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Business Analyst Certificate

Bridging the business/IT divide

	Boost your career by learning how to leverage technology to maximize business value
	Improve your project success rates through better communication and planning
	Join a growing field that can springboard to other careers
	This program is aligned with the IIBA® Business Analysis Body of Knowledge

Innovations in information technology have had a dramatically positive impact on American business, yet research shows that a large number of software projects fail to deliver the intended business results. Why? The “business/IT” divide is a key factor in these failures. Over 50 percent of organizations polled in a recent IT Governance Institute survey lacked any formal structure to align IT investments with business strategy. Enter the business analyst.

A business analyst bridges the “understanding gap” between an organization and its technology, functioning as a type of translator. One of the most important roles of a business analyst is to facilitate communications among an organization’s stakeholders in order to find out what their needs are and to turn those needs into measurable IT requirements and solutions. To succeed in this role, the business analyst must have a broad range of business, technical, and interpersonal skills.

According to BPMInstitute.org, business analyst practitioners are poised to have a dramatic impact on organizations’ abilities to create more responsive business models.

You will benefit from participating if you are a…

• Business analysis manager
• IT or development manager
• Business or technical analyst
• Systems analyst or manager
• Operations manager
• Project manager
• Requirements engineer

Business analysis is a growing field, and the demand for good business analysts is increasing every day. The knowledge and skills used in business analysis can be applied by people in many different fields.