BCS Practitioner Award in Business Skills for the IT Professional
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Course code
bcspbsitp
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What you’ll learn
This accelerated BCS Practitioner in Business Skills for the IT Professional is a practitioner-level award that 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 Ps 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 method, 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.
Curriculum
Module 1: The Business Strategy and Transformation (30%)
Explain different types of organisations and the sectors in which they can operate
Interpret the organisation's mission and vision
Interpret organisational objectives and key performance indicators
Demonstrate the organisation's 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's reputation
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites to attend this accelerated course.
Exam info
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
Duration: 45 minutes
Format: Closed-book
Number of questions: 20 multiple-choice with 1- and 2-mark questions
Passing score: 70% (21/30)
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Yes, we do provide courses suitable for beginners. However, Firebrand's accelerated courses aren't easy and it's essential that you are interested and actively pursuing a career in IT.
Traditional training providers usually run their courses from 9am to 5pm. At Firebrand Training we maximise the number of learning hours to minimise the number of training days, so you’ll be back to your job as quickly as possible. You don’t waste time travelling to several courses and finding an exam centre after that.
Firebrand's accelerated courses are constantly reviewed. We ask our delegates for feedback after every course. We are official partners with leading vendors and therefore, we're provided with certification changes and updates, which we can then implement in our course delivery at a very early stage. This feedback is then analysed in view of changes or discrepancies. We will then address the topics mentioned and have a panel of subject matter experts provide us with valuable suggestions for improvement and solutions.
If you need to learn new skills and you want to be able to put them into practice quickly, then Firebrand is the right training company for you.
Our unique accelerated training method means that we are your fastest way to learn. By delivering training for up to 12 hours per day, seven days per week, with exam centres on-site, we ensure that you are trained and certified quicker than anywhere else, having spent less time out of the office away from the day job.
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