Overview of Examination Approach
Collaborative Refresh of BCS syllabus Content
The Business Context
- Rationale for business analysis
- The holistic view of a business system
- Competencies of a business analyst
- Business environment analysis
- SWOT analysis
- Business performance measurement
- Business analysis within the lifecycle for business change
Business Analysis Techniques
- Investigating and documenting business situations
- Stakeholder analysis
- Modelling business activities
- Business events
- Business rules
- Gap Analysis
Business Case Development
- Rationale for making a business case
- Contents of a business case
- Options
- The financial case
- Investment appraisal techniques
- Risk analysis
- Impact analysis
- Lifecycle for the business case
- Terms of Reference
Requirements Definition
- Requirements engineering
- Requirements elicitation
- Requirements analysis
- Requirements validation
Requirements Management And Documentation
- Requirements management
- Change control
- Version control
- Tools in requirements management
- Types of requirements
- Documenting requirements
- Requirements modelling
Practitioner Specialism
- Relevance of process modelling to the business analyst role and the organisation
- Relevance of process modelling to an organisation
- An approach to modelling business processes
- Rationale and relevance for modelling techniques
- Application of modelling techniques
Note: Candidates are not required to draw models during the exam, but are expected to convey understanding of how to use techniques relevant to a particular business situation.
Interview Practice and Feedback