BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis

Learning to Analyse Businesses

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

The organisations are offering their latest products as well as services to the potential customers every year. This in itself is a quite cumbersome job. These companies aim to satisfy customers with these products and services. How to do so? The acquiring of a business analyst in an organisation helps to achieve objectives. Business Analysts recognize the needs of the customer based groups such as demography, interests, culture etc. Earlier on the job was being performed by the senior level management but as of now, it is the Business Analysts working as a separate identity who perform this job. Once the Business Analysts has given his report then the only production can start. We at MSP Training make sure that the delegates get the skills to do so from those who are already certified and experienced as regards the concepts of Business Analysis.

  • Understanding the Duties of A Business Analyst

  • Learn to Develop Business Strategies

  • Evaluate and Model Business Systems using various techniques.

  • High Salaries Post Certification

WHAT'S INCLUDED ?

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Tutor Support

A dedicated tutor will be at your disposal throughout the training to guide you through any issues.

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Certificate

Delegates will get certification of completion at the end of the course.

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Courseware

Courseware will also be provided to the delegates so that they can revise the course after the training.

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Key Learning Points

Clear and concise objectives to guide delegates through the course.

PREREQUISITES

The BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis course being a foundation course comes with no prerequisite. However, BCS recommends the candidate to have a little knowledge about analysis. That would serve as an added advantage for the delegate.

TARGET AUDIENCE

The target audience for this course are:

  • Project Managers
  • System Analysts

WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?

  • Business Analyst - The Role And Competencies
  • Strategy Analysis
  • Business System And Business Process Modelling
  • Stakeholder Analysis
  • Investigation And Modelling Techniques
  • Requirements Engineering
  • Business Case Development

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PROGRAM OVERVIEW

The Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis is the stepping stone for courses such as Business Analysis, IS Consultancy and Business Change.  It lays the foundation for professional courses which culminate in the Professional or Expert module. These courses are mainly targeted towards Project Managers and System Developers. It is one of the courses from which a delegate can choose to complete the Knowledgebase module as a part of the  BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis.

Exams

To clear the exam for the BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis, the delegate is required to obtain 65% marks from the 40 questions that have to be attempted. The candidates must get a minimum of 26 out of a maximum of 40 marks. The duration of the exam is one hour. No calculators are allowed by BCS during the exam.


PROGRAM CONTENT

  • Business Analysis – An Understanding
    • The roots of business analysis
    • The development of business analysis
      • The impact of outsourcing
      • Competitive advantage of using IT
      • Successful business change
      • The importance of the business analyst
      • Business analysts as internal consultants
    • Bussiness Analysis and Its Scope
      • The scope of analysis activities
      • Defining Strategic analysis
      • Analysing IT systems
    • Business analysis - an UnderstandingUsing a complete methodology
    • Roles and Responsibilities of a Business Analyst
      • Business analyst and his role
      • Business analyst role and its additional features
  • Skills of a Business Analyst
    • Personal Traits
    • Knowledge of the Business
    • Professional methods
    • Developing Analyst Skills
  • Strategy Analysis
    • The background for the approach
    • Strategy – It’s Definition
    • The developing of a Policy
    • Outward Analysis of the Environment
      • Using the PESTLE method to perform analysis
      • Five Forces Model of Porter
    • Inner Analysis of the Environment
      • MOST analysis – Defining and Using
    • Auditing Resources
    • Boston Box
  • SWOT (Strength , Weaknesses, Oppurtunities and Takeover) assessment
  • Implementing policy
    • The McKinsey 7-S Framework
    • Using The Balanced Business Scorecard to track activities
    • KPI’s and the Critical Success Factors
  • The Business Analysis Process Prototype
    • Solving Problems
    • Business analysis process model – Its Stages
    • The process model stage
    • Objectives
    • Procedures
    • Techniques
  • Techniques for Investigation
    • Interviews
      • Pros and Cons
      • Preparing
      • Conducting
      • Following up
    • Reflection
      • Pros and Cons
      • Formal Reflections
      • Protocol study
      • Surveillance
      • Ethnographic readings
    • Seminars
      • Pros and Cons
      • Preparing
      • Facilitation
      • Procedures
      • Follow Up the Seminar
    • Situations
      • Benefits and shortcomings
      • Ways to for develop scenarios
      • Documenting
    • Modelling
      • Rewards and hindrances
    • Quantifiable Methodologies  
      • Surveys or Questionnaires
      • Special Purpose Records
      • Activity Sampling
      • Document Analysis
    • Documenting the current situation
      • Rich Pictures
      • Mind Maps
  • Stakeholder Analysis and Management
    • Stakeholder categories and identification
    • Stakeholders Analysis
      • The Power/Interest Grid
    • Stakeholder management strategies
    • Managing stakeholders
      • Stakeholder plan/assessment
    • The Stakeholder Perspectives – An Understanding
      • Soft Systems Methodology
      • Analysing the perspectives
      • CATWOE
    • Business activity models
      • An Overview Of business activity model
      • Learn About Activity Types
      • Forming a consensus model
  • Modelling Business Processes
    • Organisational context
      • Functional view of an organisation
    • An alternative view of an organisation
    • The corporate view of business processes
    • Value propositions
    • Process models
      • Business events
      • Developing the business process model
    • Analysing the as-is process model
    • Improving business processes (to-be business process)
  • Defining the solution
    • Gap analysis
      • Pointing Out Focus Areas
      • The Gap Analysis Framework
      • Formulating options
    • Introduction to Business Architecture
    • Definition of Business Architecture
    • Business Architecture techniques
      • Definition of a capability model
      • Definition of a value stream
  • Making a Business and Financial Case
    • The business case in the project lifecycle
    • Identifying options
    • Assessing project feasibility
    • Structure of a business case
    • Investment Assesment
      • Payback – An Overview
      • Discounted cash flow and Internal Return Rate
  • Establishing the Requirements
    • A framework for requirements engineering
    • Actors in requirements engineering
      • The business representatives
      • The project team
    • Requirements elicitation
      • Tacit and explicit knowledge
      • Requirements elicitation techniques
    • Requirements analysis
      • Requirements filters
      • SMART requirements
    • Requirements validation
  • Documenting and Managing Requirements
    • The requirements document
      • Structure
      • Content of the requirements document
    • The requirements catalogue
      • Types of requirements
        • functional and non-functional
        • general
        • technical
      • Hierarchy of requirements
      • Recording requirements
    • Manage requirements
      • Elements of requirements management
  • Modelling Requirements
    • Modelling system functions
      • Use case diagrams
    • Modelling system data
      • Entity Relationship Diagrams
        • Entities, attributes and relationships
        • Types of relationships
      • Class Models
        • Objects and classes
        • Attributes
        • Associations
  • Delivering the Requirements
    • Providing the solution
    • Context
    • Lifecycles
      • The waterfall lifecycle
      • The ‘V’ design lifecycle
      • Incremental lifecycle
      • Iterative systems development lifecycle
  • Delivering the Business Solution
    • BA role in the organisation change lifecycle
    • Design stage
    • Implementation stage
    • Realisation stage

