The full roadmap — A0 to A6.
This is the complete picture of what the program looks like from the inside. Read it before you apply so there are no surprises. Everything here is honest — the time commitment, the tools, what you'll produce, and what "ready" actually looks like.
1. Overview — who this is for and how it works
GAP2IT is a structured, human-centred 6–8 week pathway into Business Analysis or Systems Testing. Built for migrants, career changers, fresh graduates, people returning to work, and anyone anxious about AI who wants clarity, practice, and confidence — without learning to code.
2. Business Analysis vs Systems Testing — a clearer picture
- Turn messy ideas into user stories and acceptance criteria
- Sketch simple flows and wireframes; model states and rules
- Capture non-functional requirements — performance, accessibility, security
- Maintain traceability: requirement → AC → UAT → evidence
- Align stakeholders, reduce ambiguity, make change safe
- Design test ideas and charters from AC and process flows
- Test UI, API, and data; report defects with evidence
- Re-test fixes and support User Acceptance Testing
- Check non-functional risks: accessibility, usability, performance
- Provide clear, reproducible findings employers trust
3. Tools you'll use
No complex installs to start. Everything runs in the browser.
Stories, tasks, test cases, sprint tracking. The most common project tool in Australian IT teams.
Quick process flows and wireframes. Free, browser-based, no account required.
Simple API checks — used in the QA track from Week 3 onwards.
Submissions, reflections, and collaborative documents throughout the program.
A few joins and queries for UAT and data validation. No prior SQL knowledge required.
Browser-based tools for checking labels, focus order, and colour contrast against WCAG standards.
4. Your A-series at a glance — 6 weeks
Tool links, a quick primer quiz, and expectation setting. Unlocks A1 after a pass of 70% or above. You'll understand the full roadmap before Week 1 begins.
Analyse 5–7 real job ads, produce a Job-Ad Analysis and a Gap Analysis, build a personal learning plan of 4–6 bullets. Your job search starts here, not at the end.
User stories and acceptance criteria, a simple wireframe, one accessibility acceptance criterion.
Test ideas from AC, two defects using the GAP2IT defect template, evidence documentation.
Connect requirement → acceptance criteria → UAT or test → evidence. Safe exposure to the development cycle and how boards work in practice.
This is intentionally low-risk — you're gently stepping into realistic tasks with scaffolding.
Co-draft stakeholder questions, lead a small requirements slice with feedback.
Lead a focused test pass — plan, execute, report.
UAT scenarios, evidence capture, change logs, and basic SQL readiness checks — a few joins and queries to support data validation work.
Functional specification, NFR excerpts, SRS summary, full traceability matrix.
Test report, accessibility findings, defect summary, execution evidence.
Portfolio and interview preparation run in parallel from Weeks 4–6.
5. What your portfolio will contain
- 3 user stories with clear acceptance criteria (including one accessibility AC)
- Simple wireframe exported from draw.io
- Traceability snippet: requirement → AC → UAT
- Mini functional spec / NFR / SRS excerpt from A6
- 2–3 defect tickets using the GAP2IT template with evidence
- Execution notes — screenshot or short documentation
- Accessibility smoke test findings
- Concise test report from A6
Tangible evidence employers can review in minutes — not a certificate that says you attended, but work that shows you can do it.
6. Time and commitment — honest numbers
4–7 hours per week
8–12 hours per week
Two × 90 minutes per week. Optional but valuable. Replays within 72 hours — mini-task required for attendance credit.
Within 48 business hours. Re-submissions welcome — we want you to get it right, not just done.
Most committed learners feel interview-ready in 6–10 weeks of consistent work. Timelines vary by prior experience and availability — that's honest, not a disclaimer.
7. AI and confidence
AI accelerates tasks — it does not replace human judgement. BA and QA roles rely on clarity, communication, reasoning, and context. These are exactly the skills you'll practice here.
We also teach you to use AI as a tool — for drafting ideas, generating options, checking structure — then refine those outputs into your own specific, testable artefacts. The judgment is always yours. That's what makes it yours.
8. Self-assessment — is A0 right for you now?
If most of these fit your situation, A0 will feel like home:
- I can commit at least 4–7 hours per week for 6–8 weeks
- I prefer clarity and structure over hype and vague promises
- I'm willing to ask "basic" questions early — before they become problems
- I want to build artefacts I can show employers, not just study material
- I'm comfortable learning simple browser-based tools with guidance
- I want a human-centred, non-coding path into tech
You don't need all six. Four or five is enough. If you're unsure, reach out and we'll have an honest conversation.
9. Ready to apply?
The application takes 5 minutes. We review within 24–48 hours and send a friendly onboarding email with your A0 links. No essay questions. No pressure.