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BCS - Systems Development Essentials
Overview
On this accelerated BCS Systems Development Essentials course you’ll learn the fundamental skills of systems development. This includes the vital systems investigation and quality assurance skills. These are necessary to get started in the systems development industry.
You’ll learn about the generic lifecycle types and the different methods and approaches to systems development in modules like:
- Development Practices
- Systems Investigation
- System Design, Deployment and Maintenance
These skills will provide you with a solid foundation of knowledge in systems development, which is necessary for you to start gaining real-world practical experience.
Note: This course is provided in conjunction with Metadata Ltd, a BCS accredited training organisation.
Four reasons why you should sit your Systems Development Essentials course with Firebrand Training
- You'll be Systems Development Essentials trained and certified faster. Learn more on this 2-day accelerated course. You'll get at least 12 hours a day of quality learning time in a distraction-free environment
- Your Systems Development Essentials course is all-inclusive. One simple price covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals – so you can focus on learning
- Pass Systems Development Essentials first time or train again for free. Your expert instructor will deliver our unique accelerated learning methods, allowing you to learn faster and be in the best possible position to pass first time. In the unlikely event that you don't, it's covered by your Certification Guarantee
- Study Systems Development Essentials with an award-winning training provider. We've won the Learning and Performance Institute's "Training Company of the Year" three times. Firebrand is your fastest way to learn, with 134.561 students saving more than one million hours since 2001
Benefits
Passing the Systems Development Essentials exam, also makes you eligible for the BCS Associate Membership (AMBCS) at no additional cost. Your eligibility will last for 12 months.
Curriculum
The Systems Development Essentials Certification covers the following topics:
- 1. System Development roles and responsibilities
- 1.1 Identify the Actors/Roles and Responsibilities within system development and implementation (for example, analysts, designers, developers, testers and technical architects)
- 1.2 Characteristics of these roles
- 1.3 Team structure
- 2. Architecture
- 2.1 Different levels of architecture – Enterprise, Business, Solution, Infrastructure (networks, databases)
- 2.2 Inputs at Enterprise level
- 2.3 Inputs at Solution and Infrastructure level
- 2.4 Impacts of design decisions
- 3. Systems Development Lifecycles
- 3.1 Waterfall
- 3.2 V Model
- 3.3 Incremental or phased delivery
- 3.4 Spiral or iterative
- 3.5 Advantages and disadvantages of each approach
- 3.6 Selection of an appropriate approach on defined characteristics
- 4. Development Practices
- 4.1 Bespoke development
- 4.2 Evolutionary / Agile
- 4.3 Prototyping
- 4.4 Component based development
- 4.5 Software Package solutions (COTS Commercial off-the-shelf)
- 5. Methods
- 5.1 Structure and content of a chosen representative method
- 5.2 Describe and interpret three representation models from the method, showing at least:
- Process perspective
- Data perspective
- Event perspective
- 5.3 Explain how these models can be used to depict the logical and physical aspects of a system
- 5.4 Roles and team structures within the chosen method
- 5.5 Products within a chosen method
- 6 Systems Investigation
- 6.1 Fact finding approaches:
- Workshops
- Prototyping
- Interviewing
- Questionnaires (for usability or package selection for example)
- Scenario analysis
- 6.2 Functional requirements definition
- 6.3 Non-functional requirements definition
- 6.4 Documenting system requirements
- 6.5 Human aspects of systems investigation and introducing change
- 7 System Design, Deployment and Maintenance
- 7.1 Controls and security
- 7.2 Verification and validation
- 7.3 Interface design
- 7.4 Design principles and constraints (legal, ethical, financial)
- 7.5 Different types of implementation
- 7.6 Sign off and deployment
- 7.7 Post implementation reviews
- 7.8 Different types of maintenance and support
- 8 Quality Assurance
- 8.1 Definitions of quality
- 8.2 Requirements driven testing
- 8.3 Types of walkthrough and inspection
- 8.4 Post Project Reviews
- 8.5 Service Level Agreements
- 9 CASE, CAST, Application Lifecycle Management tools
- 9.1 Software support for systems development
- 9.2 Features of CASE and CAST tools
- 9.3 Features of Application Lifecycle Management
- 9.4 Lifecycle coverage
- 9.5 Configuration and version control
Exam Track
You'll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training Centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:
- BCS Systems Development Essentials exam
Exam details:
- 1 hour in duration
- In a written, ‘open book’ format with 15 minutes reading time, based on a business scenario.
- Pass mark is 50%
What's Included
Included:
- Accredited BCS courseware and the official BCS exam
Your accelerated course includes:
- Accommodation *
- Meals, unlimited snacks, beverages, tea and coffee *
- On-site exams **
- Exam vouchers **
- Practice tests **
- Certification Guarantee ***
- Courseware
- Up-to 12 hours of instructor-led training each day
- 24-hour lab access
- Digital courseware **
- * For residential training only. Accommodation is included from the night before the course starts. This doesn't apply for online courses.
- ** Some exceptions apply. Please refer to the Exam Track or speak with our experts
- *** Pass first time or train again free as many times as it takes, unlimited for 1 year. Just pay for accommodation, exams, and incidental costs.
Prerequisites
You do not need to possess any prerequisites for this certification.
Are you ready to get certified in record time?
We interview all applicants for the course on their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and general suitability. If you get through this screening process, it means you stand a great chance of passing.
Firebrand Training is an immersive training environment. You must be committed to the course. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.
If you have any doubts as to whether you meet the pre-requisites please call 09 - 31 587 431 and speak to one of our enrolment consultants, who can help you with a training plan.
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