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Online courses and workshops from Anthony Bedford.
The Business Analyst in the Age of AI
A practical, self-paced 4-week course for working business analysts. Learn what generative AI is and where it goes wrong, how to write clear prompts, how to check AI output, how to use AI across the BA workflow, how to contribute to AI projects, how to use AI responsibly, and how to build your own 90-day plan. No technical background needed.
The Plot Gap Analysis: Find the Holes in Your Story Before Readers Do
A repeatable method for finding structural gaps in your plot — missing beats, weak stakes, and loose threads — before you query, self-publish, or send it to beta readers. Five modules take you from mapping your story's actual shape through running the analysis, triaging findings, and rewriting what's weak, ending with a checklist you can run on every future draft.
Formatting Your Ebook in Word for Amazon KDP
A practical, KDP-accurate walkthrough for turning a raw Word manuscript into a properly structured Kindle ebook: cleanup, paragraph and chapter styling, a working clickable table of contents, front and back matter, and a pre-upload quality pass.
AI-Ready Requirements: Eliciting & Writing Specs for AI and Agentic Projects
Welcome to AI-Ready Requirements: Eliciting and Writing Specs for AI and Agentic Projects. I'm glad you're here, whether you're brand new to business analysis or you've been doing this work for years. This lesson sets the stage for everything that follows, so let's talk about what you'll learn and why it matters right now, in the middle of this AI shift reshaping software projects. By the end of this lesson, you'll be able to do three things: name the five modules that make up this course and what each one covers, explain why business analysis skills actually matter more in the AI era, not less, and know exactly how to approach the course so you get real value out of it.
The Business Analyst Playbook
A practical guide to the core skills, techniques, and deliverables every business analyst needs to gather requirements, manage stakeholders, and drive better business decisions.
Build a Solid SaaS App
A beginner-friendly, multi-part course for non-technical founders, solo creators, and AI-assisted builders. Learn to plan, build, test, launch, market, and improve a SaaS product using the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
The Software Development Lifecycle: A Practical Guide
A complete guide to the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) — from requirements and design through development, testing, deployment, and maintenance. Learn the models, roles, and practices that take software from idea to production.