Level 1 — BADS Foundation

BADS Foundation — Documentation Essentials.

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

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What you’ll learn

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

1. Foundations of clear BA documentation

Understand what “good” documentation looks like in a BA context and how BADS fits into your existing tools and processes.

What high-quality BA documentation looks like.
The difference between capturing information and clarifying it.
Where BADS lives in your day-to-day workflow.

2. Capturing stakeholder input

Turn meeting notes, workshop outputs, and ad-hoc conversations into structured, reusable inputs for your artifacts.

Structuring notes so they feed into requirements or stories.
Documenting decisions, assumptions, and open questions.
Avoiding “mystery notes” no one can interpret later.

3. Writing clear statements and fields

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

Using consistent naming and labels.
Reducing ambiguity with simple patterns.
Writing with testers, developers, and business in mind.

4. Intro to BADS artifact patterns

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

Basic traceability between artifacts.
Choosing the right artifact for the job.
When to add visuals vs. when text is enough.

5. Putting it into practice

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

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

Ready to lock in your documentation fundamentals?

Enroll in BADS Foundation and start building a documentation habit that scales with your career.

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