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Course overview

Accelerate your career with Upskilled’s AI-Powered Business Analyst Bootcamp, delivered in collaboration with Simplilearn and endorsed by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®). This intensive online program equips you with the latest skills in business analysis, AI tools, and agile practices — preparing you for globally recognised certifications such as ECBA®, CCBA®, and CBAP®.

Through live, mentor-led sessions, hands-on labs, and real-world projects, you’ll master the entire business analysis lifecycle — from planning and requirements management to stakeholder engagement, data analysis, and solution evaluation. You’ll gain practical experience with Power BI, Excel, MySQL, Tableau, and GenAI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot, giving you the confidence to deliver smarter insights and drive business transformation.

Over the course of your learning journey, you’ll:

  • Earn 35 PDs/CDUs towards IIBA® certifications with BABOK® v3-aligned training.

  • Build job-ready expertise in Agile, RPA, product thinking, process mining, and business process modelling.

  • Work on 10+ industry projects and 40+ case-based activities that mirror real-world challenges.

  • Gain official recognition through Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals badges on the Microsoft Learn portal.

Whether you’re starting your career or upskilling for advancement, this bootcamp will fast-track your path to becoming a future-ready Business Analyst with globally recognised skills.

Who's It For?

The AI-Powered Business Analyst Bootcamp is designed for anyone looking to launch, transition, or advance their career in business analysis. No prior experience is required — just an undergraduate degree (in any discipline) and the drive to build future-ready skills.

This program is ideal for:

  • Aspiring Business Analysts – recent graduates or career changers

  • IT Professionals

  • Beginners in Data Analytics

  • Project Managers

  • Business Analysts – including administrators, managers, and project leads

  • Banking and Finance Professionals

  • Marketing Managers

  • Supply Chain Managers

Whether you’re starting fresh or aiming to strengthen your expertise, this bootcamp provides a clear pathway into a high-demand, future-ready career as a Business Analyst.

Job outcomes

  • Entry-Level Business Analyst

  • Junior Business Analyst

  • Mid-Level Business Analyst

  • Senior Business Analyst

  • Lead Business Analyst / Team Lead

  • Principal Business Analyst

  • Director of Business Analysis / Head Business Analyst

  • Chief Business Analyst / Senior Director of Business Analysis

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What you'll learn

Skills Covered:

  • Business Analysis & Strategy: Business Analysis, Strategy Analysis, Solution Evaluation, Life Cycle Management, Documentation & Collaboration

  • Data Analysis & Visualisation: Data Elicitation, Data Analysis, Data Visualisation, Data Cleaning & Preparation, Data Modelling & Calculations, Model Performance

  • Data Querying: Excel & Advanced Tools, Excel Macros & VBA, Pivot Tables & Dashboarding

  • Process & Innovation: Process Mining, Design Thinking, Agile Thinking & Methodologies

Tools covered:

Gain hands-on experience with industry-standard and AI-powered tools used by business analysts worldwide:

  • Power BI – build interactive dashboards and reports

  • Excel – advanced analytics, macros, and VBA

  • MySQL – querying, data preparation, and analysis

  • Jira – agile project management and tracking

  • Miro – collaborative whiteboarding and brainstorming

  • Confluence – documentation and knowledge sharing

  • Draw. IO – process and workflow diagramming

  • Tableau – data visualisation and storytelling

  • Lucidchart – flowcharts, process maps, and models

  • Microsoft Copilot – AI-powered productivity support

  • ChatGPT – generative AI for insights and automation

  • Creately – visual collaboration for business analysis

Study method

  • Online Online info icon
    Online delivery - online course content with the exception of assessments and work placement
  • Virtual Virtual info icon
    Virtual Delivery - Live and interactive classroom-style learning conducted completely online
  • Blended Blended info icon
    Blended delivery - both online course content and partial face to face requirements
  • In-class In-class info icon
    In class delivery - predominately face to face course content conducted at a specific location

Duration study load

  • 5-7 months

  • 12 months access

Delivery

  • Live, Online, Interactive

Entry requirements

Professionals wishing to succeed in this Business Analyst short course should have:

  • An undergraduate degree in any discipline to attend the program
  • Some experience in business analysis but not mandatory

Find out more about the entry requirements for this course

Career Outcomes

Business analyst

Salary: $115k AUD

Business Analysts are business savvy professionals that play a crucial role in shaping companies to succeed. They are responsible for reviewing and analysing business processes, optimising workflows and leading project teams and communicating technical information to the business.

They are situated within the IT team but can also be involved in a range of business departments necessary to map out and fulfil company requirements.

Data business analyst

Salary: $106k AUD

This type of business analyst works closely with large sets of data to identify trends, visualise data and draw conclusions in order to aid in critical business decision-making.

Information security analyst

$107k AUD

Protecting information data on the web is growing in demand. Information security analysts play a critical role in protecting an organisation’s information and data from cybercriminals. They achieve this through interpreting security data and maintenance of system networks.

Subjects

This AI-Powered Business Analyst Training program covers everything from fundamentals of automation to product thinking, while preparing you for IIBA® CBAP certification. Gain expertise in 10+ essential BA tools, including Excel, Power BI, SQL, GenAI and more, and build industry-relevant projects.

