Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis
Access Duration - 365 Days
Awarded By "BCS"
Guided Learning Hours (30)
Course Material
Number of Modules 14
Mock Exam Included
Official Exam Included
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220 STUDENTS
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What Will I Learn?
Understand the role and responsibilities of a Business Analyst
Gain an overall understanding of strategy analysis
Understand business systems and business process modelling
Gain a thorough understanding of stakeholder analysis
Learn to employ investigation and modelling techniques
Understand requirements engineering
Understand business case development
Overview
Gain a clear understanding of the essentials of business analysis and gain practical experience on how to apply core analysis techniques within a working environment. This is a comprehensive course that offers new and experienced business analysts with the right tools and techniques to perform business analysis roles. The course is perfect for individuals working as Business Analysts, Project Managers and Business Managers who want to get certified.
You will become competent at the end of the Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis and gain in-depth skills of understanding how to perform the role of a business analyst. Some of the key topics the course will cover include analyse and manage stakeholders, how to model business process, learn investigation techniques which includes interviews, observations and prototyping.
The course will equip learners with in-depth knowledge that will enable them to become successful Business Analysts. You will learn the fundamentals and how to apply them in any industry. The course will help learners maximise their chance of gaining employment in their desired job role.
This course is comprised of professionally narrated e-Learning modules, interactive quizzes, tests and exams. All delivered through a system that you will have access to 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for 365 days (12 months). An effective support service and study materials will build your confidence to secure your qualification.
If you want one-on-one sessions in a real classroom, visit our Business Analysis Foundation Classroom Course page.
Entry Requirements
Learners should be age 16 or over, and must have a basic understanding of Maths, English, and ICT.
- Method of Assessment
- Exam Details
- Certification
- Awarding Body
- Career Path
Certification is achieved by the successful completion of a computer based examination.
- Duration: 1 hourÂ
- Computer based exam
- Multiple choice
- Closed book
- Pass mark: 65%
Successful learners will be awarded a Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis
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This certificate will improve your candidature for a number of job roles in the corporate world. You can also take this certificate as a foundation to study further in the subject or to demand for a salary increment or job promotion from your employer. Below mentioned are some of the job roles this certificate will help you in, along with the average UK salary per annum according to https://www.payscale.com/career-path-planner,
- Business Analyst – £30,461 per annum
- Business Insight and Analytics Manager – £43,335 per annum
- Change Analyst – £27,768 per annum
- Business Consultant – £38,159 per annum
- Financial Consultant – £36,313 per annum
Sneak Peek
Course Curriculum
| Introduction - Free | |||
| Introduction | FREE | 00:00:00 | |
| 01. What is Business Analysis? - Free | |||
| What is Business Analysis | FREE | 00:14:00 | |
| 01.1 Definition of a Business Analyst | |||
| 01.2 Origins of Business Analysis | |||
| 01.3 Development of Business Analysis | |||
| 01.4 The scope of Business Analysis work | |||
| 01.5 Taking a holistic approach | |||
| 01.6 Roles and Responsibilities of a BA | |||
| 02. The Competencies of a Business Analyst - Free | |||
| The Competencies of a Business Analyst | FREE | 00:07:00 | |
| 02.1 The Competencies of a BA | |||
| 02.1 The Competencies of a BA | |||
| 03. Strategy Analysis | |||
| 03.1 Context of Strategy | |||
| 03.2 Definition of Strategy | |||
| 03.3 Levels of Strategy | |||
| 03.4 Strategy Development | |||
| 03.5 External Environment Analysis | |||
| 03.5.1 PESTLE | |||
| 03.5.2 Porters 5 Forces | |||
| 03.6 Internal Environment Analysis | |||
| 03.6.1 MOST | |||
| 03.6.2 Resource Audit | |||
| 03.6.3 Boston Box | |||
| 03.7 SWOT Analysis | |||
| 03.8 Executing Strategy | |||
| 03.9 McKinsey’s 7 S Model | |||
| 03.10 Balanced Business Scorecard | |||
| 03.11 CSF’s and KPI’s | |||
| 04. The Business Analysis Process Model | |||
| 04.1 An Approach to Problem Solving – Isaksen & Treffinger | |||
| 04.2 Stages of the Business Analysis Process Model | |||
| 04.2.1 Investigate Situations | |||
| 04.2.2 Consider Perspectives | |||
| 04.2.3 Analyse Needs | |||
| 04.2.4 Evaluate Options | |||
| 04.2.5 Define Requirements | |||
| 04.2.6 Deliver Changes | |||
| 05. Investigation Techniques | |||
| 05.1 Interviews | |||
| 05.1.1 Preparing for Interviews | |||
