Knowing where – and how – to find valuable online learning resources is an essential skill every functional analyst should have. There’s an abundance of great online resources available, both for sharpening your existing skills as for learning a completely new skill. The real trick is to separate the good from the bad. Therefore – and to get you up and running – we’ve created a list containing some of the better online learning platforms and courses available.

Combined with our list of interesting books for functional analysis, you’ll have a nice collection of both online and offline learning resources. Enjoy!

Online learning platforms

Contains a selection of good online learning platforms that contain a wide variety of content. Learning platforms offer more than just “tutorials”, they offer entire learning paths, modules and tracks related to functional analysis.

PluralSight

Spanning almost every subject of functional analysis. Contains both individual lessons and full courses / tracks, which are all video driven.

  • Focus: Agile, Business Analysis, UX UI,…
  • Level: Beginner to Expert
  • Pricing: Monthly Subscription

Udemy

Offers over 30.000 individual courses for a wide variety of subjects, both video and text.

  • Focus: Agile, User stories, Databases, …
  • Level: Beginner to Expert
  • Pricing: Pay per Course

LinkedIn Learning

Over 1000 courses for functional and business analysis. Contains the content of Lynda.com.

  • Focus: Costumer Experience, UML, Testing, ..
  • Level: Beginner to Expert
  • Pricing: Monthly Subscription

Coursera

Offers almost 2000 courses on computer science and data science for which you need to enroll. Highly aligned with universities (and companies).

  • Focus: Computer science and Data science
  • Level: Beginner to Expert
  • Pricing: Pay For Enrollment

Online Courses

Online courses come in many forms and often serve the same goals: perfecting your skills by practicing!

  • Udemy – Fundamentals Of Agile Software Development
  • Udemy – Business Analysis Fundamentals
  • Udemy – User Story Masterclass: Your Agile Guide to User Stories
  • Pluralsight – Best Practices for Requirements Gathering
  • Coursera – UI / UX Design Specialization
  • Coursera – Introduction to Databases
  • Coursera – Google Project Management Certificate

 

Updated on Wednesday 04, October 2023.

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