Syllabus
The Salesforce Business Analyst Certificate
The Salesforce Business Analyst Certificate is a flexible program that can be completed in 6 months. You’ll learn essential skills for tracking business and sales processes. Additionally, you’ll master how to import data into customer relationship management software like Salesforce and use the Sales Cloud and Service Cloud products. You’ll emerge ready for Salesforce administrator roles across a range of companies. This certificate is a Career Launch program, designed for employees with no prior experience. Expect to spend 10-15 hours a week, with individualized support along the way. Career Launch certificates provide in-demand skills AND result in college credits that can count towards a degree.
Why Salesforce and Business Analytics?
Salesforce is the leading Customer Relationship Management platform used by thousands of companies to track interactions with customers, streamline processes, monitor sales and generate important business reports
Understanding how to use Salesforce to generate business insights can help you improve operations and drive sales
This certificate will also prepare you to pursue a business analyst or Salesforce admin career
4 Courses | Hands-On Learning and Career Exploration
Course 1:
Customer Relationship Management for Business
Course 2:
Introduction to Salesforce Administration
Course 3:
Advanced Topics in Salesforce Administration
Course 4:
Applied Business Solutions with Salesforce
Course 1: Customer Relationship Management for Business
In this course, you’ll learn how to use Salesforce’s Sales Cloud Lightning tool and how it can be best used to facilitate the sales process. You’ll also generate reports and dashboards in the context of customer relationship management (CRM).
Learning Outcomes:
- Import data into Salesforce and manage contacts and qualification of leads.
- Use Salesforce Sales Cloud Lightning to manage accounts, opportunities, products, quotes and contracts.
- Use the Salesforce Case Management and Knowledge features to perform services and support agent processes.
- Build reports, charts and dashboards to communicate relevant information about the sales process and sales performance to stakeholders and executives.
Course 2: Introduction to Salesforce Administration
This course is designed to give you the skills of a starting Salesforce Administrator. You’ll explore Salesforce user management, platform customization, user interface configuration and more. You’ll even create a custom app to meet specific business use cases and generate reports to address specific requests.
Learning Outcomes:
- Extend Sales Cloud features to support company and product-specific data and customize sales and support processes.
- Design and build custom Salesforce apps that support business requirements.
- Configure custom reporting tools, permissions, and security features.
Course 3: Advanced Topics in Salesforce Administration
In this course, you’ll learn how to take on increasingly complex functions as a CRM system administrator and learn how to best address business needs using the Sales Cloud and Service Cloud tools.
Learning Outcomes:
- Extend Sales/Service Cloud with advanced features.
- Control access to Salesforce records/data and design a permissions and sharing model to enforce business-specific security requirements.
- Standardize custom business processes and perform automated actions.
- Configure advanced reporting and analytical tools to explore sales performance and address business questions.
Course 4: Applied Business Solutions with Salesforce
In this course, you’ll build on your knowledge of fundamental Salesforce administrator skills and level up to prepare for roles such as a Salesforce Business Analyst or Sales Ops Analyst.
Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze business processes and optimize workflows.
- Use data analysis tools within and outside Salesforce to measure key metrics and identify areas for improvement.
- Practice job-relevant business communications skills and demonstrate effective stakeholder management.
4 Courses | Hands-On Learning and Career Exploration
Course 1:
Customer Relationship Management for Business
In this course, you’ll learn how to use Salesforce’s Sales Cloud Lightning tool and how it can be best used to facilitate the sales process. You’ll also generate reports and dashboards in the context of customer relationship management (CRM).
Learning Outcomes:
- Import data into Salesforce and manage contacts and qualification of leads.
- Use Salesforce Sales Cloud Lightning to manage accounts, opportunities, products, quotes and contracts.
- Use the Salesforce Case Management and Knowledge features to perform services and support agent processes.
- Build reports, charts and dashboards to communicate relevant information about the sales process and sales performance to stakeholders and executives.
Course 2:
Introduction to Salesforce Administration
This course is designed to give you the skills of a starting Salesforce Administrator. You’ll explore Salesforce user management, platform customization, user interface configuration and more. You’ll even create a custom app to meet specific business use cases and generate reports to address specific requests.
Learning Outcomes:
- Extend Sales Cloud features to support company and product-specific data and customize sales and support processes.
- Design and build custom Salesforce apps that support business requirements.
- Configure custom reporting tools, permissions, and security features.
Course 3:
Advanced Topics in Salesforce Administration
In this course, you’ll learn how to take on increasingly complex functions as a CRM system administrator and learn how to best address business needs using the Sales Cloud and Service Cloud tools.
Learning Outcomes:
- Extend Sales/Service Cloud with advanced features.
- Control access to Salesforce records/data and design a permissions and sharing model to enforce business-specific security requirements.
- Standardize custom business processes and perform automated actions.
- Configure advanced reporting and analytical tools to explore sales performance and address business questions.
Course 4:
Applied Business Solutions with Salesforce
In this course, you’ll build on your knowledge of fundamental Salesforce administrator skills and level up to prepare for roles such as a Salesforce Business Analyst or Sales Ops Analyst.
Learning Outcomes:
- Analyze business processes and optimize workflows.
- Use data analysis tools within and outside Salesforce to measure key metrics and identify areas for improvement.
- Practice job-relevant business communications skills and demonstrate effective stakeholder management.
What You’ll Learn:
After completing this program, you’ll be ready to:
- Build reports, charts and dashboards to communicate relevant information about the sales process to stakeholders and executives
- Design and build custom Salesforce apps that support business requirements
- Standardize custom business processes and perform automated actions
- Use Sales Cloud to manage accounts, opportunities, products, quotes and contracts
- Extend Sales Cloud features to customize sales and support processes
Learning Experience
- No required times to log in. Complete lessons at times during the week that work for you. Keep up with deadlines to stay on track and complete in 6 months.
- Complete real business projects in an online platform and get individualized support and feedback from instructors.
- Practice using Salesforce software directly in the learning platform. No separate downloads.
- Explore the real work that project managers and data analysts do on the job and apply those skills to your own career.
- Access individualized career coaching to help you get promoted and advance professionally.
FAQs
What is the schedule?
There are four courses which will be open for 5 weeks each with a 1-week grading period after each. You should expect to spend 10 hours per week getting through the coursework. Courses will open and close on a specific start and end date, after which you’ll no longer be able to access the course or submit projects for grading. The program is flexibly-paced, meaning you can move as quickly or slowly as you’d like through each course, as long as you complete all sections and projects during the 5-week course period. We provide a suggested course schedule to help pace yourself through each course. Students who follow this schedule are more likely to earn the certificate and get more out of the course by spreading out their workload, and our instructors often provide weekly nudges to keep you on track. As long as you submit all projects by the course end date, you can progress through the course at whatever pace works best for you! For example, you might do all your work over the weekend or space it out throughout the week. We’ve found that students who follow our suggested course schedule are much more likely to earn the certificate.
Can I work full-time while enrolled in this program?
What prerequisites do I need?
Students must have a high school degree prior to take this program. There are no other prerequisites for this certificate program – our courses are designed to help those with little or no experience get started in the field of project management. Many experienced project management professionals also take this certificate to refine their digital skills, but no prior experience is required or expected.
What industry certifications will I be prepared for?
This certificate program aligns to the Salesforce Administrator credential exam. While we recommend additional study beyond this program, you’ll gain a headstart in your preparation for this industry-leading certification.
What is Pathstream?
Pathstream is a provider of digital skills training based in Silicon Valley. We partner with leading tech companies and universities to develop programs that prepare people for in-demand jobs.