Business Analysis Professional Certificate
Projects are the lifeblood of any organisation and are executed
based on a set of accurate business requirements. Get the requirements
right, and you’re on your way to success. Get them wrong, and failure
is almost guaranteed.
 ESI's
Business Analysis Professional Certificate, consisting of 6 different
courses, provides all the skills needed for the Business Analyst.
The programme is an excellent way to prepare to take IIBA's Certification
Exam to become a Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP™).
This introductory course is designed to give people new to the
business analyst role or those who supervise and/or work with business
analysts a basic understanding of the benefits, functions and impact
of this critical position.
This "how-to" course introduces the roles of the business analyst as they relate to the analysis and documentation of requirements. It familiarises participants with core knowledge and skills required to analyse and document user requirements. It also identifies how these requirements are defined and managed throughout the life cycle.
This course provides techniques for effectively analysing and modelling any area of your business and creating logical data and process models that show how data flows and work progresses. The approaches taught in this class are designed to focus the attention on the important requirements of the business that are discovered through significant user involvement during the analysis phase.
This highly interactive course provides participants the opportunity to perform the four phases of a process improvement project – define, analyse, implement and control – which have been derived from the leading process improvement models in the industry. The key deliverables and outputs for the business analyst are emphasised during each phase, as well as the importance of tying all outputs back to the business strategy.
This course frames the process of discovering use cases, beginning with finding the actors, the scope and the various relationships between them. It gives you access to the resourceful nature of the use case by focusing on users’ needs and how the system will help satisfy those needs, at the same time providing traceability from requirements to specifications to the product.
In this course, participants will learn to use test plans effectively, with a focus on differentiating the roles of verification and validation in achieving quality. Verification and validation comprise the backbone of test plans. The tasks involved are critical, in particular reviews, inspections, testing and demonstrations—all of which are covered in this course. Participants will help develop a test plan and write and review test cases at the business level.
The Role of the Business Analyst
 Very
simply put, a business analyst gathers requirements from a business
area and presents them in ways that are understandable, and actionable,
by the organisation.
As such, the business analyst works as an integral member of the
project team to:
- Define the project’s scope
- Gather and document requirements
- Communicate the requirements
- Identify the solution
- Manage change requests
- Verify that the business requirements
have been met
The business analyst’s sole responsibility is to understand the business and
develop a solution for the business user.
It sounds relatively straightforward, but nothing could be further
from the truth. Study after study detailing why projects fail invariably
point to poor, undocumented or misunderstood requirements.
Business analysis is a difficult job, one that requires
considerable diplomatic skill, business
savvy and technical background. It’s a
profession that is emerging as one of the
most critical on the project team, and one
that has its own competency model and
identified set of skills.
Expert Business
Analysis Training
ESI takes business analysis training
seriously. We have spent years analysing
the emerging role of the business analyst
and have developed a comprehensive,
skills-based curriculum geared to
this exciting and evolving profession.
Our academic partner, The George
Washington University, has endorsed this
curriculum by awarding a Professional
Certificate in Business Analysis, and ESI
has taken the additional step
of conferring the prestigious Certified
Business Analyst (CBA) credential to
those who complete the program.
If you’re looking to raise the level of your game, to provide more
value to your organisation, to learn a lifelong skill and to ensure
your career survival, our Business Analysis Professional Development
Program is your next step. Remember, even though jobs may come and
go and certifications get hot and cold, the need for professionals
with deep business knowledge will always be in demand.
Prepare for the future with skills that
will almost never be outsourced or
offshored—business analysis, skills for a
lifetime.
15 % discount on all Business Analysis courses
If you are a member of the UK chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA™) and would like to benefit from a 15% discount on all Business Analysis courses, please mention that you are an IIBA member when booking, and quote your membership reference number.
You can join
the IIBA here.
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