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Class size: maximum 12
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About the course

Overview

Systems Development Essentials will provide you with a solid grounding in systems investigation and quality assurance – the underpinning of successful systems development – and equip you with a BCS accreditation that is highly regarded by prestigious UK employers.

What will you learn?

  • Identify the tasks and disciplines required for systems development and implementation
  • Investigate a system
  • Interpret business requirements and produce systems requirements
  • Quality assure the systems requirements documentation
  • Design test cases for the requirements
  • Describe the commonly used development lifecycles defined in the syllabus
  • Describe in detail one methodology that embraces one (or more) of these lifecycles
  • Describe the structure and activities of this methodology
  • Describe, interpret and quality assure the key models that the selected methodology uses for defining the process, static and event perspectives of the system
  • Make effective use of different methods of interpersonal communications
  • Identify different architectures for the systems development solutions
  • Conduct a system review
  • Explain how CASE tools might be used to support the method

Who is this course for?

Professionals seeking to improve their business analysis skills and knowledge:

  • Practising business analysts – experienced or junior
  • Project experts including project managers, project support staff, and project analysis
  • Business experts including product owners, subject matter experts (SMEs), business change managers, senior users and project stakeholders
  • IT experts including systems architects, software developers, testers, support, and trainers
  • Anyone who works or wants to solve business problems and build solutions to enable effective change for their organisations.

What is included in the course price?

  • Teaching by a real expert
  • Exam and certification fee
  • BCS “Business Analysis” book with your first Metadata course
  • 1 year BCS Associate Membership from the Chartered Institute for IT – terms and conditions apply

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Pick the date that works best for you, whether it's next week or in six months

Enrol and study in three days virtually

Take your exam as soon as the week after you study, and receive your certification in two weeks

Syllabus

Get a detailed syllabus and business case to get funding from your company.

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Upcoming dates

Book the BCS Business Analysis Diploma Bundles and save money on the course.

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  • Choose a BA certification to close your BA skills gap
  • Find out your current skills level and where you need to focus your development
  • Get all our business analyst courses in one document to review them with your manager
  • Get access to the business case we created to help you get funding for your training from your employer
  • Discover another efficient way to train using the levy and saving money on training
  • Bonus: receive a list of free recorded lunch & learn sessions to develop your business analyst skills and get to know our trainers

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Corporate bookings

Align your team members with a common process and upskill your staff with in house training.

Choose from an already existing public course or design your own bespoke course for your specific goals and needs and change the way that your staff work, not only increasing their theoretical knowledge but their practical skill set too.

Using examples from your recent projects, your team members can find out how to make potential improvements within business analysis and agile project management with our blend of training and consultancy from industry experts.

When you nurture your internal talent, you foster an environment of trust and a belief in your team’s abilities.

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What to expect

Expect an interactive and practical training.

During the course, delegates learn business analysis best practices as used in the industry.

When they go back to their work they see an improvement in their analysis and as a consequence their confidence.

Frequently Asked Questions

Your employers can:

  1. Book a course on our website -  your employer needs to go to https://metadatatraining.co.uk, book the course and and at the checkout section add the candidate details (full name, email address and contact number) under ‘Additional Information’ and we will confirm the booking with both parties.
  2. Email us at info@metadatatraining.co.uk with the course they want to book for you and we will send them a booking form by email.

We can provide you with an invoice to forward to your employer. Email as at info@metadatatraining.co.uk to request an invoice for your course.

Email as at info@metadatatraining.co.uk with the supplier form and one of our colleagues will fill it up and send it back to you. We can also provide you with a headed letter with all our company details.

Yes, we offer corporate discounts. Email as at info@metadatatraining.co.uk with your training requirements and we can provide a corporate discount for you. 

Yes, we can deliver all our courses in-house. We can also adapt this to your team needs. To request a quote or discuss your training requirements please email us at info@metadatatraining.co.uk or call us on 020 7272 3726.

Yes, after passing an exam you will receive an industry-recognised certification issued directly by the British Computer Society, the accreditation body.

To see a detailed syllabus you can click here

Yes, this course is accredited by BCS, The British Computer Society. Metadata Training is an accredited BCS partner and you can trust that the qualification you receive is recognised in the industry by employers. 

We recommend you do some pre-reading as this will help you to get the most out of the course. As soon as you book you will get access to our online learning so you can start preparing for the course. You will also receive the BCS book for free when you book your first BCS course with us.  

As soon as you book and pay for the course we will give you access to our online portal where you can access the pre-reading and training material. If you attend a virtual course we will also provide recordings of the virtual course you attended. 

The course is taught remotely via Zoom. For in-house or bespoke courses, we can also run the courses remotely using Microsoft Teams. Our virtual courses are highly interactive and are run by a highly skilled trainer with real-world business analyst experience using Zoom and Miro virtual boards. 

Yes if you enrol in our Business Analyst Apprenticeship - a programme who helps you or your team progress in your role and not just get certified.

Yes, you can cancel a course but in order to do so without penalty, we require 10 working days notice. For more information on our cancellation policy, see our terms and conditions.

No, the course assumes you have no experience on the topics of the course. Anyone can attend the course.

No, none of our courses requires you to have IT skills.

The exams are taken online, a member of the Metadata team will invigilate, and we will provide the exam slots (weekdays, during office hours) to choose from on the last day of the course. Candidates have up to 6-months to take their exam after attending the training, and after this period, the exam fee will apply. 

If a candidate fails an exam, a resit fee is to be paid, and our trainers will give a free feedback and recap session. 

An extra time of 15mins is given if English is not your first language or with reasonable adjustments. Please inform us upon making a booking.

The exam is an open-book written exam with 15 mins reading time and duration 60 mins written exam time. Extra time is given if English is not the native language or reasonable adjustments (please enquire).

The exam assumes you have no experience, so if you have experience it will be less challenging however we’ve seen high pass rates over the last year. If you don’t pass the exam then you’re able to retake it straight away. You can retake the exam as many times as you need to, and we’re always here to offer extra support to anyone that needs it. We pride ourselves on our high pass rate, and for whatever the reason you didn’t pass, we’ll make sure that you do the second time! The best way to ensure you pass is to follow our trainers advice and ask as many questions in class. Unlike other providers we keep our courses small in size so there is plenty of time for clarifications and to understand the theory. 

You can pay via our website with a card or bank transfer by selecting ‘Pay By Bank Transfer’ at the checkout. We accept Visa, Visa Electron, Mastercard, American Express, Maestro.

Payment by cheque, credit card, debit card or bank transfer is required no later than 10 Working Days before the course start date. Special arrangements may be separately agreed in the case of late bookings. Please refer to our terms and conditions.

You can download the business case and course syllabus for every course in the ‘course overview’ section at the top of the page - click here You can also read our blog post here

Many delegates report increased confidence in their skills after the training. We believe the importance of confidence is often underrated in organisations. The truth is to progress your career in the right direction you need confidence. It is no surprise many of our learners report an increase in confidence and job satisfaction.  Moreover, the certification gives you recognition and if you are already working as an IT professional it will formalise your knowledge. As a result your employers, stakeholders or clients will trust you that you can deliver quality work in an efficient way. 

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I trained with Metadata for the full BCS Business Analysis Diploma course and could only attend 1 module at the classroom due to Coronavirus. The rest were completed virtually via Zoom, but this didn't have impact with regards to learning the syllabus. The Metadata office has been very accommodating with scheduling and changing dates of courses, and the tutors were excellent providing great insight. I would highly recommend Metadata.

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