Business Analysts Ireland Testimonials

Averil Madill

Business Design Authority, Group Change Management
Bank of Ireland

As a Business Analyst within a financial institution, I found this course hugely beneficial to my role. Each module within the course was well thought out, well placed and well executed. The lecturers welcomed a high level of engagement from everyone in attendance and it allowed us to apply real life scenarios to what normally would be hypothetical examples. I thoroughly enjoyed the 6 months, it was a long term investment to my career and I would recommend it to any company or individual considering formal training. Within 6 months of completing the course I was promoted. Thanks to the lecturers and organisers for all their hard work and efforts…

Dominic Martin

Senior Manager Operational Risk Management
Accbank

I would consider myself a ‘mature student’ who has operated in varying Business Analyst and Project Manager roles in a bank. I could not speak highly enough for the course. It provides a context for change both at a personal and organisational level and then goes on to provide practical techniques for successfully implementing change. In particular, I really enjoyed the case studies and the sharing of experience with other participants. I would recommend the course to both mature students like myself looking for a new impetus and to younger students looking to develop their career as a business analyst or team leader. For anyone with management ambitions, the course would be really advantageous.

Kieran Creaton

Senior Business Analyst
RBS Technology Services’

I work as a Business Analyst and found that the program is the ideal forum to broaden the technical and people skills required to excel in the Business Analyst role. I would recommend this program to any Business Analyst aspiring to learn current business practices and techniques, and affirm existing skills. The lectures and organisation are first rate.

Colm Reid

Business Analyst
Realex Payments

Listening to user requirements and analysing the available options to find the best solution are key skills in my job. The course helped me develop these skills and was also helpful in terms of writing accurate and complete requirement documents. There were a lot of methodologies and techniques discussed and practical usage of them was a central part of the course. I would recommend the course to anyone who has an interest in having a career as a Business Analyst. Listening to user requirements and analysing the available options to find the best solution are skills which I find to be important to the position.

Michael Keane

Business Analyst
Bank of Ireland, Group Finance

This course provided the fundamental foundation of core business consultancy skills, knowledge and hands-on practical experience needed to succeed as a Business Analyst in today’s competitive marketplace. The focus of the course is on learning real-world business analysis skills that can be applied in the workplace to improve business problems that impact upon cost, process efficiency, service quality and better support the customer and the solutions needed to remain competitive.

The course is very well structured, highly interactive and combines lectures, discussions, active workshops and demonstrations of business analysis and change management techniques. The course teaches both practical and theoretical techniques on the overall core competencies of Business Analysis and where it fits in the bigger picture of the project life cycle and the business context.

The successfully completion of the NCI Certificate in Business Analysis and Consultancy was packed with subjects covering a diverse range of perspectives, classmates from various industries, articles, deadlines, projects, presentations and most importantly lots of fun, support and camaraderie. The highlight for me was working with and learning from the other members of the class. I particularly enjoyed the team work involved in the group assignments. They were a fantastic mix of people in the class with a huge range and depth of experience.

Business Analysts enable organisations improve how they conduct their operations and activities in order to reduce overall costs, provide more efficient use of scarce resources and better support the customer and the solutions needed to remain competitive in a global economy.I found it very rewarding and am delighted I did it and would recommend it strongly to anyone who is interested in pursuing a successful career in business consultancy.

Michael Keane, who works in Bank of Ireland, Group Finance completed the course at the National College of Ireland in 2006.