BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice Course Overview

Target Audience for BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice

The BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice is designed for professionals involved in business change and analysis.

• Business Analysts
• Systems Analysts
• Project Managers
• Business Change Managers
• Product Managers
• IT Consultants
• Management Consultants
• Quality Assurance Specialists
• Requirement Engineers/Managers
• Business Process Owners
• Business Process Managers
• Enterprise Architects
• Functional Managers
• Product Owners
• Scrum Masters with a focus on business analysis
• Any professional aspiring to be a Business Analyst

Learning Objectives - What you will Learn in this BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice?

Introduction to Learning Outcomes:

The BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice course aims to equip students with the skills to analyze, model, and improve business processes within the strategic context of an organization.

Learning Objectives and Outcomes:

• Understand the role of the Business Analyst throughout the business change lifecycle, including strategic, business, and IT systems analysis.
• Analyze the internal and external environments of an organization using MOST, resource audit, PESTLE, and Porter’s Five Forces techniques.
• Conduct SWOT analysis to identify organizational strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
• Holistically investigate current business situations using appropriate investigation techniques and conceptual models.
• Analyze stakeholder categories and manage them effectively using the Power/Interest Grid and CATWOE technique.
• Build conceptual business activity models to represent stakeholders' perspectives and identify the dependencies between different business activities.
• Distinguish between different categories of business rules and conduct gap analysis to inform potential solutions.
• Develop a comprehensive business case, including its components and appraisal techniques, to support decision-making in business change initiatives.
• Apply the balanced business scorecard to identify critical success factors and key performance indicators for strategic alignment.
• Understand the importance of reviewing the business case at each stage of the business change lifecycle for continuous alignment with business objectives.