Audience
This certification is relevant for anyone wishing to gain the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis and has met the entry criteria.
Prerequisites
Core modules:
- Business Analysis Practice
- Requirements Engineering
One knowledge-based module from the following:
- Foundation in Business Analysis
- Foundation in Organisational Behaviour
One practitioner-based module from the following:
- Modelling Business Processes
- Benefits Management and Business Acceptance
- Data Management Essentials
- System Modelling Techniques
Duration
1 day.
Course Objectives
While the syllabus is expressed in terms of separate sections, candidates will understand from the workshop:
- What to expect on the day
- What the examiner is expecting from the candidate
- Example questions based on a variety of business situations to mimic the live exam
- Both 2 and 3 will cover every bullet point in the syllabus
- Mock exam for Business Analysis Practice
- Mock exam for Requirements Engineering
- Mock exam for Modelling Business Processes
- How to link techniques from different sections of the syllabus together
- A way to have a natural conversational flow and not be bound by the sequence of the syllabus
Course Content
The Business Context
The rationale for business analysis
The holistic view of a business system
Competencies of a business analyst
Professionalism and business analysis
Business environment analysis
SWOT analysis
Business performance measurement
Business analysis within the lifecycle for business change
Stages of the lifecycle
Key differences between linear and Iterative solution delivery approaches
Business Analysis Techniques
Investigating and documenting business situations
Investigation techniques
Advantages and disadvantages of the techniques
Applying the techniques to different business situations
Applying techniques used to document existing business situations
Stakeholder analysis
Modelling business activities
Types of business event
Rationale for analysing business events
Types of business rule
Relevance of business rules to business process and system process modelling
The process for gap analysis
Techniques used in gap analysis
Identifying actions and options for business change
Use of Divergent and Convergent Thinking in the delivery of the ‘To-be’ environment
Business Case Development
Rationale for making a business case
Contents of a business case
Options and their descriptions
Areas of cost
Tangible and intangible costs
Benefits
Cost/benefit analysis using investment appraisal techniques
Risks
Impacts
Recommendations
Options
The financial case
Investment appraisal techniques
Rationale for different investment appraisal techniques
Risk analysis
Assessing the impact of the risks
Assessing the probability of the risks
Risk management approaches
Impact analysis
Lifecycle for the business case
Requirements Definition
Requirements engineering
Requirements elicitation
Requirements analysis
Separation between requirements analysis and elicitation
Requirements analysis tasks
Quality characteristics of the requirements
User analysis and profiling
Requirements validation
Requirements Management and Documentation
Requirements management
Elements of requirements management
Traceability
Ownership
Change control
Version control
Tools in requirements management
Functionality provided by tools
Types of requirements
Business requirements
Solution requirements
Legal issues and business analysis
Documenting requirements
Requirements documentation styles both text-based and diagrammatic
Use case diagram
User stories: purpose, format and content
Data model
Requirements Catalogue: purpose of the elements described for each requirement
Requirements modelling
The rationale for modelling requirements: eliciting, analysing and validating requirements
Conceptual models
Purpose of use case models and data models
Use case diagrams and descriptions
The notation and structure
Modelling the system data requirements
The notation and structure of a technique to model the system data requirements
Business rules and the data model
Prototyping as a modelling tool and for requirements elicitation and elaboration
Practitioner Specialism
Relevance to the business analyst role
Relevance of the module to an organisation
Description of the module
The approach adopted in the module
The techniques covered by the module