BCS Business Analysis Foundation (FCBA02)

Build the skills to analyse, improve, and deliver real business solutions. From stakeholder management to requirements and business cases, gain the practical foundation needed to launch your career as a confident Business Analyst.

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Course curriculum

1. Welcome to Your Course
2. Business Analysis Tutorbot
1. Lesson 1.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 1.2 - Course Overview
3. Lesson 1.3 - Learning Objectives
4. Lesson 1.4 - What is Business Analysis
5. Lesson 1.5 - The Development of Business Analysis
6. Lesson 1.6 - The Scope of Business Analysis Work
7. Lesson 1.7 - Principles of Business Analysis
8. Lesson 1.8 - The Role & Responsibilities of a Business Analyst
9. Lesson 1.9 - Variants of the Business Analyst Role
10. Lesson 1.10 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 2.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 2.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 2.3 - The Competencies of a Business Analyst
4. Lesson 2.4 - The T-Shaped Professional
5. Lesson 2.5 - Competencies of a Business Analyst: Overview
6. Lesson 2.6 - Ways of Developing the Competencies
7. Lesson 2.7 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 3.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 3.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 3.3 - What is Strategy
4. Lesson 3.4 - Business Analysis & the Strategic Context
5. Lesson 3.5 - Adaptive Strategy Development
6. Lesson 3.6 - Linear Strategy Development
7. Lesson 3.7 - Hybrid Strategy Development
8. Lesson 3.8 - Understanding the Strategic Context
9. Lesson 3.9 - PESTLE
10. Lesson 3.10 - VMOST
11. Lesson 3.11 - Performance Measurement
12. Lesson 3.12 - CSF & KPI’s
13. Lesson 3.13 - Performance Measurement & VMOST
14. Lesson 3.14 - SWOT Analysis
15. Lesson 3.15 - Strategy Execution
16. Lesson 3.16 - Business Model Canvas
17. Lesson 3.17 - POPIT
18. Lesson 3.18 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 4.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 4.2 - Learning Objectives
3. ⁠Lesson 4.3 - The business Analysis Service Framework
4. ⁠Lesson 4.4 - The Six Core Services of the BASF
5. ⁠Lesson 4.5 - The Strategic Context for the BA Service
6. ⁠Lesson 4.6 - Recipients of Business Analysis Services
7. ⁠Lesson 4.7 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 5.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 5.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 5.3 - Investigating the Business Situation
4. Lesson 5.4 - Investigation Techniques
5. Lesson 5.5 - Workshops
6. Lesson 5.6 - Observation
7. Lesson 5.7 - Interviews
8. Lesson 5.8 - Scenarios
9. Lesson 5.9 - Prototyping
10. Lesson 5.10 - User Role Analysis
11. Lesson 5.11 - Surveys or Questionnaires
12. Lesson 5.12 - Activity Sampling
13. Lesson 5.13 - Document Analysis
14. Lesson 5.14 - Recording a Business Situation
15. Lesson 5.15 - Applicability of Investigation Techniques
16. Lesson 5.16 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 6.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 6.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 6.3 - What Is A Stakeholder
4. Lesson 6.4 - Categories of Stakeholders
5. ⁠Lesson 6.5 - Analysing Stakeholders
6. ⁠Lesson 6.6 - Describing Stakeholder Responsibilities
7. Lesson 6.7 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 7.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 7.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 7.3 - Business Process Hierarchy
4. Lesson 7.4 - Reasons for Modelling Value Streams & Business Processes
5. Lesson 7.5 - Modelling the Enterprise Level
6. Lesson 7.6 - Modelling the Event Response Level
7. Lesson 7.7 - Modelling the SIPOC Process Level
8. Lesson 7.8 - Value Chain
9. Lesson 7.9 - Value Chain Analysis (Porter)
10. Lesson 7.10 - Value Proposition
11. Lesson 7.11 - Business Events
12. Lesson 7.12 - UML Activity Models
13. Lesson 7.13 - Analysis Considerations at Actor-Task Level
14. Lesson 7.14 - The Business Process Hierarchy
15. Lesson 7.15 - Analysing As-Is Process Models
16. Lesson 7.16 - Identifying Problems Within a As-Is Process
17. Lesson 7.17 - Analysing Hand-Offs
18. Lesson 7.18 - The Purpose of Customer Journey Maps
19. Lesson 7.19 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 8.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 8.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 8.3 - The Gap Analysis Process
4. Lesson 8.4 - POPIT™ & Gap Analysis
5. Lesson 8.5 - Formulating Options
