Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis

Course details

IT organizations are increasingly required to offer business consultancy as a service. This demands the development of business and IT consultancy skills within the IT organisation. Well trained IT business analysts can broaden their skills and business process knowledge to become IT business consultants. This requires that the competencies of internal IT staff are effectively developed to support this requirement

Business Analysts provide a solid foundation for delivering project success by acting as a translator or liaison among stakeholders in order to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies and information systems. Additionally, business analysts understand business problems and opportunities and can recommend solutions and strategies that will help you achieve goals.

Their role is key to defining the requirements of a project at its earliest stages, as well as in planning, defining, and validating project and scope. Organizations may not specifically define the role of the BA / Internal IS Consultant – but key team members across the organization (system engineers, designers, architects and others). They should be versed in the techniques and tools to successfully bring about change

Content

• Introduction to Business Analysis
• The Competencies of a Business Analyst
• Strategy Analysis
• The Business Analysis Process Model
• Investigation Techniques
• Requirements Engineering
• Modelling the IT System
• Managing the Information Resource

Content

• Stakeholder Analysis and Management
• Modelling the Business System
• Business Process Modelling
• Making a Business and Financial Case
• Managing Business Change

Aims and Objectives

• Understand the roles and responsibilities of Business Analysts
• Be familiar with best practices in Business Analysis and Requirements definition
• Attain new skills to successfully develop, manage, and communicate business requirements and be a productive and contributing member of the organizational team

The certificate programme covers the broad range of principles and techniques within the sphere of Business Analysis, and consists of 8 modules:

• What is Business Analysis
• Defining The Business Problem or Opportunity
• Root Causes of Problems
• Solution Vision and Scope
• Developing the Business Case
• Modeling the Future State
• Distilling the Requirements from Models
• Requirements Definition and Documentation

Who should attend?

The certificate is relevant to anyone requiring an understanding of Business Analysis including business analysts, business managers and their staff, business change managers and project managers