Course 1Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®)

Prepare for the CBAP® certification exam with an IIBA®-endorsed course aligned to the BABOK® Guide v3. This program equips you with the principles, techniques, and frameworks of business analysis while offering 35 CDUs, 7 simulation assessments, and 500+ practice questions to build exam confidence and career-ready expertise.

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

Course delivery format: online learning + live virtual classes

Course 2AI-Powered Business Analytics with Excel

Develop future-ready business analytics skills with the world’s most widely used tool — Excel. In this course, you’ll explore the foundations of business analytics, learn how to clean, prepare, and analyse data, and create compelling dashboards. You’ll also master PivotTables, slicers, Power Query, and AI-driven Excel features, while applying What-If Analysis, macros, and VBA to automate workflows and uncover deeper insights.

Lesson 01 – Introduction to Business Analytics
Lesson 02 – Data Cleaning and Preparation
Lesson 03 – Conditional Formatting and Essential Functions
Lesson 04 – Analysing Data with PivotTables
Lesson 05 – Dashboarding
Lesson 06 – From Analysis to Automation with What-If Tools, Macros, and VBA

Course delivery format: online learning + live virtual classes

Course 3GenAI Powered SQL for Business Analysts

Master SQL with the power of GenAI tools like ChatGPT and Copilot to write, optimise, and debug queries more efficiently. In this course, you’ll gain a solid understanding of database concepts, ER modelling, and MySQL fundamentals. You’ll learn SQL commands, functions, joins, subqueries, and advanced analytics, all while leveraging AI to streamline your SQL workflow and drive better insights.

Lesson 01 – Unleashing SQL Magic: A Dynamic Introduction to Database Mastery
Lesson 02 – Working with Databases and Tables
Lesson 03 – Working with Operators, Constraints, and Data Types
Lesson 04 – SQL Functions and AI-Assisted Query Optimisation
Lesson 05 – Joins, Set Operators, and Subqueries
Lesson 06 – SQL Analytics, Modularisation, and AI-Based Performance Tuning

Course delivery format: online learning + live virtual classes

Course 4Microsoft Power BI with AI-Assistance

Unlock the power of Microsoft Power BI combined with AI-driven tools to create dynamic dashboards, reports, and visualisations that empower business decision-making. In this course, you’ll master data connection, cleaning, transformation, and modelling using Power Query and DAX. Learn to optimise performance with AI-powered features like Analyse, Quick Measures, and Performance Analyser, while exploring security, relationship modelling, and storytelling techniques for real-world data analysis.

Lesson 01 – Introduction to Power BI
Lesson 02 – Connecting to Data Sources
Lesson 03 – Preparing the Data
Lesson 04 – Data Modelling
Lesson 05 – Model Calculations with DAX
Lesson 06 – Optimising Model Performance
Lesson 07 – Visualising and Analysing the Data

Course delivery format: online learning only

Course 5RPA, Business Automation and Process Mining Basics

In this course, you’ll explore the essentials of business automation and RPA tools, learning how bots, triggers, and workflows can transform business processes. You’ll identify automation opportunities, document processes using pseudo-code and flowcharts, and understand the business analyst’s role in RPA implementation and change management. Gain practical exposure to process mining techniques, helping you uncover inefficiencies, delays, and compliance gaps in workflows.

Lesson 01 – Business Automation Cycle: Discover, Design, Deliver

Course delivery format: online learning only

Course 6Product First Thinking and Agile Frameworks

In this course, you’ll learn to apply Agile values and product-first thinking to solve real-world business challenges. You’ll gain key skills in backlog management, creating user personas, writing user stories, and defining acceptance criteria. Learn to use tools like Business Model Canvas, stakeholder maps, and wireframes to design and deliver impactful solutions while applying Agile methodologies and design thinking principles.

Lesson 01 – Agile Thinking in Action: Frameworks that Drive Impact
Lesson 02 – Product Thinking in Action: From Strategy to Prototype

Course delivery format: online learning only

Course 7Business Analysis Capstone Project

In this course, you will complete a comprehensive capstone project that brings together all the skills you’ve acquired. You’ll extract and prepare data using SQL and Excel, identify patterns and trends through statistical analysis, and build interactive dashboards in Power BI. You’ll also leverage Gen AI tools to enhance your analysis, automate tasks, and generate insights. By the end of the course, you’ll present actionable insights to solve real-world business problems in a domain of your choice.

Lesson 01 – Introduction
Course delivery format: online learning only

Optional Electives

Elective 1: Tableau Desktop Specialist Certification Training
Elective 2: CCBA® Certification Preparation
Elective 3: Essentials of Generative AI, Prompt Engineering & ChatGPT
Elective 4: BA: Microsoft Azure Data Fundamentals

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About Simplilearn

We are Upskilled, an Australian leading and award-winning education provider of professional training and education, who understands the importance of a student’s end goal.

We consult with Australian industry experts to ensure we fully understand industry training needs, and offer the most relevant online courses to support our students.

Upskilled seek out the world’s best online courses and partners to provide our students with an unmatched learning experience.

We believe in flexible learning that leads to core career outcomes.

Placing students learning experience at the forefront of everything we do, Upskilled has partnered with Simplilearn – the world’s number 1 online Bootcamp to deliver specialist IT courses, co-designed by industry-leading experts.

We always strive to innovate and understand your needs and interests as a student. If you’re looking to advance in your career, get in touch with our team of Australian-based consultants, who are with you every step of the way along your journey. We can point you in the right direction so that you can start on the pathway to building the career you love.

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