Course Overview
The course and examination are based on the Five Case Model, the UK government’s best practice approach to planning spending proposals and enabling effective business decisions. This provides a step by step guide to developing a business case, by:
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- Establishing a clear need for intervention – a case for change
- Setting clear objectives – what you want to achieve from the investment
- Considering a wide range of potential solutions – ensuring an optimal balance of benefits, cost and risk
- Putting the arrangements in place to successfully deliver the proposal
The purpose of the Foundation qualification is to confirm that a candidate has sufficient knowledge and understanding of the guidance to be able to work effectively with, or as a member of, a team to develop a business case using the Five Case Model. The purpose of the Practitioner qualification is to confirm whether you have achieved sufficient understanding of the theory and application of the Five Case Model to allow them to effectively develop and produce a business case. A successful Practitioner candidate should be able to start applying the model to a real project.
Duration
This is an intensive five-day course that prepares you for the Better Business Cases™ Practitioner examination. The training is conducted via a virtual training environment. You need to ensure that you can satisfy the technical requirements that can be found on our website here.
Pre-Requisites
You must have passed the Foundation qualification in order to sit the Practitioner examination.
Accredited AgilePM® training is provided by ILX Group, an APMG-International Accredited Training Organisation
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Target Audience
This qualification is aimed at anyone involved with, or overseeing, a project to understand the work that is necessary to prove a case for investment within the public sector. This includes:
- Senior responsible owners (SROs), programme directors and other directors with responsibility for the successful delivery of programmes and projects
- Project managers, project team members and specialist advisers tasked with delivering a business case for investment
- Officers involved in the scrutiny and review of investment proposals
Pre-requisites
You must have passed the Foundation qualification in order to sit the Practitioner examination.
Pre-Reading
There is some mandatory pre-course reading that must be undertaken prior to attending this course. It will be issued with your joining instructions approximately two weeks prior to course commencement. Please ensure you allow time to complete this in full prior to your attendance , it is expected that it will take approximately four hours to complete. In addition, whilst attending your course there will also be some examination preparation evening work.
How You Take Your Exam
The exam is taken online via remote proctor. Two weeks prior to course commencement ILX will arrange for an exam voucher to be issued. You then have a choice you can either:
- Book a suitable time after your virtual classroom event has finished to undertake your exam
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- We currently allocate exam time within the virtual classroom event. So that you can book directly, we will advise you of recommended exam timings as part of the candidate guidance — this is issued three weeks prior to course commencement
Note: You are responsible for booking your own exam.
EXAM FORMAT
The format of the Foundation exam is as follows:
- Multiple Choice
- 50 questions
- 25 marks or more required to pass (out of 50 available) – 50%
- 40 minutes duration
- Closed book
You must have passed the Foundation qualification in order to sit the Practitioner examination.The format of the Practitioner exam is as follows:
- Objective testing
- 4 questions per paper, with 20 marks available per question
- 40 marks or more required to pass (out of 80 available) – 50%
- 2 and a half hours duration
- Open book exam (international guide to developing the project
Learning Objectives
By the end of the Foundation course you should understand the structure and key terminology of the model, specifically:-
- The philosophy and underlying rationale of the Five Case Model
- The different types of business case, their purpose, who is responsible for them and when they are required in the development of a spending proposal
- The development of the business case in relation to other recognised and recommended best practice for programme and project management
By the end of the Practitioner course you should be able to apply and understand how to tailor the Five Case Model effectively to the development of a business case within an organization environment supporting the approach, specifically:
- Understand the development lifecycle of a business case and the relationships between the five cases
- Be able to apply the steps in the business case development framework, in order to support the production of a business case, using the Five Case Model, for a given scenario
What’s Covered?
The course covers all the required syllabus elements so you are able to apply and understand how to tailor the Five Case Model effectively to the development of a business case within an organisation environment supporting the approach.
