Course: Advanced Programme in Business Analysis (AdBA) - Enquire | FTI Connect

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    Advanced Programme in Business Analysis (AdBA)

    Become the go-to Business Analyst who can drive complex change and deliver real value. The AdBA builds advanced BA capability aligned to BABOK®, blending strategic thinking with practical, job-ready techniques - so you can lead analysis work with confidence and credibility.

    Ideal for: experienced BAs, Product Owners/Managers, Process/Enterprise Analysts, Consultants and Project Managers looking to formalise expertise and accelerate career progression.

    Select the headings below to explore the programme.

    • Business Analysts, Senior/Lead BAs, Product Owners & Product Managers.
    • Project Managers, Solution/Systems Analysts, UX/Service Designers collaborating on requirements.
    • BA professionals moving from foundation level to advanced, real-world practice.
    • Anyone responsible for discovery, analysis, and validating business solutions.
    • Delivery: Live virtual or classroom (FTI facilitator-led).
    • Format: Highly practical - case study, team activities, reviews.
    • Duration: Typically 3 days (or equivalent modular sessions).
    • Includes: Course notes, templates, examples and job-aids.
    • Formative checks throughout: short quizzes, peer review and facilitator feedback.
    • Capstone group activity: apply techniques to an end-to-end scenario.
    • Post-course: optional knowledge check and personal action plan.
    • Recommended: prior BA foundation learning (e.g., BAFP or equivalent experience).
    • Comfort with core BA concepts (stakeholders, processes, data, rules, backlog).
    • Bring a current workplace context if possible (helps with transfer & application).
    1. Advanced BA framing: outcomes, value, scope boundaries, success metrics.
    2. Discovery & elicitation at scale: facilitation patterns, conflict to consensus.
    3. Process & service design: models, hand-offs, pain-point analysis, controls.
    4. Data, rules & decisions: information view, decision tables/trees, validation.
    5. Requirements to backlog: slicing, prioritisation, acceptance criteria, DoR/DoD.
    6. Solution options & evaluation: trade-offs, risks, feasibility & value testing.
    7. Communicating requirements: narrative, visuals, walkthroughs & reviews.
    • Plan and lead advanced discovery that aligns to measurable business outcomes.
    • Model processes, decisions and data to remove ambiguity and reduce rework.
    • Turn analysis into small, testable increments with clear acceptance criteria.
    • Assess solution options and communicate decisions with stakeholders clearly.
    • Completing AdBA strengthens preparation for advanced BA credentials.
    • Talk to FTI about learning pathways and recognition options.