BCS Business Analysis Foundation Training Course Online

This business analysis training course will help you gain the fundamental skills and certification to be a successful business analyst.

Become a BCS Certified Business Analyst

This online course covers a range of fundamental knowledge required for a business analyst and is part of the prerequisites to gaining a BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis.

ILX’s accredited e-learning allows you to learn at a pace that suits you from wherever you are.

This course is excellent for you to understand the fundamentals of business analysis, support change, and improve business processes.

By taking the BCS Business Analysis Foundation online course, you’ll gain:

Skills and knowledge to support successful business change within your company
An ability to identify and analyse options for improving any business
Tools and resources to help you pass your BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis examination

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Course overview

About the course

BA involves identifying business objectives, achieving business goals, and finding actionable solutions to business problems.

This BCS-accredited course guides you in your transition into the Business Analyst role. The knowledge you’ll gain in the modules of the course includes:

The roles and competencies required of the Business Analyst
Strategic analysis
Business systems
Process modelling
Business case development

This training is very interactive and offers full access to the best learning resources required.

Furthermore, the BCS Business Analysis Foundation online course prepares you for the latest BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis examination.

The training is essential for anyone looking to gain the International Diploma in Business Analysis and roles like business change managers, project managers, and IT professionals.

Overall, it is aimed at anyone who wants to understand BA, support change, and improve business processes.

Duration

This course is expected to take approximately 18 hours to complete. You will need to complete the course in full and to pass the exam simulator achieving a score of 80% or above prior to taking the live exam.

The BCS expects that the examination will take approximately 30 hours to prepare for which also includes 11 hours of independent study. This study includes the required reading of the Business Analysis, 4th Edition book which is available to purchase as a product option.

Learning objectives

By the end of this course, you should demonstrate knowledge and understanding of business analysis principles and techniques.

What you’ll learn in the modules include:

Definition of business analysis
The competencies of a business analyst
The strategic context for business analysis
The business analysis service framework
Investigating the business situation
Analysing and managing stakeholders
Improving business services and processes
Defining the solution
Making the business case
Establishing the requirements
Documenting, modelling, validating, and managing requirements
Delivering the requirements and business solution

What's covered?

This course outline includes the following modules:

Introduction and overview of the course
What is business analysis?
The competencies of a business analyst
Strategy analysis
The business analysis process model
Investigation techniques like interviews, prototyping, scenarios, workshops
Stakeholder analysis and management
Improving business services and processes
Defining the solution
Making a business case
Establishing the business requirements
Documenting and modelling requirements
Validating and managing requirements
Delivering the requirements
Delivering the business solution
Exam simulator

What's included?

12 months online access to our BA Foundation e-learning course
Full tutor support
Exam simulator

Optional extras:

Business Analysis Foundation exam (valid for 12 months from date of purchase)
Business Analysis book (4th edition)
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Exam information

The exam is not included with this course but is available as an optional extra.

The BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis exam is taken online via a remote proctor. For more information about taking your exam and checking the technical requirements, please click here.

Is this foundation certificate accredited?

Yes. Like other BCS online courses from this training provider, this ILX training course is accredited by BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT.

Is the BCS Business Analysis Foundation Certificate exam difficult?

If you are adequately prepared and have a structured approach to learning, you can pass the exam and obtain your certificate on the first try. ILX is a top training provider that has helped many people pass the Business Analysis Foundation exam.

What's required to get a BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis?

To be eligible to earn a certificate, you'll need to get at least 26 correct answers (out of 40) in the 60-minute foundation exam. You would receive your certificate by email or hard copy once you pass the exam.
This training course is designed to improve your chances of acing the exam on your first try.

Exam format

Closed book
60 minutes duration
Multiple-choice examination
Pass mark: 26/40 (65%)

Target audience

The BCS BA Foundation online course is excellent for anyone looking to improve their understanding of BA principles, change processes, and business process improvement.

You’ll find the course and certification useful if you work or want to work in the following roles:

Business Analysts
Business Managers
Business Change Managers
Project Managers

Pre-requisites

There are no formal prerequisites for taking this course or taking the exam.

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