Business Analyst

On a business analyst apprenticeship course, you will play a pivotal role in organisations by capturing business challenges and user requirements, helping craft solutions aligned with best practices, and conveying them in a clear and audience-appropriate manner.

You will also nurture stakeholder relationships, fostering collaboration between business and technical counterparts. With a focus on outcomes, Apprentice Business Analysts ensure that the correct issues are addressed, and the right products are developed.

Your expertise will eventually extend to aiding businesses in comprehending their current organisational landscapes, envisioning future necessities, and devising solutions, often incorporating digital technology.

You will help cultivate a deep understanding of an organisation’s inner workings and its industry context. Armed with this knowledge, you can propose enhancements spanning personnel, processes, and information technology.

By diligently examining, documenting, and overseeing requirements throughout project lifecycles, you will help contribute to the realisation of successful business results through novel processes, data, and technology.

What you’ll learn

On a business analyst apprenticeship course, you’ll learn to:

• Define business analysis and its component activities
• Navigate business change and system development life cycles: methodologies, organisational culture, and contextual impact
• Unpack waterfall and agile methodologies for project delivery and software development: principles, characteristics, and contrasts
• Explore the purpose and value of quality assurance techniques
• Assess the pros and cons of various investigative techniques
• Strategies for eliciting requirements, with insights into optimal timing for each approach
• Prioritise eliciting requirements over gathering solution descriptions: a vital distinction
• Understand the critical role of requirements management, including change control
• Emphasise user experience, accessibility, and usability requirements in digital solution design
• Recognise data’s value to an organisation and its role in business enhancement
• Investigate the purpose and processes of gap analysis
• Grasp the concepts of benefits realisation and management
• Navigate legislation and industry standards relevant to the organisation and its sector
• Address data protection regulations and the importance of information and data management in compliance with legislation and organisational policies
• Explore technological advancements and industry trends in the digital sector and their potential for business enhancement and it solutions

Entry requirements

You’ll usually need:

• A-levels or an equivalent qualification to gain a place on a level 4 course. However, entry-level qualifications, such as GCSEs and relevant work experience at the right level, would generally be acceptable

Assessment methods

The programme is assessed in various ways before completing the End Point Assessment, including a project proposal with presentation and questioning and professional discussion underpinned by portfolio.

Restrictions and requirements

• Apprentices without level 2 English and maths will need to achieve this level prior to taking the end-point assessment.

Duration, level, subjects and potential salary upon completion