Business Analysis Diploma - Oral Preparation Workshop

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This Oral Preparation Workshop is designed to help participants prepare for the BCS Oral examination, which they must pass before being awarded the Diploma.

The Oral exam consists of a 50-minute interview with two BCS (ISEB) oral examiners. The examiners' evaluate whether participants can put all of the techniques they have learned from the various Certificate modules into an overall context and verify that they have the required analytical and interpersonal skills to be awarded the Diploma.

During the Oral Preparation Workshop candidates have the opportunity to revise the various modules they have taken and are prepared for what they might expect from the examiners during the Oral exam.

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Audience: Who is the course for?

Those who have completed the necessary BCS Business Analysis modules and are preparing to take their Oral Exam

Course Duration:

This is a one day course.

Benefits:

Opportunity to prepare for the oral exam and gain feedback from experienced examiners
Opportunity to revise core and specialist modules
Opportunity to practice sample oral questions

Pre-requisites:

Delegates should have completed all necessary BCS Business Analysis modules and be in the process of preparing to take their Oral Exam.

Course outline:

Key areas of the workshop are:

Revision of the core modules of the BCS Diploma in Business Analysis
Revision of the specialist modules of the BCS Diploma in Business Analysis
Sample oral questions, how to approach them and practice answers

In addition, delegates who attend this workshop are given free access to a unique e-learning service, which, apart from providing an invaluable revision tool, also covers two key areas of the Oral syllabus which delegates may not have covered; namely Legal issues and Types of Organisation in Business Analysis. Access to this begins before the workshop and continues afterwards to enable users to prepare thoroughly.

Course content:

The context for business analysis

The rationale for business analysis
Sectors of the economy
Business environment analysis
Legal framework for business analysis
SWOT analysis
Business performance measurement
Business change lifecycle

Business analysis techniques

Investigating and documenting business situations
Stakeholders and perspectives
Business activity modelling
Business events and business rules
Gap analysis

Business case

Rationale for making a business case
Contents of a business case
Options
The financial case
Investment appraisal techniques
Risk / impact analysis
Lifecycle for the business case

Requirements definition

Rationale for requirements engineering
Elicitation techniques and their relevance
Rationale and approach for requirements analysis
Rationale and approach for requirements negotiation
Rationale and approach for requirements validation

Requirements management and documentation

Rationale and approach for requirements management
Traceability
Change and version control
Types of requirements
Documenting requirements
Rationale for modelling requirements
Approach to modelling processing and data

Selected knowledge-based specialist module

Relevance of specialist module to the business analyst
Taking a holistic view
Competencies of a BA
Professionalism and business analysis
Lifecycle relevant to the BA and the specialism

Selected practitioner specialism

Relevance to role and responsibilities of the business analyst
Description and application of techniques and / or approaches from specialist module

Practice questions

At the end of the workshop the trainer, who is always an experienced oral examiner, provides participants with practice in handling the types of questions that they will face in the oral examination and gives feedback on the participants' answers and presentation.