BCS Practitioner Award in Business Skills for the IT Professional

This accelerated BCS Practitioner in Business Skills for the IT Professional practitioner-level award encourages individuals in IT and technical roles to explore the many teams, ideas, and functions within an organisation and maximise their contribution.

You’ll attain a comprehensive knowledge of the fundamentals of business strategy, finance from a business context, frameworks for operational management, and various customer and marketing journeys, including:

Conceptualising key areas of business strategy, such as the mission statement and use of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs); Discerning between the different areas of business finance and commercial acumen; Understanding frameworks such as Agile, Waterfall, Lean Six Sigma, and the Value Chain; Understanding and creating customer journeys for internal and external stakeholders; Learning the 4 P’s of marketing and their applications.

In just 2 days, you’ll learn understand how to lead effectively. You’ll also learn how to:

• Manage driven digital teams that enact solutions
• Increase digital productivity across your organisation
• Develop skills and knowledge to support successful business change programmes within your organisation

At the end of this course, you’ll sit the BCS exam, and achieve your BCS Practitioner in Business Skills for the IT Professional certification.

Through Firebrand’s Lecture | Lab | Review methodology, you’ll get certified at twice the speed of the traditional training and get access to courseware, learn from certified instructors, and train in a distraction-free environment.

Audience

This course is ideal for:

• Digital professionals looking to enhance their soft skills in target areas.
• IT business partners, business analysts, business managers and members of their team, business change managers and project managers.

Module 1: The Business Strategy and Transformation (30%)

• Explain different types of organisations and the sectors in which they can operate
• Interpret the organisation‚Äôs mission and vision
• Interpret organisational objectives and key performance indicators
• Demonstrate the organisation‚Äôs values

Module 2: The Financials (20%)

• Understand and analyse a budget to calculate any variance
• Understand the terms CAPEX and OPEX in an organisational context
• Use a cost-benefit analysis model

Module 3: The Role of People in Teams and Organisations (25%)

• Interpret project and organisational requirements to select a suitable project approach.
• Demonstrate continuous improvement techniques.
• Interpret the role and needs of stakeholders

Module 4: Your Organisation’s Proposition (25%)

• Analyse the specific proposition of your organisation
• Describe the internal and external customers in an organisation
• Analyse factors that could impact the organisation‚Äôs reputation

There are no prerequisites to attend this accelerated course.

At the end of this accelerated course, you’ll sit the following exam at the Firebrand Training centre, covered by your Certification Guarantee:

BCS Practitioner in Business Skills for the IT Professional exam

• Duration: 45-minutes
• Format: ‚Äòclosed book‚Äô exam format
• Number of questions: 20 multiple choice with 1- and 2-mark questions
• Passing score: 70% (21/30)