BCS Foundation Certificate in Digital Business Change (inc exam)

There are no entry requirements for this certification.

Target Audience

• The foundation certificate is for people who want to gain a deep understanding of the many processes, framework, and techniques needed to implement successful business change.
• Suitable for business analysts, business managers and members of their team, business change managers and project managers

Exam Requirements

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Reasonable Adjustments Policy

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Learners who engage in this certification will gain a broad understanding of business change, including:

• An appreciation of the principles, processes, roles and approaches involved in business change
• How to use information technology to enable business change, and as a driver for business change
• How to align the organisation with external and internal influences
• How to implement business change effectively

• Change Principles (5%)
  • Describe the business change lifecycle
  • Describe drivers of change
  • Describe risk appetite and risk categories
• Aligning Change With the Business (20%)
  • Describe techniques to analyse the external environment
  • Describe techniques to analyse the internal environment
  • Describe the components and purpose of a SWOT analysis.
  • Describe the cultural web framework for analysing organisational culture.
  • Describe organisational performance measurement techniques
  • Describe the components of an organisation’s enterprise architecture
  • Describe ethical considerations of digital change
• Identifying Change (27.5%)
  • State the purpose, advantages and disadvantages of qualitative and quantitative investigation techniques
  • Describe techniques used to record business situations.
  • Identify stakeholder categories using the stakeholder wheel
  • Describe the use of the power/interest grid to analyse and manage stakeholders.
  • Describe business process modelling
  • Describe customer journey mapping.
  • Explain the use of POPIT™ in the gap analysis process.
  • Explain the process for developing options.
  • Describe the three main areas for evaluating the feasibility of options.
  • Describe the fundamental differences in identifying change in Agile environments.
  • Describe the design thinking approach to generating options and designing solutions.
• Change Requirements (12.5%)
  • Describe the process of establishing change requirements.
  • Identify the key roles and responsibilities in establishing requirements.
  • Identify the different types of requirement.
  • Describe the principles of user-centred design.
  • Identify the four design principles of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG).
  • Describe configuration management and change control
• The Business Case (7.5%)
  • Describe the structure and content of a business case
  • Describe the payback investment appraisal technique
  • Describe business case development within an Agile environment
• Design and Development (10%)
  • Describe linear and incremental development lifecycles.
  • Describe the Agile development lifecycle
  • Describe the four overarching values of the Agile Manifesto
  • Describe techniques involved in business acceptance testing
• Change Implementation (10%)
  • Describe the CPPOLDAT framework for assessing an organisation’s readiness for change.
  • Describe strategies used for implementing the identified solution
  • Identify stages of the human response to change.
  • Describe techniques used to gather feedback after implementation
• Benefits Management (7.5%)
  • Identify typical examples of benefits
  • Describe the elements of a benefits plan.
  • Describe the purpose and processes of a benefits review

Examination

All BCS exams are delivered as Remote Proctored. Learners will log into their QuestionMark portal and schedule their exam for any time that suits them at a later date. This must be sat only after 5pm on the final day of the course.

Type: 40 Question Multiple Choice

Duration: 1 hour

Supervised/Invigilated: Yes

Open Book: No

Pass Mark: 26/40 (65%)

Distinction Mark: None

Delivery: Online and Post-course

Related Certifications

This course forms part of the BCS International Diploma in Business Analysis.