Course overview
If you have already earned your foundation level certificate, or are currently working in a business analysis role, the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice will help you take your career to the next level.
As an individual, the main benefits of gaining professional business analysis certification are:
- Be one of the first in the UK to gain BCS BA certification giving you access to new and lucrative job opportunities
- Increase your understanding of the many, varied business analysis techniques
- Be more confident when working as a business analyst
- Earn recognition within your organisation as a knowledgeable and effective business analyst
What you'll learn
Upon completion of this course, you will have learned an understanding of Business Analysis Practice principles in the following areas:
- The role of a Business Analyst (BA), the value of the role to organisations and the skills required of a BA to support successful business change.
- The processes and techniques of strategy analysis.
- Investigation of an organisation’s business systems in order to uncover the problems and issues occurring within them.
- The importance of, and techniques used within, stakeholder management and the need for analysing perspectives.
- Conceptual modelling through the use of business activity models.
- Recommendations for business improvements and how they may be identified through gap analysis between desired and current business models.
- The role of a business case within the business change lifecycle, including the contents of a business case for the development and implementation of business changes.
Study method
- Online
- Blended
- In-class

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Duration study load
- 10 hours
- 12 months course access
Entry requirements
The course and exam have no prerequisites.
Course features
- Accredited BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice online training (12 months’ access)
- Sample BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice examination
- Voucher for BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice online examination
- Full support from a business analysis subject expert
- Immediate access after purchase
- High-quality interactive CBT materials
- Extensive business analysis glossary
Assessment
Exam preparation
This course comes complete with pop-quizzes and practice exams to aid knowledge retention and ensure you will be well-equipped to pass the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice examination.
You can sit your BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice exam whenever best suits you. You just need to book at least 7 days in advance.
Email us to book your preferred examination time.
- Pre-requisites: none
- Format: multiple choice
- Time: 60 minutes
- Open book: no
- Pass mark: 26/40
Who's it for?
Take this course if you:
- Wish to work as a business analyst; or
- Want to gain an understanding of key business analysis techniques; or
- Want to gain a professional business analysis qualification to boost your career
Delivery
Like all our online courses at Knowledge Train, the BCS Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice course has been designed using the best practices in e-learning.
Our course is highly interactive with classes designed to help give you a deeper level of understanding through faster, intuitive and practical lessons. Our unique brand of interactive e-learning will help you gain an understanding of business analysis so you can sit your examination with confidence!
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