Business Analysis
Strategic Business Analysis
This intermediate-to-advanced workshop teaches business analysts how to operate as strategic advisors: connecting analysis work to enterprise strategy, building defensible business cases, measuring value, and influencing executive decisions.
- Format
- Live virtual, in-person, or private on-site
- Duration
- 2 days
- Level
- Advanced
- From
- $1195.00
About this course
Course overview
Strategic Business Analysis is a 2-day course for professionals who need practical, instructor-led business analysis training.
This intermediate-to-advanced workshop teaches business analysts how to operate as strategic advisors: connecting analysis work to enterprise strategy, building defensible business cases, measuring value, and influencing executive decisions.
This course documents 16.0 hours of structured training. Learners receive a certificate of completion and documentation for self-reporting applicable PMI PDUs and IIBA professional development activity.
Learning outcomes
What you'll learn
Every module is tied to an outcome you can bring back to your team the next day.
- Convert enterprise strategy into prioritized initiatives using OKRs, balanced scorecards, and capability maps.
- Conduct capability, value-stream, and gap analyses to identify high-leverage opportunities.
- Frame problems and opportunities in executive language and structure a numbers-driven business case.
- Apply NPV, IRR, ROI, and payback with credible cost and benefit estimates.
- Define solution value with leading and lagging indicators.
- Tell business stories that earn funding and survive scrutiny.
Audience
Who it's for
- Business analysts and professionals performing business analysis work
- Project managers, product owners, Scrum Masters, and delivery leads who rely on clear requirements and stakeholder alignment
- Teams that need practical business analysis techniques they can apply immediately
- Organizations standardizing business analysis practices across predictive, agile, or hybrid delivery
Course structure
Syllabus
A structured path from core concepts to applied practice.
Day 1 — Strategy, Enterprise Analysis, and Business Cases
- Strategic planning frameworks including Porter, OKRs, and balanced scorecard
- Linking business analysis work to strategic goals
- Capability maps and value streams
- Gap analysis and target operating model design
- Problem statement and opportunity sizing
- Options analysis, recommendations, and benefit categories
Day 2 — Financial Modeling, Value Realization, and Executive Influence
- NPV, IRR, ROI, discount rates, and payback
- Sensitivity and scenario analysis
- Benefits realization plans
- Leading and lagging indicators
- Post-implementation reviews
- Executive communication and steering committee recommendations
Public cohorts
Upcoming sessions
Secure your seat in a live, instructor-led cohort. Private team deliveries available on request.
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We run this course as a private team cohort on demand, or you can be the first to know when the next public date drops.
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