ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis (Fast Track)

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Course Overview

Organisations are continually looking for ways to develop the skills in their staff in the fastest and most cost-effective way - and to be assured of a return on their investment in training by seeing their staff acquire qualifications which are recognised as being highly relevant to their role in the organisation.

This unique, highly practical and intensive 2 week course will equip delegates with little or no previous experience with the full range of knowledge and skills needed to take on the role of a Business Analyst. During the course, delegates will have the opportunity to sit the four written examinations which are needed for the ISEB Business Analysis Diploma. Delegates return a minimum of six weeks after the course for the final Oral examination.

All examinations and examination fees are included in the course fee. Most candidates will pass examinations at the first attempt. In the event of a delegate failing a written examination, they will have the opportunity to retake the examination free of charge.

NOTE: THIS IS AN INTENSIVE 10 DAY RESIDENTIAL COURSE BUT MAY BE LISTED AS 12 DAYS DUE TO EXAM INCLUSION.

Delegates should expect some evening work each day comprising of case study exercises and revision for examinations.

Audience

Anyone wishing to acquire the knowledge and skills needed to be a Business Analyst and/or acquire the ISEB Business Analysis Diploma.

Skills Gained

• Understand the role of the Business Analyst and the organisational context in which the role is undertaken
• Work with senior business and IT staff to investigate, analyse and model business activities and problems and recommend appropriate solutions
• Understand the requirements engineering process and work with requirements stakeholders and others to ensure requirements are complete, unambiguous, realistic and testable
• Construct a static structure model, a process model, a simple dynamic event driven model and a simple user interface model
• Sit all of the examinations required to gain the ISEB Business Analysis Diploma

Prerequisites

None

Course Outline

• Types of business organisation
• Law and government, Legal issues
• Structure and management of organisations
• Professions and professional bodies
• Business functions
• Financing a start-up company
• Investment appraisal
• Financial anf Management accounting
• Business Analysis rationale
• Strategic Analysis in context
• Project discipline for Business Analysis studies
• Understanding the situation/issues
• Business perspectives
• Analysing and modelling business activities
• Identifying potential solutions
• Making and accepting the business case
• The Requirements Engineering process
• Requirements and the business context
• Eliciting and documenting requirements
• Interviewing for requirements
• Use of models in requirements engineering
• Analysing and negotiating requirements
• Validating and managing requirements
• Benefits confirmation
• The need for standard modelling techniques
• Process modelling using Activity Diagrams
• Static modelling of data using Class Models
• Dynamic behaviour modelling using State Charts
• User interface modelling
• Reviews

ISEB Diploma in Business Analysis (Fast Track) / ID-BAF