BCS Practitioner Certificate In Benefits Management And Business Acceptance

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