Role

Business Analyst

Maps processes and requirements to help teams improve systems and decisions.

12 chaptersAbout 4–5 months15–30 min a day10 skills2 projects
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Day 1 on the Business Analyst path.

What a Business Analyst does

Analyzes business needs and processes, turns them into clear requirements, and helps teams deliver better systems and decisions.

  • Analyze current processes to find gaps, risks, and improvement opportunities
  • Gather requirements from stakeholders and turn them into clear user needs
  • Document workflows, rules, and data definitions in simple, shared formats
  • Coordinate with product, design, and engineering to clarify scope and tradeoffs
  • Validate solutions with users through demos, testing, and feedback sessions
  • Track issues and changes, and keep requirements aligned as priorities shift
  • Measure outcomes using basic metrics to confirm the change worked as intended

A day in the life

  1. Join a standup, then follow up with stakeholders on open questions
  2. Run a requirements workshop and capture decisions and action items
  3. Write user stories and acceptance criteria, then review them with the team
  4. Check test results, log gaps, and confirm fixes meet the agreed needs

Tools you will use

Spreadsheets: Excel, Google SheetsDocumentation: Confluence, Google DocsDiagrams: Lucidchart, Microsoft VisioBacklog tools: Jira, Azure DevOpsDatabases: SQLPrototyping: Figma

Your plan

Chapter by chapter.

1~2 wks

See the work of a Business Analyst

StartFree
2~2 wks

Working with stakeholders

Skills
3~2 wks

Funnel analysis of a public dataset with three product recommendations

Proof
4~2 wks

Analysis and thinking

Skills
51–2 wks

Meet people doing the work

People
6~2 wks

Documenting requirements

Skills
7~2 wks

Data and measurement

Skills
8~2 wks

Change and adoption

Skills
9~2 wks

User research to clickable prototype with five usability tests

Proof
101–2 wks

Prepare for Business Analyst interviews

Interview
111–2 wks

Choose your route into Business Analyst work

Decide
12on your timeline

Apply for Business Analyst roles

Apply

By the last chapter

This is what you can show.

Things you've made

Funnel analysis of a public dataset with three product recommendations and User research to clickable prototype with five usability tests

Skills you can prove

10 skills, each rated on work you actually did.

People you've talked to

3 people who do the job, with a message ready for each.

Questions you can answer

19 interview questions and a mock interview, with feedback.

Credentials

3 credentials compared, so you can pick one, or decide you don't need one. None is required.

Ways in

There is more than one route.

Ways to study

  • Bachelors degree in business, information systems, economics, or a related field
  • Diploma or certificate in business analysis, project management, or IT
  • Bootcamp or short course in analytics, SQL, and requirements writing

How people get their first job

  • Apply for business analyst internships or product operations internships
  • Start in support, operations, or QA and move into requirements and process work
  • Build a small portfolio with process maps, user stories, and a simple dashboard
  • Earn an entry certificate in business analysis or agile fundamentals
  • Volunteer to document and improve a process for a club or local nonprofit

Life skills on this path: Networking · Job interviews · Job search

How the work is changing

What AI is doing to this role

How AI is changing this role · one of 6 tasks we track

Create specs and low-fidelity wireframes

Sped up a lot

What AI does

Miro AI and Figma AI generate wireframe drafts from a description.

Still yours

You decide what level of detail the team actually needs.

Reviewed September 2026

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The rest is in the app

  • How AI affects the other 5 tasks
  • Whether this job is growing or shrinking
  • How hard the first job is to get
  • Similar roles that are easier to get into
  • Updated every month, with sources
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Questions

Questions about this path

How long does it take to become a business analyst with Welica?

The path is 12 chapters, 4–5 months at 15 to 30 minutes a day. You can go faster or slower; the plan moves with you.

Do I need a degree?

Not always. Common routes are bachelors degree in business, information systems, economics, or a related field, diploma or certificate in business analysis, project management, or IT, or bootcamp or short course in analytics, SQL, and requirements writing.

What is free?

Chapter 1, See the work of a Business Analyst, is free for good. Premium unlocks the rest of the path.

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