6. Lesson 8.6 - Types of Options
7. Lesson 8.7 - Design Thinking
8. Lesson 8.8 - Divergent & Convergent Thinking
9. Lesson 8.9 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 9.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 9.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 9.3 - The Business Case in the Project Lifestyle
4. Lesson 9.4 - The Business Case
5. Lesson 9.5 - Identify the Areas of Feastability Assessment
6. Lesson 9.6 - PESTLE for Feastability Assessment
7. Lesson 9.7 - Structure of a Business Case
8. Lesson 9.8 - Analysis of Cost Benefits
9. Lesson 9.9 - Risk Assessment
10. Lesson 9.10 - Impact Assessment
11. Lesson 9.11 - Business Case Within an Agile Context
12. ⁠Lesson 9.12 – Relevant Features When Producing a Business Case
13. Lesson 9.13 - Iteration Diagram
14. Lesson 9.14 - CARDI Log
15. Lesson 9.15 - Investment Appraisal
16. Lesson 9.16 - Investment & Appraisal Techniques
17. Lesson 9.17 - Payback & Risk - Time Value of Money
18. Lesson 9.18 - Payback
19. Lesson 9.19 - Discounted Cashflow
20. Lesson 9.20 - Time Value of Money
21. Lesson 9.21 - Internal Rate of Return
22. Lesson 9.22 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 10.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 10.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 10.3 - The Importance of Requirements
4. Lesson 10.4 - The Requirements Engineering Framework
5. Lesson 10.5 - FOUR Types of Requirements
6. Lesson 10.6 - Requirements Hierarchy
7. Lesson 10.7 - Requirements Elicitation
8. Lesson 10.8 - Tacit Knowledge
9. Lesson 10.9 - Explicit Knowledge
10. Lesson 10.10 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 11.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 11.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 11.3 - Documenting Requirements
4. Lesson 11.4 - Documentation Styles
5. Lesson 11.5 - Requirements Catalogue
6. Lesson 11.6 - User Stories
7. Lesson 11.7 - Diagrams
8. Lesson 11.8 - Use Case Diagram
9. Lesson 11.9 - Use Case Description
10. Lesson 11.10 - Modelling Data Requirements
11. Lesson 11.11 - Class Model
12. Lesson 11.12 - The Product Backlog & Documentation in an Agile Environment
13. Lesson 11.13 - The Business Requirements Documentation
14. Lesson 11.14 - Exercise's
15. Lesson 11.15 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 12.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 12.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 12.3 - The Requirements Engineering Framework
4. Lesson 12.4 - Requirements Validation: Formal
5. Lesson 12.5 - Review Comments & Outcomes
6. Lesson 12.6 - Requirements Validation: Agile
7. Lesson 12.7 - Requirements Management: Traceability
8. Lesson 12.8 - Requirements Management: Change Control
9. ⁠Lesson 12.9 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 13.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 13.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 13.3 - Delivery Lifecycle: Waterfall
4. Lesson 13.4 - Delivery Lifecycle: "V" Model
5. Lesson 13.5 - Delivery Lifecycle: Incremental
6. Lesson 13.6 - Delivery Lifecycles: Iterative Lifecycle (Agile)
7. Lesson 13.7 - Iterative Lifecycle: Agile
8. Lesson 13.8 - Advantages & Disadvantages of The Lifecycles
9. Lesson 13.9 - Advantages & Disadvantages of The Lifecycles Part 2
10. Lesson 13.10 - Lesson Recap
1. Lesson 14.1 - Introduction
2. Lesson 14.2 - Learning Objectives
3. Lesson 14.3 - POPIT Perspectives
4. Lesson 14.4 - BA Roles in Design & Development
5. Lesson 14.5 - Implementation - Business Readiness Assessment
6. Lesson 14.6 - Considering Migration & Transition
7. Lesson 14.7 - Benefits Management Process
8. Lesson 14.8 - Benefits Review
9. Lesson 14.9 - Lesson Recap
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BCS Business Analysis Foundation (FCBA02)

Course curriculum

Course Introduction

Module 1 - What is Business Analysis?

Module 2 - The Competencies of a Business Analyst

Module 3 - The strategic Context for Business Analysis

Module 4 - The Business Analysis Service Framework

Module 5 - Investigating the business situation

Module 6 - Analysing & Managing Stakeholders

Module 7 - Improving Business Services & Processes

Module 8 - Defining the Solution

Module 9 - Making a Business Case

Module 10 - Establishing the Requirements

Module 11 - Documenting & Modelling Requirements

Module 12 - Validation & Managing Requirements

Module 13 - Delivering the Requirements

Module 14 - Delivering the Business Solution

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