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ABOUT Bracknell

Located in the Borough of Bracknell Forest in Berkshire, England, Bracknell is a town having a population of 77,256. It is located 11 miles to the east of Reading and 34 miles west of central London. The name, Bracknell, comes from Braccan Heal. It may also have got its name from a school in the locality called the Brakenhale. There is a standing stone to the north-east of the city known as the Quelm Stone. The Quelm Stone is a menhir i.e. a stone that is rough and in the form of a rectangle or square. One of the main buildings in Bracknell is the ‘Old Manor House’ which used to be home to a number of priest holes which were used as hiding places when the Catholic priests were executed by law forcefully in England. During such times the Catholic priests could hide in one of these holes or escape to somewhere else using the tunnels that were built beneath them.

Transport in Bracknell      

The two railway stations in Bracknell that include Bracknell itself and  Martins Heron as well are located on a common line that runs from  Waterloo to Reading. Commuters from Bracknell travel mostly in two directions i.e. Eastwards to London Waterloo and Westwards to Reading.

It is located at the end of the A329 (M) motorway.A motorway. M31  was proposed to be built for connecting the M3 and the M4 but only a part of that could be completed which is now known as the A329(M) and the A3290.

The Bracknell bus station, located on The Ring, serves Bracknell. There are three shelters on the bus stand, one each for the three stands. The Bracknell Bus Stand provides services to Wokingham, Crowthorne, Windsor, Camberley, Slough, and Reading.  The Courtney Bus Services and Reading Buses provide local bus services.  The Green Line provides coach services to London Victoria while the Courtney Buses provided services to the National Express and The Luton Flyer.

Education

Bracknell provides schooling as well as further education through the various institutes in the city itself. Some of the schools in the area are :

  • Easthampstead Park School
  • St Joseph's Catholic Primary School
  • Brakenhale Academy
  • Garth Hill College and Ranelagh Church of England School

Colleges of further education in and around Bracknell are listed below:

  • Bracknell is home to the Bracknell and Wokingham College
  • The Silwood Park campus of Imperial College London is also a destination for those who wish to go for further education. The college is located 5 miles to the east of Bracknell.
  • To the northwest at a distance of 8 miles is The University of Reading
  • 8 miles to the east is the Royal Holloway College

Arts

A mansion dating back to 1760 stands in the south of the town which has been rebuilt many times now serves as a large arts centre. The Wilde Theatre named after Oscar Wilde and opened in 1984  has hosted his play ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’ which has a character called 'Lady Bracknell' in it. Over the years, the South Hill Park has seen a number of music performances in various festivals.A list follows:

1975 – 1990s Bracknell Jazz Festival        

1970's – 1980s Bracknell Folk

1980's – 1990s – Bracknell Music Festival  or the South Hill Park Festival

1988 – Womad Festival

2000 – 2013 – A free and an annual festival of World Music.

Many places in Bracknell have been used in films. The locations include  Martin Heron and Birch Hill.In Harry Potter and the  Philosopher’s Stone, Martin Heron is the locality in Bracknell where Harry’s Uncle and Aunt stay. Another movie, Time Bandits, used the location Birch Hill. Birch Hill is also known for naming its streets from east to west in an alphabetic order.