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Notes on business analysis

Practical guides from a practising BA: breaking into the career, writing requirements people can build from, and choosing what to automate.

Career6 min read How to Become a Business Analyst in Nigeria (No Tech Background Needed) A practising BA's step-by-step path into IT business analysis in Nigeria: the skills, tools, portfolio and certifications that get you hired. Read the note Practice5 min read What Is a BRD? How to Write One, With Template and Example BRD stands for business requirements document. See what goes in one, a worked banking example, and a 20-point checklist to get it signed off. Read the note Practice3 min read How to Choose Processes for RPA: A Scoring Method That Works Most RPA projects go wrong at process selection. Score candidates on frequency, manual effort, error rate and systems touched, then prioritise with confidence. Read the note Career4 min read ECBA vs CCBA vs CBAP: Which IIBA Certification Should You Get? ECBA, CCBA or CBAP? Eligibility, exam format and 2026 fees for each IIBA certification, and which one fits each stage of a business analyst career. Read the note Career4 min read What Does a Business Analyst Actually Do? A Week on a Banking Project What an IT business analyst really does day to day: workshops, process maps, requirements, developer questions, UAT and sign-off on a banking project. Read the note Practice5 min read BRD vs FRS (FRD) vs User Stories: When to Use Each The difference between a BRD, an FRS (or FRD) and user stories: what each answers, who it is for, when to use which, and how to trace them together. Read the note Career6 min read Business Analyst Interview Questions, Answered by a Practising BA Common business analyst interview questions on the role, BRDs, user stories, UAT and stakeholder scenarios, with what interviewers check and how to answer. Read the note Practice5 min read User Stories and Acceptance Criteria: Fintech Examples How to write user stories and Given/When/Then acceptance criteria that developers can build and testers can check, with worked banking and fintech examples. Read the note

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