Business Analysis Foundations Programme (BAFP)
📑 Courses 📑
• Onboarding & Orientation
• Personal Development & Mindset Mastery
• Learning How to Learn
• AI Fundamentals & Prompt Engineering for BAs
• Introduction to Business Analysis (roles, BABOK overview)
• Stakeholder Identification & Engagement
• Requirements Elicitation Techniques (workshops, interviews, surveys)
• Business Requirements vs Functional Requirements
• Documentation Standards (BRD, FRD, user stories)
• Business Process Modelling (BPMN, flowcharts)
• Use Cases & User Stories in Agile
• Tools for BAs: JIRA, Confluence, Lucidchart, Balsamiq
• Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint for BA deliverables)
• Data Awareness for BAs (Excel basics, data dictionaries, SQL intro)
• Agile Fundamentals & Scrum for BAs
• Capstone Mini-Project (requirements doc + process model + presentation)
• CV Optimisation & LinkedIn Branding
• Job Interview Preparation
🎓 Certifications 🎓
• BCS Foundation Certificate in Business Analysis
• BCS Foundation in Business Change (optional add-on)
• Agile Fundamentals (ICAgile or equivalent)
• Scrum Fundamentals Certified (SCRUMstudy)
• GDPR Awareness Certificate
• Microsoft Office Specialist (Excel/Word/PowerPoint basics)
💰 Indicative Job Roles & Salaries Permanent Roles (Annual) 💰
1. Junior Business Analyst → £28k – £38k
2. PMO Analyst → £30k – £40k
3. Requirements Analyst → £28k – £38k
4. Business Process Coordinator → £27k – £35k
5. Junior Data Analyst (BA crossover) → £28k – £36k
6. BA Support Specialist → £27k – £34k
7. Junior Agile BA → £30k – £40k
8. Documentation Specialist → £25k – £32k
9. Change Support Analyst → £28k – £38k
10. Graduate BA Trainee → £26k – £32k
11. Junior Systems Analyst → £28k – £36k
12. Reporting Analyst → £27k – £35k
13. Junior Risk & Compliance Analyst → £28k – £38k
14. Operations Support Analyst → £25k – £33k
15. Junior Digital BA → £28k – £38k
🤝 Contract Roles (Daily Rate) 🤝
1. Junior BA → £150 – £250/day
2. PMO Analyst → £180 – £280/day
3. Requirements Analyst → £160 – £260/day
4. Business Process Coordinator → £150 – £240/day
5. Junior Data Analyst → £160 – £250/day
6. BA Support Specialist → £150 – £230/day
7. Junior Agile BA → £180 – £280/day
8. Documentation Specialist → £140 – £220/day
9. Change Support Analyst → £160 – £250/day
10. Graduate BA Trainee → £140 – £200/day
11. Junior Systems Analyst → £160 – £250/day
12. Reporting Analyst → £150 – £230/day
13. Risk & Compliance Support → £160 – £260/day
14. Operations Support → £140 – £220/day
15. Junior Digital BA → £160 – £250/day
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