The ISEB Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis

Who needs it and what is it worth?

The ISEB Foundation Certificate in is the international standard training-course and qualification for aspiring business managers, analysts and consultants. It is also a key specialist module for the ISEB  Diploma (an Higher qualification), which is an increasingly desirable addition to the CV of any professional business analyst.

There are three core modules and five specialist modules. Students must gain certificates in each of the three core modules and one of the specialist modules before registering for the oral exam. All modules are independent  Practitioner qualifications, apart from the  Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis.

The three core Business Analysis Diploma modules are:

o Business Analysis Essentials (3 day training-course) - Developing a business strategy, learning  techniques and applying these techniques to a business scenario.
o Organizational Context (3 day training-course) - The legal basis, management and structure of organizations, legislation relevant to IS professionals, and business finance.
o Requirements Engineering (4 day training-course) - Eliciting, analyzing, documenting, validating and managing user requirements.

The five specialist  BA modules are:

o Benefits Management and Business Acceptance (3 day training-course) - Identifying, categorizing and delivering expected benefits; designing and implementing an acceptance testing process.
o Foundation Certificate in BA (3 day training-course) - Principles and techniques, including a basic introduction to subject areas covered by other BSD modules.
o Modeling Business Processes (2 day training-course) - Investigating, modeling, analyzing and improving business processes.
o Systems Development Essentials (3 day training-course) - Fundamental systems development methodology and organization, from systems investigation to systems review.
o Systems Modeling Techniques (3 day training-course) - Construction and implementation of modeling systems from three key perspectives (structured, object-oriented and agile).

Achieving the  Diploma is recommended for any professional who wishes to pursue a high-level career in business management. However, the Foundation Certificate  is essential for people involved at any level in business, particularly within the IT industry.

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