Program Overview

Centre for Continuing Education

The Centre for Continuing Education at the University of Sydney offers a diverse range of professional development short courses. These courses are designed to enhance career prospects and provide opportunities for personal growth.

Course Subjects

The Centre offers courses in various subjects, including:

• Business and management
  • Business communication
  • Business strategy
  • Business writing
  • Cultural competence and diversity
  • Finance
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Organisational psychology
  • Sales and customer service
• English
• HSC preparation (years 10-12)
  • HSC biology
  • HSC business studies
  • HSC chemistry
  • HSC economics
  • HSC English
  • HSC mathematics
  • HSC physics
  • Year 11 (Revision)
  • Years 10-12 study and essay skills
• Humanities and culture
  • Creative writing
  • Music
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology
• Information technology
  • Adobe
  • AI and machine learning courses
  • Data analysis and analytics
  • Google
  • Microsoft
• Language
  • Arabic
  • Brazilian Portuguese
  • Chinese
  • French
  • German
  • Greek
  • Italian
  • Japanese
  • Spanish
• Marketing
  • Digital marketing
  • Marketing communications
  • Product development
• Project management
  • Agile methodology courses
  • Change management for projects
  • Stakeholder and people management
  • Technical project management skills

Business Analysis Essentials Course: Achieving Project Success

This business analysis course equips participants with a comprehensive introduction to the essential capabilities, knowledge, tools, and techniques needed to excel as a business analyst. The course covers various topics, including:

• Business analysis concepts
• Project approach selection
• Continued business justification
• Stakeholder management
• Business analysis practices
• Requirements management
• Conceptual solution design
• Risk management

Course Details

• Duration: 1 session, 8 hours total
• Next date: 14 November 2025
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• Next class mode: Face-to-face (CCE Building, Newtown)
• Cost: A$700.00 - A$750.00

Intended Audience

The course is designed for:

• Anyone wanting to become a business analyst
• Practicing business analysts requiring a solid introductory understanding of a structured, best practice approach to business analysis
• Product owners wanting to extend their knowledge of business analysis best practices
• Process designers
• Business analysis practice managers wishing to gain an understanding of a systematic approach

Prerequisites

There are no prerequisites for this course.

Delivery Modes

The course is available in two delivery modes:

• Face-to-face, presenter-taught workshop
• Online workshop via the platform Zoom

Delivery Style

The course is delivered in a workshop format with interactive topic sessions accompanied by participants engaging in group activities to consolidate the knowledge.

Materials

Course materials are provided electronically using Dropbox, including:

• Digital student workbook
• In-class group activities

Organisational Training

For groups of six or more, courses can be delivered to your team with the option to tailor content.

Related Courses

Related courses include:

• Business Process Design and Implementation Course
• Effective Ongoing Stakeholder Management Course
• Project Management Course: Core Skills
• Project Management Course: Introduction
• Project Management Course: Stakeholder Management
• Project Resource Management Course
• Risk Management Course & Corporate Governance

Meet the Facilitators

The course facilitator is Mark Plowman, who is skilled in delivering services spanning strategic management, project management, business agility, business analysis, and IT service management.

Testimonials

Previous participants have praised the course, stating that it is highly engaging and insightful, with great opportunities to meet people from different fields and share knowledge. The facilitator is described as hugely knowledgeable with a great style of facilitation.