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Understand the legal and regulatory framework for business analysis
Learn to model business activities
Know the relevance of the business analyst role
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With delegates turning up for the various courses of BCS, BCS deemed it fit to introduce a level of certification whereby the true knowledge of the delegates could be tested both in written and verbally or orally as well. This came up as the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis. The candidates are required to clear four different exams and having done this they should appear for an oral examination also.

Who should take this course

The International Diploma is designed for business and IT professionals who want to enhance their business analysis skills. This BCS International Diploma is meant for business analysts, business managers, their staff, business change managers and project managers.

Prerequisites

The delegates coming to the examination hall should bring some photographic identification to the hall for validation prior to the exam (Driving License, Passport and named Work ID badges are all acceptable). For further information, please refer to the Identification Policy which can be found on the BCS website. The delegates, as an examination policy, are required to arrive at least 15 minutes ahead of the allocated start time as this helps to keep the examination schedule running smoothly.

Delegates will be expected to have the experience to environments as a business analyst, project manager, change management, quality or a similar role. In addition, they will be expected to have reviewed allploma. the courses and their syllabus that fall under this diploma.

Develop the appropriate skills and proficiencies required by a Business Analyst
Instil a business analysis process model approach to change initiatives and organisational problem solving
Understand how a business strategy is evolved
How to identify and document business issues?
Consider the stakeholders viewpoints who will be affected or are interested in the change project and document their views
How to lead and work within a formal requirements engineering framework
Identify and develop a business case which would be used to justify a project
Modelling techniques and notation to present business processes

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Course Overview

The BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis is a leading industry standard that every Business Analysts would like to have on their resume. Business Analysis plays a vital role within an organisation, helping to identify business needs and providing solutions to the business problems. The BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis is now an industry recognised certification that is accepted globally. The certification proves the knowledge, skills and capabilities of a Business Analyst.

Exams

The candidates need to pass four exams overall and then the oral exam. The delegate will have to pass both the Core Mod The Path To the International Diploma ule exams – Business Analysis Practice and Requirements Engineering. Then pass one exam from the Knowledge Based Module which contains Business Analysis Foundation, Business Change, Commercial Awareness, and IS Project Management. To complete the four exams it is mandatory for the delegate to complete one exam of his/her choice from the Practitioner Module which is comprised of Modeling Business Process, Benefits Management and Business Acceptance, Systems Modelling Techniques, and Systems Development Essentials. After these four exams come to the final and last Oral exam during which the delegates have to sit with two examiners who can query the delegate anything regarding the modules that have been covered by the delegate. Also, the examiners can ask the delegate questions regarding the skills the candidate already has. The delegate is given 50 minutes to answer these queries.

The business context (K Level 4/5)
- The rationale for business analysis
- Sectors of the economy
- Business environment analysis
- The legal and regulatory framework for business analysis
- SWOT analysis
- Business performance measurement
- Business analysis within the lifecycle for business change
Stages of the lifecycle
Business analysis techniques (K Level 4/5)
- Investigating and documenting business situations
- Stakeholder analysis and business perspectives
- Modelling business activities
- Business events
- Business rules
- Gap analysis
Business case development (K Level 4/5)
- Rationale for making a business case
- Contents of a business case
- Options
- The financial case
- Investment appraisal techniques
- Risk analysis
- Impact analysis
- Lifecycle for the business case
Requirements definition (K Level 4/5)
- Requirements engineering
- Requirements elicitation
- Requirements analysis
- Requirements validation
Requirements management and documentation (K Level 4/5)
- Requirements management
- Change control
- Version control
- Tools in requirements management
- Types of requirements
- Documenting requirements
- Requirements modelling
Knowledge-based specialism (K Level 2/3)
- Relevance of the selected module to business analysis
- The holistic view of a business system
- Professionalism and business analysis
- Projects and business analysis
Practitioner specialism (K Level 2/3)
- Relevance to the business analyst role
- Relevance of the module to an organisation

Description of the module

International Diploma

Exemptions for the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis

IIBA exemption: Holders of The Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) qualifications are exempt from the Requirements Engineering module and the knowledge-based specialist module.

IREB exemption: If the delegates have completed IREB’s Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE) Foundation level, then they don’t need to take the BCS Certificate in Requirements Engineering.

Organisational Context exemption: If the delegates have attained the Organisational Context module, this can count towards their Diploma. They won’t need to attain Commercial Awareness, the module that has replaced Organisational Context

What Next?

As the saying goes “This is not the end but just the beginning”. The completion of this course and the certification helps the delegates to start preparing for the next step – the Advanced International Diploma in Business Analysis.

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