this course.
Learn different aspects of mathematical programming to construct 4
optimization models using IBM Decision Optimization technology in this
course. 5
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Key Learning Objectives
Learn how to model and solve optimization model
Learn basics of optimization model like data, decision variables,
objective functions, and constraints
Understand the different type of solutions possible and mathematical
programming technique used for optimization
Course curriculum
Lesson 01 - The Big Picture
Lesson 02 - Linear Programming
Lesson 03 - Network Models
Lesson 04 - Beyond simple LP
Lesson 05 - Modelling Practice
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Business Analyst Capstone P
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Enhance your Business Analysis skills with a hands-on, industry-relevant 2
capstone project, bringing together every course into one portfolio-
worthy capstone. This provides high-touch mentoring sessions with 3
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
4
projects while bringing together every course into one portfolio. The 5
learner will get the option to choose from the following three industries to
work on in their Capstone project: 6
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-today management of his restaurant.
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Harvard Business Publishing Case P
Studies for Business Analysis 1
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Learn Business Analysis concepts with help of real-world case studies
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authored by HBS professors and other top business school educators. 4
These case studies will help you analyze business situations and different
aspects of managerial decision-making to help you solve business 5
problems.
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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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Elective Course
Business Analyst Industry Master Class - IBM
Attend online interactive masterclasses from IBM
and get insights about advancements in technology/
techniques in Business Analysis.
Business Analysis Industry Masterclass - EY
Attend online interactive masterclasses from EY
industry experts and get insights about advancements
in technology/techniques in Business Analysis.
CCBA®
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 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.
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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.
Data Science with R
This course enables you to take your data science
skills into a variety of companies, helping them
analyze data and make more informed business
decisions.The course covers data exploration, data
visualization, predictive analytics, and descriptive
analytics techniques with the R language. Learn
about R packages, how to import and export
data in R, data structures in R, various statistical
concepts, cluster analysis, and forecasting.
Business Analytics with Excel
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.
Statistics Essential for Data Science
Make effective decisions using data with help of
statistics. This course will cover basic concepts
of statistics like descriptive statistics, hypothesis
testing, and regression.
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Certificates
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: __ / __ /2021
Krishna Kumar, CEO
Upon completion of this Master’s Program, you will receive certificates
from IBM and Simplilearn in the Business Analyst courses in the learning
path. These certificates will testify to your skills as an expert in Business
analysis. 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.
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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 member
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.
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Advisory board member
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.
Nadine Miller
Business Analysis Instructor
Nadine is an experienced business analyst
known for successfully gathering critical
data and requirements, then analyzing and
processing it to generate actionable results.
Nadine is certified in CBAP by IIBA.
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