BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis

This 3 day BCS Business Analysis Foundation course is fast-paced and through the use of examples and a simple case study introduces delegates to the contribution that a business analyst can make within an organisation. Including selecting the correct tools and techniques to assist them in their role.

At the end of the course you may sit a multiple-choice examination to obtain the BCS Business Analysis Foundation Certificate. This qualification provides a foundation to the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis and covers the knowledge-based element of the qualification.

Key areas covered include:

• Examination of the competencies of a Business Analyst

• Strategy Analysis

• Investigation techniques

• Stakeholder analysis and management

• Modelling business systems and processes

• Requirements engineering

• Making a business and financial case

Introduction to business analysis

• The rationale for business analysis

•  The development of business analysis

•  The scope of business analysis

•  The responsibilities of a business analyst

Competencies of the business analyst

•  The Business Analysis Maturity Model

•  The competencies of a business analyst

Business strategy analysis

• The strategic context

•  Strategic analysis techniques

•  SWOT analysis

•  Implementing strategy

The Business Analysis Process Model

•  The lifecycle for business analysis

•  Creative problem-solving approach

•  Stages of the process model

•  Deliverables and techniques for each stage

Investigation techniques

•  Interviewing and workshops

•  Observation approaches

•  Scenarios and prototyping

•  Quantitative investigation techniques

•  Documenting the business situation

Stakeholder analysis and management

•  Categorising stakeholders

•  Analysing stakeholders

•  Stakeholder management

Modelling the business system

•  Soft systems methodology

•  Documenting business situations

•  Business perspectives

•  Business activity models

•  Business events and business rules

•  Performance measures

•  Gap analysis

Modelling business processes

•  Organisational view of processes

•  Value chain and value propositions

•  Business process modelling techniques

•  Improving business processes

Gathering the requirements

•  Requirements engineering framework

•  Actors in requirements engineering

•  Requirements elicitation

•  Requirements analysis

•  Requirements validation

Documenting and managing requirements

•  The requirements document

•  The requirements catalogue

•  Types of requirement

•  Managing requirements

Modelling requirements

•  Modelling functionality

•  Modelling data

Delivering the requirements

• Delivering the solution

• Delivery lifecycles – waterfall, V model, incremental, iterative

Making a business and financial case

•  The business case in the project lifecycle

•  Identifying options

•  Assessing feasibility

•  Structure of a business case

•  Investment appraisal techniques

•  Realising the benefits

Implementing business change

• The change management process

• The emotional impact of change