ENTRY CERTIFICATE IN BUSINESS ANALYSIS (ECBA) (SF)

Course Overview

The value of business analysis is in realization of benefits, avoidance of cost, identification of new opportunities, understanding of required capabilities and modelling the organization. Through the effective use of business analysis, it can ensure an organization realizes these benefits, ultimately improving the way they do business

This is a three-day course which offers the participant with comprehensive understanding of the Business Analysis concepts, key terms, business requirements and design being applied using Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK). It defines BA profession with commonly accepted practices among practitioners to set the knowledge and skill expectations in analyzing changes and evaluate the necessity for changes in the business. After the completing course, the participant will be equipped with adequate knowledge to prepare themselves as a junior BA in the IT Industry.

Course Objectives

1. Understand and describe the key terms and concepts in business analysis
2. Describe the knowledge areas in the BABOK guide
3. Understand how to elicit and analyze business requirements from stakeholders
4. Apply the technique for elicitation
5. Apply requirements gathering for business from stakeholder
6. Analyze data gathered to identify and validate business problems
7. Analyze the design options to establish the most appropriate solution
8. Assess relevant solutions and their potential impact
9. Explain the business impact and present the solution options to stakeholders

Pre-requisites

It is recommended the participant to have at least 1 years of working experience in IT

Hardware & Software

This course will be conducted as a Virtual Live Class (VLC) via Zoom platform. Participants must have a laptop or a desktop with “Zoom Client for Meetings” installed. This can be downloaded from https://zoom.us/download

	Minimum Specs	Recommended Specs
Processor / CPU	1.6 GHz or faster, 2-core Intel Core i3 or equivalent	1.8 GHz, 2-core Intel Core i3 or equivalent
Memory	4 GB RAM	8 GB RAM
Hard Disk	10 GB available storage space
Display	1280 x 768 screen resolution
Graphics	2GB Graphics Card
Others	Internet Connection: Wired or Wireless broadband (min 10 mbps) Speakers and Microphone: built-in or USB plug-in or wireless Bluetooth Webcam: built-in or USB plug-in

Course Outline

• What is Business Analysis
  • Knowledge areas
  • Business analysis key concepts
  • Underlying competencies
  • Techniques
  • Perspectives
• Understand the key terms and concepts in business analysis
• Apply the technique for Elicitation and Collaboration
  • Prepare for Elicitation
  • Conduct Elicitation
  • Confirm Elicitation Results
  • Communicate Business Analysis Information
  • Manage Stakeholder Collaboration
• Apply requirements gathering for business from stakeholder
  • Trace Requirements
  • Maintain Requirements
  • Prioritise Requirements
  • Assess Requirements Changes
  • Approve Requirements
• Analyze data gathered to identify and validate business problems
  • Specify and Model Requirements
  • Verify Requirements
  • Validate Requirements
  • Define Requirements Architecture
• Analyze the design options to establish the most appropriate solution
  • Define Solution Options
  • Analyse Potential Value and Recommend Solution
• Assess relevant solutions and their potential impact
  • Measure Solution Performance
  • Analyse Performance Measures
  • Assess Solution Limitations
  • Assess Enterprise Limitations
• Explain the business impact and present the solution options to stakeholder
  • Recommend Actions to Increase Solution Value

Certificate Obtained and Conferred by

Awarded Statement of Attainments (SOA)

Upon completion of the course and assessment, students will also be awarded with the following ICT SOA:

ICT-PMT-3001-1.1

NTUC Learninghub Certification of Completion

Upon meeting at least 75% attendance and passing the assessment(s), participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from NTUC LearningHub.

Additional Details

Medium of Instruction: English

Trainer: Trainee ratio is 1:20

Price:

Course Fee and Government Subsidies
	Individual Sponsored		Company Sponsored
			Non-SME		SME
	Before GST	With GST	Before GST	With GST	Before GST	With GST
Full Course Fee (For Foreigners and those not eligible for subsidies)	$1,300.00	$1,417.00	$1,300.00	$1,417.00	$1,300.00	$1,417.00
For Singapore Citizens aged 39 years and below and For all Singapore Permanent Residents (The minimum age for individual sponsored trainees is 21 years)	$390.00	$425.10	$390.00	$425.10	$130.00	$165.10
For Singapore Citizens aged 40 years and above	$130.00	$165.10	$130.00	$165.10	$130.00	$165.10

Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA) Certification Exam Fee:

Kindly note that the ECBA certification exam fee is not included in the course fee. Please find below the exam fee in US$:

Exam Fee (USD) Non-refundable and Non-transferable
	Application Fee	Exam Fee	Exam Re-write Fee
Member	$45	$150	$95
Non-Member	$45	$305	$250
Corporate Member	$45	$105	NA

Funding Eligibility Criteria:

Individual Sponsored Trainee

Company Sponsored Trainee

Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses Trainee must achieve at least 75% attendance Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from trainee if he/she did not meet the eligibility criteria

Singapore Citizens or Singapore Permanent Residents From 1 October 2023, attendance-taking for SkillsFuture Singapore's (SSG) funded courses must be done digitally via the Singpass App. This applies to both physical and synchronous e-learning courses Trainee must achieve at least 75% attendance Trainee must pass all prescribed tests / assessments, and attain 100% competency NTUC LearningHub reserves the right to claw back the funded amount from the employer if trainee did not meet the eligibility criteria

Remarks:

Individual Sponsored Trainee	Company Sponsored Trainee
SkillsFuture Credit: Eligible Singapore Citizens can use their SkillsFuture Credit to offset course fee payable after funding UTAP: NTUC Members can enjoy up to 50% funding (capped at $250 per year) under Union Training Assistance Programme (UTAP)	Absentee Payroll (AP) Funding: $4.50 per hour, capped at $100,000 per enterprise per calendar year AP funding will be computed based on the actual number of training hours attended by the trainee Note: Courses / Modules under Professional Conversion Programme (PCP) will not be eligible for AP funding claim.

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