BCS Certificate in Business Analysis Practice

Expleo Group

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In London

£ 1,350 + VAT

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Description

  • Type

    Intensive seminar

  • Location

    London

  • Class hours

    20h

  • Duration

    3 Days

Also delivered as inhouse/private course

The BCS Certificate in Business Analysis Practice provides delegates with the knowledge and professional skills and toolset to become effective business analysts.

Important information

Documents

  • Q20360 BCS Certificate in Business Analysis Practice.pdf

Facilities

Location

Start date

London
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7-11 Moorgate, EC2R 6AF

Start date

On request

About this course

The BCS Certificate in Business Analysis Practice course covers strategic thinking, perspective based analysis, stakeholder management, SWOT analysis, and gap analysis. The course focuses on A) developing a business strategy and B) the exploration of a business issue – whether that be an opportunity or problem.

The certificate is relevant to anyone requiring a general understanding or introduction to Business Analysis, including business analysts, business managers and their staff, business change managers and project managers.

None.

Certificate.

SQS has a experienced team of trainers, that are consultants and are actually working on this field currently.

After requesting information, you will be either emailed the relevant information or called to discussed your requirements in detail.

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Subjects

  • Business Analysis
  • Testing
  • Strategic Analysis
  • Management
  • Resource Audit MOST
  • PESTLE
  • Five Forces
  • Stakeholder Management
  • CATWOE
  • Risk Derivatives

Course programme

This three day course follows the BCS Certificate in Business Analysis Practice syllabus and covers the following:

Strategic analysis in context
  • Understanding the organisation’s strengths and weaknesses
  • External analysis – PESTLE, Five Forces
  • Internal analysis – Resource Audit MOST
  • Building a comprehensive SWOT analysis
  • Measuring performance – the Balanced Business Scorecard
  • Critical success factors and key performance indicators

A Project Approach to Business Analysis
  • Business analysis studies as projects
  • Terms of reference and project initiation
  • Assuring business benefit

Understanding the situation/issues
  • Types of business ‘problem’
  • Rich pictures and mind maps
  • Defining the problem
  • Review of investigation techniques
  • Business perspectives
  • Analysing stakeholders
  • Stakeholder management strategies
  • Business perspectives – introduction
  • Defining the perspective – CATWOE

Analysing and modelling the business activities
  • Modelling business activities
  • Five types of business activity
  • Consolidating perspectives and business activity models
  • Identifying potential solutions
  • End-to-end process models
  • Exploring the gap between the current and desired situation
  • Areas for business improvement (organisation context, processes, people)
  • Holistic approach to business solutions

Making the business case
  • Contents of a business case
  • Options
  • Costs and benefits
  • Impacts and risks
  • Presenting the business case
  • Benefits realisation and management

Additional information

This course can also be imparted in-house.

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BCS Certificate in Business Analysis Practice

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