Business Analysis Foundation + Exam

This course is accredited by IIBA and will contribute 21 CDUs towards CCBA / CBAP qualifications.

The Business Analysis Foundation certification covers a broad range of BA theories, methodologies and practices. It provides a foundation for a range of specialist certificates in Business Analysis disciple.

It also provides basic-level Business Analysis knowledge for specialists in other disciplines, particularly Project Managers and System Developers.

This course is Endorsed by iiBA.

• The origins of business analysis
• The development of business analysis
• The scope of business analysis work
• Business analysis
• Taking an holistic approach
• The role and responsibilities of a business analyst
• Behavioural skills and personal qualities
• Business knowledge
• Techniques
• The development of competencies
• Strategy Analysis
• The context for strategy
• The definition of strategy (Johnson and Scholes, 2001)
• Strategy development
• External environment analysis
• Internal environment analysis
• SWOT analysis
• Implementing strategy
• An approach to problem-solving
• Stages of the business analysis process model
• Objectives of the process model stages
• Procedure for each process model stage
• Techniques used within each process model stage
• Interviews
• Observation
• Workshops
• Scenarios
• Prototyping
• Quantitative approaches
• Documenting the current business situation
• Definition of a stakeholder
• Stakeholder categories and identification
• Analysing stakeholders
• Stakeholder management strategies
• Managing stakeholders
• Soft systems methodology
• Business perspectives
• Business activity models
• Business events
• Business rules
• Critical success factors and key performance indicators
• Use of the business activity model in gap analysis
• Organisational context
• An alternative view of an organisation
• The organisational view of business processes
• Value propositions and value chain
• Business process models
• Analysing the as-is business process model
• Improving business processes (to-be business process)
• The problems with requirements
• A process for requirements engineering
• Actors in requirements engineering
• Requirements elicitation
• Building the requirements list
• Requirements analysis
• Validating requirements
• The requirements document
• The requirements catalogue
• Managing requirements
• Modelling system functions
• Modelling system data
• Delivering the solution
• Context for the delivery approach
• Delivery lifecycles
• The business case in the project lifecycle
• Identifying options
• Assessing project feasibility
• Structure of a business case
• Investment appraisal
• Presentation of a business case
• Benefits realisation approach
• Introducing a new business system
• The environment for change