AI Native Business Analysis
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Describe the BABOK v3 core concepts and knowledge areas and explain how AI augments — and does not replace — each analysis task.
C2 Understand
Apply AI-augmented elicitation and collaboration techniques (interviews, workshops, surveys, prompt patterns) and validate AI outputs against stakeholders and sources.
C3 Apply · A2 Respond
Analyse processes and data — BPMN models, process-mining event logs, data-readiness assessments and verified AI-assisted SQL — to define current and future state.
C4 Analyse
Evaluate and prioritise AI use cases using value cases (baseline, benefits, TCO, ROI, sensitivity) and plan solution evaluation and benefits realisation.
C5 Evaluate
Specify AI-system requirements — measurable acceptance thresholds, data, oversight, fallback and governance obligations — with traceability from obligation to test and evidence.
C6 Create · A4 Organise
Communicate a prioritised AI business case and requirements package to executive and technical audiences as an effective team member.
C3 Apply · A3 Value
Weekly schedule & skills
| Week | Topic | Outcomes | Deliverable | Skills |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Business Analysis in the AI Era: The BABOK Core Concept Model Beginner · C2 | CO1 | Workspace + AI log | |
| 2 | BA Planning & Stakeholder Analysis with AI Beginner · C3 | CO2 | Assignment 1 | |
| 3 | Elicitation I: AI-Supported Interviews & Transcript Synthesis Beginner · C3 | CO2 | Lab 1 | |
| 4 | Elicitation II: Workshops, Surveys & Prompt Patterns for Analysts Intermediate · C3 | CO2 | Quiz 1 · Lab 2 | |
| 5 | Process Modelling with BPMN 2.0 Intermediate · C3–C4 | CO3 | Lab 3 | |
| 6 | Process Mining: Event Logs, Discovery & Conformance Intermediate · C4 | CO3 | Capstone proposal | |
| 7 | Data & Analytics for Analysts: Data Readiness & SQL with AI Assistants Advanced · C3–C4 | CO3 | Quiz 2 · Lab 4 | |
| 8 | Mid-Term + Strategy Analysis: Current & Future State, AI Opportunity Discovery Advanced · C2–C4 | CO1, CO2, CO3 | Mid-term (20%) | |
| 9 | Value Cases: ROI, TCO, Time-to-Value & Prioritisation Advanced · C5 | CO4 | Lab 5 · Review 1 | |
| 10 | Specifying AI-System Requirements: Stories, Acceptance Criteria & Evals as Tests Industry Expert · C6 | CO5 | Quiz 3 · Assignment 3 | |
| 11 | AI Governance Requirements: Risk Tiers, NIST AI RMF MAP & ISO/IEC 42001 Controls Industry Expert · C5–C6 | CO5 | Lab 6 | |
| 12 | Requirements Life Cycle Management & Traceability with AI Agents Industry Expert · C4–C5 | CO5, CO6 | Quiz 4 · Review 2 | |
| 13 | Solution Evaluation: KPIs, Experiments, Drift & Benefits Realisation Mastery · C5 | CO4 | Evaluation plan | |
| 14 | Change Impact, Ethics & the BA as AI-DLC Inception Facilitator Mastery · C5–C6 | CO5, CO6 | Capstone freeze | |
| 15 | Capstone Showcase, Individual Oral Defence & Revision Mastery · C5–C6 | CO3, CO4, CO5, CO6 | Demo + report + defence | |
| Final | Final Examination (institutional exam period) — · C2–C6 | CO1, CO2, CO3, CO4, CO5, CO6 | Final exam (30%) |