BCS-BAP Exam Information and Outline
Practitioner Certificate in Business Analysis Practice
Syllabus Update Checked on: November 2, 2026
BCS-BAP Exam Syllabus & Study Guide
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- Exam Format
- 40 multiple-choice/multiple-response questions; 60 minutes; pass mark 65% (26/40); closed book
- 1. Strategic Context for Business Analysis (20%)
- VMOST and resource audit
- PESTLE, Porters Five Forces and SWOT
- Balanced scorecard, CSFs, KPIs and targets
- 2. Analysing and Managing Stakeholders (20%)
- Stakeholder wheel and CATWOE
- Power/interest grid and management strategies
- RACI charts
- 3. Analysing the Current State (15%)
- Background research; quantitative and qualitative investigation techniques
- Customer journey maps, rich pictures, empathy maps and mind maps
- 4. Establishing the Target State (15%)
- Business activity models and consensus BAM
- Business events: internal, external, time-based
- Target operating model (POPIT) and gap analysis
- 5. Designing and Defining the Solution (15%)
- Design thinking and the Double Diamond
- Feasibility: business, technical, financial
- 6. Developing a Business Case (15%)
- Contents of a business case; tangible and intangible costs and benefits
- Risk assessment, payback, discounted cash flow and NPV
- Business change lifecycle