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Apprenticeship

Business analyst

Level
4
Higher
Length
1.5 yr
typical
Sector
Digital
Pay
Paid
you earn while training

In a nutshell

Working with organisations to improve their information systems.

What you'd do

Facilitate workshops to gather and validate business requirements
Create process maps and user journey diagrams
Analyse data to identify trends and business opportunities
Produce business requirements documents and user stories
Liaise between business stakeholders and development teams
Support the design and testing of new systems or processes
Prepare business cases and present recommendations to management

What you'd learn

Business analysis techniques including process mapping and gap analysis
Requirements elicitation, documentation and management
Data analysis and visualisation to support decision making
Stakeholder management and facilitation skills
Business case development and benefits realisation
Agile and waterfall project methodologies
Testing and quality assurance support in change projects
Ready to look for a place?
See live Business analyst apprenticeship vacancies on the official government service.
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