course overview
Overview
This course takes you through an end-to-end holistic business analysis process. This holistic approach involves considering four aspects of a business system: the processes, the people, the organisational context, and the technology. Starting with the rationale for a holistic approach, the course provides you with a clear understanding of the strategic context, coupled with the project discipline needed for business analysis. You will learn how to understand the business situation and issues associated with it, analyse stakeholder perspectives, model business activities, identify potential solutions to business issues, and finally make the business case for potential solutions. Without this end-to-end process, much of the cost of a project is often attributable to re-work from poor up-front analysis. This course prepares you to take the BCS Business Analysis Practice Practitioner Exam on day 3 of the course.
Audience
This course is designed for anyone likely to become involved in business analysis at any level, including:
Skills Gained
At the end of this course you will be able to:
Prerequisites
Important Course Information Important Course Information Prerequisites Prerequisites
Experience at the level of:
Business Analysis Introduction: Defining Successful Projects Business Analysis Introduction: Defining Successful Projects
BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis Exam Information Exam Information
Exam included Certification Information Certification Information
The BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, offers this internationally recognized certification, enabling you to take your skills around the world. The four modules required to apply for this certification include one foundation level course, and three practitioner level courses:
BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis
BCS Certificate in Business Analysis Practice BCS Certificate in Business Analysis Practice
BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering
The International Diploma requires a 50 minute oral examination with two examiners. The questions will require you to apply your business analysis knowledge and understanding to scenarios described by the oral examiners. For additional information see: https://www2.bcs.org/certifications/ba/international-diploma-in-business-analysis https://www2.bcs.org/certifications/ba/international-diploma-in-business-analysis
This course is eligible for 15 AXELOS My PRINCE2 CPD points. Learn more now — PRINCE2 CPD Information › PRINCE2 CPD Information › BCS Associate Membership BCS Associate Membership
Candidates receive free of charge BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, Associate Membership for 1 year on successfully passing their first BCS certification. Associate membership. Associate membership.
Outline
Internal and external analysis
Linking to the internal and external business environment analysis
Executing strategy
Critical success factors and key performance indicators
Stakeholder identification
Investigative techniques
The Business Analysis Process Model
Investigating the situation
Representing a holistic view of the business situation
Identifying, categorising and analysing stakeholders
Stakeholder management strategies
Understanding stakeholder perspectives
Creating a process model
Modelling system functions and data
Gap analysis
Introduction to Business Architecture
Structuring the business case
Identifying and shortlisting options for business change
Identifying and categorising costs and benefits
Identifying and categorising risks
Identifying impacts
The business case life-cycle
If you need training for 3 or more people, you should ask us about onsite training. Putting aside the obvious location benefit, content can be customised to better meet your business objectives and more can be covered than in a public classroom. Its a cost effective option. One on one training can be delivered too, at reasonable rates.
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SPVC = Self Paced Virtual Class
LVC = Live Virtual Class
Our clients have included prestigious national organisations such as Oxford University Press, multi-national private corporations such as JP Morgan and HSBC, as well as public sector institutions such as the Department of Defence and the Department of Health.