BCS Business Analysis Foundation
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The BCS Business Analysis Foundation provides essential skills to identify business needs, analyse processes, and recommend effective solutions. It’s an ideal starting point for those aiming to begin a career in business analysis or progress toward the International Diploma in Business Analysis.
What’s included
In your BCS Business Analysis Foundation Course
The International Diploma in Business Analysis is designed for people who are responsible for improving processes after identifying inefficiencies or solving organisational problems. After obtaining the Business Analysis Foundation certification, you can start enabling change within your organisation by defining the needs of stakeholders and recommending prudent, viable solutions!
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What You Will Learn
The BCS Business Analysis Foundation course introduces you to the core concepts, techniques, and principles of business analysis. At this level, you will gain a strong understanding of how business analysts investigate, evaluate, and improve business change. Covering the full scope of the business analysis process model, this course gives you the knowledge and confidence to contribute effectively to projects, support change initiatives, and lay the foundation for a career in business analysis.
The Role of the Business Analyst
Learn what business analysis is and why it plays such a critical role in organisations today. You will explore the responsibilities of business analysts, the skills they require, and how they add value to business change. This section also highlights how business analysis interacts with project management, systems development, and organisational strategy.
The Business Analysis Process Model
Gain awareness of the structured process model that underpins business analysis. You will learn the six stages, from investigating the situation and considering perspectives through to defining requirements and delivering solutions. By the end, you will understand how the process model provides consistency and control across business change initiatives.
Investigation Techniques
Discover how to investigate business situations using a range of techniques. You will study approaches such as interviews, workshops, observation, document analysis, and questionnaires. This section helps you understand when and why to use each technique and how to capture information effectively from stakeholders.
Stakeholder Analysis and Management
Learn how to identify, analyse, and manage stakeholders. You will explore stakeholder mapping tools such as RACI charts and influence/interest grids, and learn how to develop engagement strategies that manage expectations and build strong working relationships.
Business System and Process Modelling
Understand how to represent business systems and processes through modelling techniques. You will study approaches such as rich pictures, CATWOE, and business process models, which help visualise complex systems and support decision making. By the end, you will be able to interpret and explain process models in a business change context.
Making the Business Case
Gain an understanding of the purpose and structure of a business case. You will learn how to evaluate options, assess costs, benefits, risks, and impacts, and justify recommendations for business change. This section shows how business cases are used to secure approval and support organisational decision making.
Requirements Engineering
Learn the essentials of capturing, documenting, and managing business requirements. You will study the requirements engineering framework, including elicitation, analysis, specification, and validation. This section helps you understand how to ensure requirements are clear, complete, and aligned to business objectives.
Modelling Requirements
Explore techniques for modelling and representing requirements. You will gain awareness of use case diagrams, entity relationship diagrams, and class models, and how these techniques support communication between business and technical teams.
Delivering the Requirements
Understand how requirements move from definition to delivery. You will learn about the relationship between requirements, solution development, and testing. This section also highlights the importance of traceability to ensure solutions meet business needs.
Competencies of a Business Analyst
Discover the knowledge, skills, and behaviours that make business analysts effective. You will learn about core competencies such as communication, analytical thinking, problem solving, and stakeholder engagement. This module also explores the professional and ethical responsibilities of business analysts.
Career and Progression Prospects
Business Analysis skills are highly valued across diverse sectors, from finance to healthcare to technology. This certification has the power to open doors to rewarding new opportunities, helping you drive change and add real business value.
What You Could Earn
We want to help you achieve the best outcome in your studies so you can flourish in your desired path.
Junior Business Analyst
per year
Business Analyst
per year
Chief Information Officer
per year
Included with your course.
Stay on track with direct access to expert recommendations, general support, and answers to all your questions. Kick-start your course with a 45-minute guidance session within 1-week of enrolment, followed by regular monthly check-in emails. You can also request a live session with your trainer halfway through the course.
Connect with a thriving community of certified Business Analysts and current students to exchange essential course tips and industry-specific insights to help you along your journey.
Get personalised interview coaching from qualified professionals who know what employers are looking for to secure your dream job!
Stay motivated throughout your learning journey with a personal study coach who provides all the ad-hoc support you need to succeed in your certification.
Get instant help when you need it! Our live chat team is always ready to assist with prompt, real-time responses—and when not available, you’ll have an interactive 24/7 AI Tutor Bot standing by for immediate answers.
While you can finish the course in less time, we still want you to study at your own pace with 3 months of full access to your course materials; giving you plenty of time to revisit the content whenever you need.
BCS Business Analysis Foundation Frequently Asked Questions
You have questions, and we have all the answers
The BCS Business Analysis Foundation is a certification offered by the British Computer Society (BCS) that demonstrates an individual’s knowledge and understanding of the principles and practices of business analysis.
Anyone interested in business analysis can take the BCS Business Analysis Foundation. This is also a fantastic certification for those with existing experience in business analysis looking to validate experience with an industry recognised certification.
The BCS Business Analysis Foundation is assessed and awarded by means of an examination. This exam comprises of 40 multiple choice questions (meaning you will have to select your answers from the options you are provided with). Your exam will be 60 minutes long, and you will be required to score 65% (26 out of 40) or higher in order to pass. This is a closed-book exam.
The BCS Business Analysis Foundation certification does not expire and is thus a fantastic building block for your business analysis portfolio.
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