| 05.1.2 Conducting Interviews | |||
| 05.1.3 Following up on the Interview | |||
| 05.2 Observations | |||
| 05.2.1 Types of Observations | |||
| 05.3 Workshops | |||
| 05.3.1 Preparing for the Workshop | |||
| 05.3.2 Facilitating the Workshop | |||
| 05.3.3 Workshop techniques | |||
| 05.3.4 Following up on the Workshop | |||
| 05.4 Scenarios | |||
| 05.4.1 Process for Developing Scenarios | |||
| 05.4.2 Documenting Scenarios | |||
| 05.5 Prototyping | |||
| 05.6 Quantitative Approaches | |||
| 05.6.1 Surveys or Questionnaires | |||
| 05.6.2 Special Purpose Records | |||
| 05.6.3 Activity Sampling | |||
| 05.6.4 Document Analysis | |||
| 05.7 Documenting the Current Situation | |||
| 05.7.2 Rich Pictures | |||
| 05.7.3 Mind Maps | |||
| 06. Stakeholder Analysis and Management | |||
| 06.1 Definition of a Stakeholder | |||
| 06.2 Stakeholder Categories | |||
| 06.3 Analysing Stakeholders | |||
| 06.4 Power Interest Grid | |||
| 06.5 Stakeholder Management Plan and Assessment | |||
| 06.6 Understanding stakeholder perspectives | |||
| 06.6.1 Soft Systems Methodology | |||
| 06.7 Analysing the Perspectives – CATWOE | |||
| 06.8 CATWOE Examples | |||
| 06.9 Business Activity Model | |||
| 06.9.1 Types of Activities | |||
| 06.9.2 Creating a BAM | |||
| 06.9.3 BAM example | |||
| 06.10 Developing a Consensus Model | |||
| 07. Modelling Business Processes | |||
| 07.1 Organization Context | |||
| 07.1.1 Functional View of an Organization | |||
| 07.1.2 Process View of an Organization | |||
| 07.2 The organisational view of business processes | |||
| 07.3 Porter’s Value Chain | |||
| 07.4 Value Propositions | |||
| 07.5 Process Models | |||
| 07.6 Business Events | |||
| 07.7 Developing Process Models | |||
| 07.8 Analysing the As – Is Process Model | |||
| 07.9 Improving Business Processes (to – be processes) | |||
| 07.10 Business Rules | |||
| 08. Defining the Solution | |||
| 08.1 Gap Analysis | |||
| 08.1.1 Framework for Gap Analysis (POPIT) | |||
| 08.1.2 Formulating Options | |||
| 08.2 Business Architecture | |||
| 08.2.1 Definition of Business Architecture | |||
| 08.2.2 Business Architecture Techniques | |||
| 08.2.3 Definition of a Capability Model | |||
| 08.2.4 Definition of a Value Stream | |||
| 08.2.5 Example of a Value Stream | |||
| 09. Making a Business and Financial Case | |||
| 09.1 Business case in a project lifecycle | |||
| 09.2 Identifying Options | |||
| 09.3 Assessing Project feasibility | |||
| 09.4 Force Field Analysis | |||
| 09.5 Structure of a Business Case | |||
| 09.5.1 Categories of costs and benefits | |||
| 09.6 Impact Assessment | |||
| 09.7 Risk Assessment | |||
| 09.8 Investment Appraisal (Payback) | |||
| 09.8.1 Discounted Cashflow (net Present Value) | |||
| 09.8.2 Internal Rate of Return | |||
| 09.9 RAID and CARDI log | |||
| 10. Establishing the Requirements | |||
| 10.1 Framework for requirements engineering | |||
| 10.2 Actors in Requirements Engineering | |||
| 10.3 Requirements Elicitation | |||
| 10.3.1 Levels of Tacit and explicit knowledge | |||
| 10.3.2 Requirements elicitation techniques | |||
| 10.4 Techniques and knowledge types | |||
| 10.5 Requirements Analysis | |||
| 10.5.1 Requirements Filters | |||
| 10.6 SMART Requirements | |||
| 10.7 Requirements Validation | |||
| 11. Documenting and Managing Requirements | |||
| 11.1 Requirements Document – Structure | |||
| 11.1.1 Requirements Document – Content | |||
| 11.2 Requirements Catalogue | |||
| 11.2.1 Types of Requirements | |||
| 11.2.2 Hierarchy of requirements | |||
| 11.2.3 Documenting a requirement | |||
| 11.3 Managing Requirements | |||
| 11.4 Requirements Traceability | |||
| 12. Modeling Requirements | |||
| 12.1 Modelling System functions – Use Case Diagrams | |||
| 12.2 Modelling System Data – Entity Relationship Diagrams | |||
| 12.3 Class Diagram | |||
| 12.4 Class Diagram Associations | |||
| 13. Delivering the Requirements | |||
| 13.1 Delivering the Solution | |||
| 13.2 Context | |||
| 13.3 Lifecycles | |||
| 13.3.1 V-Model | |||
| 13.3.2 Incremental | |||
| 13.3.3 Iterative | |||
| 13.3.4 General Agile Model | |||
| 14. Delivering the Business Solution | |||
| 14.1 BA Role in the Business Change Lifecycle | |||
| 14.1.1 BA Role Business Change Life Cycle – Design Stage | |||
| 14.1.2 Design Stage – Information Technology | |||
| 14.2 Implementation Stage | |||
| 14.2.1 Implementation Stage – SARAH Model | |||
| 14.3 Realisation Stage – Benefits Plan | |||
| 14.3.1 Realisation Stage – Benefits Realisation Report | |||
| Case Study | |||
| Additional Materials | |||
| Harvard Referencing Guide | |||
| Mock Exam | |||
| Book Your Exam | |||
| BCS Business Analysis Practice – Exam Booking Form | |||
FAQ's
A. When discounts are available, our learners will be the first to be informed.
A. You will receive all the necessary materials, including interactive quizzes, tests and exams to ensure you complete the course successfully.
A. You will have access for 365 Days (1Year)
A. This is a computer-based exam.
A. You will be eligible for a number of exciting career roles including Business Analyst, Change Analyst and Business Consultant.
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