Generative AI: Revolutionizing Business Analysis Techniques
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Generative AI: Revolutionizing Business Analysis Techniques
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Instructors: Filipe Martins
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What you'll learn
Apply generative AI tools and techniques to automate and enhance key business analysis activities.
Integrate generative AI capabilities with common business analysis tools such as Excel, documentation platforms, and visualization software.
Develop customized prompt strategies for specific business analysis use cases to achieve consistent, high-quality AI outputs.
Address practical implementation challenges, including data privacy, maintaining appropriate oversight, and managing organizational change AI.
Skills you'll gain
- Stakeholder Communications
- Business Analytics
- Business Analysis
- Data Analysis
- Business Requirements
- Process Optimization
- Business Process Automation
- Data-Driven Decision-Making
- Data Storytelling
- Responsible AI
- Requirements Analysis
- AI Integrations
- AI Enablement
- Workflow Management
- Requirements Elicitation
- Artificial Intelligence
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There are 3 modules in this course
Ready to take your business analysis skills up a gear? This course teaches you how to leverage the power of generative AI (GenAI) to work smarter, faster, and more effectively in business analysis.
During the course, you'll build the hands-on skills you need to automate time-consuming tasks, enhance your analysis with AI-driven insights, and create clearer, more effective deliverables. Through real-world scenarios, you'll learn how to integrate AI into your existing tools and workflows, craft high-quality prompts for business-specific challenges, and address AI issues such as data privacy and organizational change. The course is ideal for business analysts, requirements analysts, and process specialists looking to enhance their workflows with AI, as well as data analysts, project managers, product owners, and BI professionals involved in business analysis. No prior AI experience is needed, but a basic understanding of business analysis concepts will help you get the most out of the course. Whether you want to boost productivity, improve stakeholder communication, or stay ahead in a rapidly evolving field, this course gives you the tools and confidence to lead with AI. Enroll today!
What's included
7 videos4 readings4 assignments3 app items5 plugins
7 videos•Total 48 minutes
- Course Introduction•3 minutes
- Introduction to AI-Powered Requirements Gathering •7 minutes
- Automating Requirements Extraction from Documentation •8 minutes
- Generating Process Maps with Generative AI •7 minutes
- AI-Driven Process Improvement•7 minutes
- Advanced Data Analysis with Generative AI •7 minutes
- Creating Compelling Visualizations with AI Assistance •8 minutes
4 readings•Total 9 minutes
- Course Overview•3 minutes
- Summary and Highlights: AI-Powered Requirements Gathering •2 minutes
- Summary and Highlights: Process Modeling and Optimization Using AI Techniques •2 minutes
- Summary and Highlights: Data Analysis and Visualization Enhancement with AI •2 minutes
4 assignments•Total 50 minutes
- Graded Assignment: Requirements Elicitation and Documentation with Generative AI•20 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Requirements Elicitation with AI •10 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Process Modeling and Optimization Using AI Techniques•10 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Data Analysis and Visualization Enhancement with AI •10 minutes
3 app items•Total 90 minutes
- Lab: Creating User Stories and Acceptance Criteria with AI•30 minutes
- Lab: Optimize a Business Process•30 minutes
- Lab: Data Insights Generation•30 minutes
5 plugins•Total 47 minutes
- Reading: How to Make the Most of This Course•6 minutes
- Reading: Best Practices for AI-Enhanced Requirements Documentation •6 minutes
- Reading: Transforming Process Modeling with AI•15 minutes
- Reading: Integrating AI with Excel and Business Intelligence Tools •5 minutes
- Glossary: Requirements Elicitation and Documentation with Generative AI•15 minutes
What's included
4 videos2 readings3 assignments5 plugins
4 videos•Total 31 minutes
- Tailoring Communications for Different Stakeholders with AI •6 minutes
- Creating Executive-Ready Presentations and Reports •6 minutes
- Combining AI with Traditional BA Tools •9 minutes
- Workflow Design for Hybrid Human-AI Analysis •9 minutes
2 readings•Total 4 minutes
- Summary and Highlights: Effective AI-Enhanced Communication •2 minutes
- Summary and Highlights: Seamless Tool Integration •2 minutes
3 assignments•Total 50 minutes
- Graded Quiz: Implementing AI in Business Analysis Workflows•30 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Stakeholder Communication and Deliverables with AI Support •10 minutes
- Practice Quiz: Integrating AI Tools with Existing BA Technologies •10 minutes
5 plugins•Total 129 minutes
- Lab: Stakeholder Communication •30 minutes
- Reading: Communication Templates for Common BA Scenarios •15 minutes
- Lab: Building an Integrated Business Analysis Workflow•60 minutes
- Reading: Tool Integration Guide for Business Analysts•9 minutes
- Glossary: Implementing AI in Business Analysis Workflows •15 minutes
What's included
1 video2 readings1 assignment2 app items2 plugins
1 video•Total 5 minutes
- Course Wrap-up •5 minutes
2 readings•Total 3 minutes
- Congratulations and Next Steps•2 minutes
- Team and Acknowledgments•1 minute
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
- Final Exam•30 minutes
2 app items•Total 90 minutes
- Final Project: Comprehensive AI-Enhanced Business Analysis Portfolio•60 minutes
- Final Project Submission and Evaluation•30 minutes
2 plugins•Total 20 minutes
- Reading: Final Project Overview•10 minutes
- Cheat Sheet: Gen AI Prompt Examples for Business Analysts•10 minutes
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Reviewed on Aug 4, 2025
Great course for Business analyst looking to implement AI into their tool box
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