Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis Practice Exam

Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis

About Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis

BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis comprises a range of fundamental knowledge required for a business analysis task. This incorporates the roles and competencies needed as well as strategic analysis, business system, process modeling, and business case improvement.

Who is it for?

• The Foundation Certificate is designed for people who want to understand business analysis, support change, and improve business processes.
• Suitable for business analysts, business managers, and members of their team, business change managers, and project managers. 

Course Structure 

The important topics of the Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis exam:

1. What is Business Analysis (2.5%)

● The origins of business analysis 

● The development of business analysis

● The scope of business analysis work

● Taking a holistic approach 

● The role and responsibilities of a business analyst

2. The Competencies of a Business Analyst (2.5%) 

● Personal qualities 

● Business knowledge 

● Professional techniques 

● The development of competencies

3. Strategy Analysis (7.5%) 

● The context for strategy 

● The definition of strategy (Johnson, Scholes and Whittington 2008) 

● Strategy development 

● External environment analysis

● Internal environment analysis

● SWOT analysis 

● Executing strategy

4. The Business Analysis Process Model (5%) 

● An approach to problem-solving 

● Stages of the business analysis process model

● Objectives of the process model stages 

● Procedure for each process model stage 

● Techniques used within each process model stage

5. Investigation techniques (15%)

● Interviews

● Observation

● Workshops

● Scenarios

● Prototyping

● Quantitative approaches

● Documenting the current situation

6. Stakeholder Analysis and Management (10%)

● Stakeholder categories and identification

● Analyzing stakeholders

● Stakeholder management strategies

● Managing stakeholders

● Understanding stakeholder perspectives

● Business activity models

7. Modeling Business Processes (10%)

● Organizational context

● An alternative view of an organization

● The organizational view of business processes

● Value propositions

● Process models

● Analyzing the as-is process model

● Improving business processes (to-be business process)

8. Defining the solution (5%)

● Gap analysis

● Introduction to Business Architecture

● Definition of Business Architecture

● Business Architecture techniques

9. Making a Business and Financial Case (10%)

● The business case in the project lifecycle

● Identifying options

● Assessing project feasibility

● Structure of a business case

● Investment appraisal

10. Establishing the Requirements (7.5%)

● A framework for requirements engineering

● Actors in requirements engineering

● Requirements elicitation

● Requirements analysis

● Requirements validation

Exam Format 

• Exam Name: Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis
• Number of Questions: 40 
• Exam Fee: £192 (£160 + VAT)
• Exam Format: Multiple-choice
• Passing score: 65%
• Time Give: 60 Minutes 
• Pre-requisites: None
• Accreditation: BCS

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