Business analysis foundation (bcs) online course

Course Outline

1. What is Business Analysis
1.1 The origins of Business Analysis
1.2 Development of Business Analysis
1.3 Scope of Business Analysis work
1.4 Business Analysis
1.5 Taking a holistic approach
1.6 The role and responsibilities of a Business Analyst

2. The Competencies of a Business Analyst
2.1 Behavioural skills and personal qualities
2.2 Professional techniques
2.3 Business knowledge
2.4 The development of competencies

3. Strategy Analysis
3.1 The context of stategy
3.2 The definition of Strategy
3.3 Strategy development
3.4 External environment analysis
3.5 Internal environment analysis
3.6 SWOT Analysis
3.7 Implementing strategy

4. The Business Analysis Process Model
4.1 An approach to problem solving
4.2 Five stages of the Process Model
4.3 Investigate the situation
4.4 Consider the perspectives
4.5 Analyse the needs
4.6 Evaluate the options
4.7 Define the requirements
4.8 Delivering the changes

5. Investigation Techniques
5.1 Preparation
5.2 Interviews
5.3 Observation
5.4 Workshops
5.5 Scenarios
5.6 Prototyping
5.7 Quantitative approaches
5.8 Documenting the current situation

6. Stakeholder Analysis and Management
6.1 Categories and identification
6.2 Analysing stakeholders
6.3 Managing stakeholders
6.4 Stakeholder perspectives
6.5 Business Activity Models

7. Modelling Business Processes
7.1 Organisational context
7.2 An alternative view of an organisation
7.3 The organisational view of Business Processes
7.4 Value Chain and Value Proposistions
7.5 Business Process Models
7.6 Analysing the “As-Is” Business Process Model
7.7 Improving Business Processes

8. Defining the Solution
8.1 GAP Analysis
8.2 Business architecture
8.3 Business architecture techniques

9. Making a Business and Financial Case
9.1 Identifying options
9.2 Assessing Project Feasibility
9.3 Structure of a Business Case
9.4 Cost and Benefits
9.5 Investment Appraisal
9.6 Presenting the Business Case

10. Establishing the Requirements
10.1 Requirements engineering
10.2 Requirements elicitation
10.3 Requirements analysis
10.4 Requirements validation

11. Documenting and Managing Requirements
11.1 The Requirements catalogue
11.2 Documenting requirements
11.3 Managing requirements

12. Modelling Requirements
12.1 Use Case Modelling
12.2 Entity Relationship Modelling
12.3 Class Modelling

13. Delivering the Requirements
13.1 Context
13.2 Lifecycles

14. Delivering the Business Solution
14.1 Business change lifecycle
14.2 Design stage
14.3 Implementation stage
14.4 Realistation stage

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