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Generative AI for Business Analysts

Published by O'Reilly Media, Inc.

Beginner content levelBeginner

Learn how AI is reshaping the role and how to prepare

Course outcomes

  • Learn how business leaders are thinking about generative AI and what business analysts need to do to evolve
  • Identify how business analysts can use generative AI to work smarter and be more productive
  • Understand how other roles adjacent to business analysts are using generative AI and why this matters to business analysts

Join expert Angela Wick to dive into the implications of generative AI for business analysts. You’ll explore three key areas—productivity, teaming, and business changes—where generative AI is reshaping the business analyst’s role and necessary skills. This concise overview will equip you with a greater awareness of generative AI's impact on your work and give you practical insights and strategies to adapt quickly.

What you’ll learn and how you can apply it

  • Identify how to use generative AI to be more productive and work smarter
  • Recognize how other roles that business analysts work with are using generative AI and why this matters to business analysts
  • Develop the skills to be more consultative as a business analyst working with business leaders interested in leveraging generative AI

This live event is for you because...

  • You’re an active or aspiring business analyst who wants to learn how generative AI is impacting the role.
  • You’re a business analyst, product owner, business systems analyst, or project manager.
  • You work on project teams changing systems and processes.

Prerequisites

  • A basic understanding of the business analyst’s role and responsibilities

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Schedule

The time frames are only estimates and may vary according to how the class is progressing.

Gen AI, machine learning, data analytics, and business analysis (20 minutes)

  • Presentation: Overview of AI, GenAI, ML, and LLMs; what data/knowledge sources LLMs use; data analytics; how individuals and organizations use generative AI

The trajectory of AI: Implications for your work (10 minutes)

  • Presentation: Why GenAI and effective prompting are foundational to unlocking AI’s potential in business analysis; overview of prompting techniques beyond the basics; understanding the evolution from custom GPTs to AI-powered automations and intelligent agents; anticipating the future impact of AI on SDLC teams and organizational structures

Boosting individual productivity and efficiency (20 min)

  • Demo: Building a custom GPT; how teams use GenAI (and various data sources) to improve analysis

Empowering development teams (25 minutes)

  • Presentation: Exploring current AI adoption trends within development teams; understanding the evolving SDLC landscape and the integration of AI tools; introduction to vibe coding concepts
  • Break

Business model and process changes (20 minutes)

  • Presentation: Just as BA and SDLC processes are changing, so too are fundamental business models; AI automation and intelligent agents in business models and processes
  • Discussion: The critical role of business analysis in the successful implementation of AI agents and automation initiatives

Developing your skills and path forward (15 minutes)

  • Presentation: Skills and techniques you need to learn as a BA

Wrap-up and Q&A (10 minutes)

Your Instructor

  • Angela Wick

    Angela Wick is a respected and internationally-known business analysis, requirements, and agile product ownership expert. She’s passionate about bringing agility, innovation, and creativity to solution delivery processes. She is the creator and host of BA-Cube.com and the author of Futureproof, a book about AI and business analysis.

Skills covered

  • Generative AI
  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)