Level 1 certification

BADS Foundation Documentation Essentials

Master the fundamentals of Business Analyst documentation so every requirement, note, and decision you capture is clear, structured, and reusable across the team.

What you’ll learn

BADS Foundation focuses on the building blocks of BA documentation. You’ll learn how to capture information in a way that’s clear, structured, and usable across the team.

Core foundations

Foundations of clear BA documentation

Understand what good documentation looks like in a BA context and how BADS fits into your tools and workflow.

  • What high-quality BA documentation looks like
  • Capturing information versus clarifying it
  • Where BADS lives in day-to-day work
Elicitation outputs

Capturing stakeholder input

Turn meeting notes, workshops, and ad-hoc conversations into structured inputs you can reuse in artifacts.

  • Structuring notes so they feed requirements and stories
  • Documenting decisions, assumptions, and open questions
  • Avoiding mystery notes no one can interpret later
Writing patterns

Writing clear statements and fields

Learn to write statements that are readable, testable, and specific so other teams can rely on them.

  • Consistent naming and labels
  • Reducing ambiguity with simple patterns
  • Writing with testers, developers, and business in mind
Artifacts

Intro to BADS artifact patterns

See how BADS structures requirements, user stories, and notes so you can apply the same patterns in your environment.

  • Basic traceability between artifacts
  • Choosing the right artifact for the job
  • When to add visuals versus when text is enough
Practice

Putting it into practice

Apply Foundation concepts to a current or sample project with a checklist you can reuse after the course.

  • Review your documentation with a BADS lens
  • Identify quick wins and gaps
  • Prepare for the Practitioner level
Outcome

A repeatable baseline you can scale

Walk away with a consistent structure you can apply immediately so your documentation stays clean as projects grow.

  • A simple quality checklist you can reuse
  • A shared vocabulary for clarity and intent
  • A foundation that supports later governance
Ready to lock in your documentation fundamentals
Enroll in BADS Foundation and start building a documentation habit that scales with your career.