Course Introduction

The BCS Practitioner Certificate in Benefits Management and Business Acceptance exhibits how a demanding methodology to benefits management guarantees the provision of positive software solutions. The said course helps the delegates to recognize and benefit owners and key stakeholders within the organisation. Further, it also helps the business to identify what business acceptance testing is.

The course also helps the delegate to move one step ahead in attaining their International Diploma in Business Analysis as it is one of the four required modules of the International Diploma.

What's Included

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Course Content

Introduction (5%)

  • The reasoning behind Benefits Management
  • The logic for Business Acceptance
  • Solution Development Lifecycle
    • Requirement Analysis
    • Designing solutions
    • Obtaining solutions
    • Testing the developed solution

Business Benefits – A Definition (15%)

  • Business Case Development
  • Business Case – It’s Contents
  • Confirming strategic fit 
    • Important Factors for Success and KPI’s
    • The value sequence and value suggestions
    • Driving elements in business change in an organisationConfirming strategic fit

Benefits Classification and Networks (15%)

  • Classifying Benefits
  • Expected Benefits Measurement
  • Understanding the terms
    • Business Benefits
    • Business Changes
    • Enabling Changes
  • The benefits dependency framework

Benefit Management Planning (15%)

  • Benefit Owners Recognition
  • The Duties of Senior Responsible Owners
    • Developing the Benefits Delivery Plan
  • Benefit Management and Stakeholders
  • Identifying relevant costs
  • Investment appraisal
    • Payback
    • Net present value
    • Internal rate of return
  • Finding the discount rate

Business Acceptance Testing (5%)

  • Acceptance Testing and its objectives
  • Acceptance Testing – Its Principles
  • Roles and Responsibilities
  • Acceptance testing in the SDLC
  • Know the differences between Functional and non-functional testing

Test Design Techniques (15%)

  • Understanding Test conditions and test cases
  • Models to design tests and establish coverage
  • Test cases from selected models
    • Showing a clear traceability to the requirement
    • Containing an expected result 6.4
  • Procedure requirements for Tests

Test Planning, Management and Confirmation (5%)

  • Test progress – Monitoring and Control
    • Test progress monitoring
    • Test reporting
    • Test control 7.2
  • Managing Incidents
  • Confirmation Testing

Business Case Reviews (10%)

  • Gateways Reviewing
  • Measuring the effect of change
  • Reviewing the business case
  • Re-examining the benefits

Implementing the Business Change (5%)

  • Implementation Planning
  • Implementation Strategies
  • Contingency planning
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Required Skill and Knowledge Development

Benefits Delivery (10%)

  • Implementing the business changes
  • Revisiting the achieved projected profits
  • Defining and enacting actions and adjustments
  • Confirming delivery of the benefits plan
  • Assessing the potential for further benefits delivery
  • Signing off the business case
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FAQs

The course has no pre-requisites.