Learning resources
Business Analysis

Knowledge and understanding of the materials below will allow you to successfully pass an
interview for Business Analysis Education program:

1. Karl Wiegers, Joy Beatty. Software Requirements 3rd edition Must-Read
2. International Institute of Business Analysis. BABOK guide v.3, Chapters 1, 2. Must-Read
3. How does the Internet work?
   • What are HTTP and WEB?
   • What is a client-server architecture?
   • What is an API?
4. Modern platforms and approaches to creating interfaces
   • iOS: Human Interface Guidelines
   • Android: Design Guidelines
   • Material Design: Guidelines

However, this may not be enough, so we recommend you pay attention to how familiar
you are with the materials of the next level.

Knowledge of the materials will set you apart from other candidates and significantly
increase your chances of getting into our Business Analysis Education internship and an
offer for one of the BA vacancies. It is not necessary (but it will be fantastic!) to read all the
materials in their entirety. It is essential to understand the essence and how it works:

1. Methodologies
   • Software development methodologies
   • Agile
     • Agile Manifesto & Principles
     • What is Scrum?
     • What is Kanban?
2. Modeling
   • UML
     • Jim Rumbaugh, Mike Blaha. Object-Oriented Modeling and Design with UML
     • UML Diagrams (Use Cases, Class)
   • BPMN
     • Video course on Youtube. BPMN Distilled
     • Mark von Rosing, Stephen White, Fred Cummins, Henk de Man. Business Process Model and Notation – BPMN
3. Requirements
   • Use Cases
     • What is a Use Case?
     • Alistair Cockburn. Writing Effective Use Cases
   • User Stories
     • What is a User Story?
     • Mike Cohn. User Stories Applied: For Agile Software Development 1st edition

However, this may not be enough, so we recommend you pay attention to how familiar
you are with the materials of the next level.

This section provides resources that are great for helping BAs of all levels gain theoretical
knowledge on topics that (from our experience) will be useful in practice.

1. Business / Requirements Analysis
   • IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis)
   • Modern Analyst
2. Interface design. UI/UX
   • Books
     • Alan Cooper. A Mental Hospital In The Hands Of Patients
     • Marty Cagan. Inspired: how to create tech products customers love
     • James Kalbach. Mapping Experiences: A guide to creating value through journeys, blueprints, and diagrams
     • Steve Krug. Don’t Make Me Think, Revisited: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability 3rd edition
     • Jaime Levy. UX Strategy: UX Strategy: Product Strategy Techniques for Devising Innovative Digital Solutions 2nd edition
   • Resources
     • Smashing Magazine
     • Uxmovement.com
     • Usability.gov
     • Uxplanet.org
3. Technical base
   • Types of information systems: the first review and the second review
   • Algorithms
     • What are algorithms?
     • What are flowcharts?
   • Control flow
     • What is a control flow?
     • What are conditionals?
   • SQL for beginners on Youtube