Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice

OVERVIEW

Business analysis is an essential component in project management. As a result, the demand for business analysts have been on the rise. If you aspire or want to work in this field, getting qualified is the first step to becoming a business analyst. This certification is highly recognised and will provide you with ample opportunity to progress in your career.  The course will focus on the role and responsibilities of a business analyst, how to avoid project failures, define project requirements and achieve the desired business outcome. This BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice course is also ideal for anyone working in project management and is required to perform business analysis. This is an added qualification that will greatly advantage your career aspirations.

The BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice course will help you identify business functions and how to improve developments in certain areas. The core goal of business analysis is to recognise potential business objectives, and evaluate your options to determine the most feasible business solution in order to improve business efficiency.

This is a professional level qualification that will help develop your skills and match your career path. Attaining this certificate will demonstrate that you are ready to support business change programmes successfully. You can showcase specialist practical skills.

Why study at Global Edulink?

Global Edulink offers the most convenient path to gain recognised skills and training that will give you the opportunity to put into practice your knowledge and expertise in an IT or corporate environment. You can study at your own pace at Global Edulink and you will be provided with all the necessary material, tutorials, qualified course instructor, narrated e-learning modules and free resources which include Free CV writing pack, free career support and course demo to make your learning experience more enriching and rewarding.

If you want one-on-one sessions in a real classroom visit our Business Analysis Practitioner Classroom Course page.

COURSE CURRICULUM
1. Rationale for Business Analysis
1.1. Lifecycle for Business Change FREE
1.2. The Role of the Business Analysis within the Lifecycle FREE
1.3. Other Roles within Lifecycle
1.4. The Framework for Business Analysis Activities
1.5. The Framework for Business Analysis Activities
2. Understanding the Strategic Context
2.1. Strategy – Internal Environment Analysis FREE
2.2. MOST – Internal Environment Analysis
2.3. Resource Audit – Internal Environment Analysis
2.4. External Environment Analysis (PESTLE Analysis)
2.5. Porters 5 Forces – External Environment Analysis
2.6. SWOT – Internal and External Environment Analysis
2.7. Critical Success Factors (CSFs)
2.8. Key Performance Indicators(KPI)
2.9. The Balanced Business Scorecard
3. Project Discipline for Business Analysis Studies
3.1. Terms of Reference
4. Understanding the Situation/ Issues
4.1. Stakeholder Identification
4.2. Stakeholder Identification
4.3. Overview of Investigative Techniques
4.4. Representing a Holistic View of the Business Situation
4.5. Mind Maps Representing a Holistic View
4.6. Fishbone Diagram – Representing a Holistic View
4.7. Rationale for Taking a Holistic View
5. Analyzing Stakeholder Perspectives
5.1. Stakeholder Analysis and Management
5.2. Stakeholder Management Strategies
5.3. Identifying Different Perspectives
5.4. Defining Perspectives
6. Analyzing and Modeling Business Activities
6.1. Developing a Conceptual Business Activity Model
6.2. Developing a Conceptual Business Activity Model
6.3. Developing a Conceptual Business Activity Model
6.4. Process for Building a Business Activity Model and BAM Examples
6.5. Analysing a BAM
6.6. Building the Consensus Business Activity Model
6.7. Gap Analysis – Comparing the Ideal and Existing Systems
7. Making the Business Case
7.1. Structure of a Business Case
7.2. Identifying and Short Listing Options for Business Change
7.3. Assessing the Feasibility of Each Option
7.4. Tangible and Intangible Costs and Benefits
7.5. Costs
7.6. Benefits
7.7. Investment Appraisal Techniques
7.8. Payback
7.9. Identifying and Categorizing Risks
7.10. Identifying Impacts
7.11. The Business Case in the Project Lifecycle
Practice Assignment
Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis – Case Study
Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis – Practice Assignment
Harvard Referencing Guide
Harvard Referencing Guide