Business analysis in IT with AI integration

Working in the product team, I was constantly faced with the need to engage a business analyst. At some point, I understood: it makes sense to learn this myself and to close tangential issues independently. Training helped me put everything on the shelves and organize the "mess in my head" that was at the beginning. Although my final project — the development of an AI chatbot for a bank — was only an educational concept, I now feel that I have enough practical experience to implement similar tasks in real life. I was most fascinated by modeling, because visualization of processes is incredibly helpful! My personal battle with the "boss" was the topic of CI/CD and team interaction - I had to listen to these lectures several times. But my biggest victory is that I did complete the course from start to finish, despite the crazy workload outside of studies. Now artificial intelligence has become my constant assistant in writing texts and creating macros for Excel. If I could give advice to myself at the beginning, I would say only one thing: "Start earlier!". And for those who doubt, I advise you to take the course in parallel with your current activity - this is the best way to understand what the real essence of this profession is.

I’d been wanting to try something new for a long time and make a change from my routine work with documents. Testing seemed like the most straightforward way to get started in IT. I chose SkillsUp based on recommendations from friends and because of its convenient format: I learned through video lessons at my own pace, which was perfect for my schedule. I used to think that QA was just “clicking around a website and writing a report.” It turned out I needed to know a bunch of tools and work with a huge amount of documentation! Not having a technical background didn’t hold me back at all. There were tough topics, and sometimes I had to redo my homework several times, but I gradually started to understand everything. So far, I’ve only built a foundation, and I plan to keep practicing and deepening my knowledge. But if you’re hesitating—just give it a try and see it through to the end!

I direct my talents and experience in the direction of IT Business Analysis. The guys from SkillsUp help on this thorny path, thanks to their advice it was possible to organize the ocean of information. Olga Simchak, Marina Melnyk, thank you very much!