Throughout the IT industry, organisations are increasingly relying upon the support of specialist IS consultants to help in all aspects of their business. Support may be obtained from external consultancies or from internal specialist staff.

IS consultancy projects include the provision of strategic advice, expert witness services, feasibility studies, product development, interpretation/analysis, testing and the use of specialist equipment.

Most IT consultants have experience engineering and re-engineering processes to streamline jobs, data flows, project methodologies and practices, etc. This expertise helps an organisation streamline current practices to save money, time, and effort and help focus resources on the right tasks.

To support IS Consultants, BCS offers the Certificate in IS Consultancy Practice. This certificate is designed to provide a progression route for consultants with the opportunity to achieve two certificates as outlined below:

• Certificate in IS Consultancy Practice (Written)
  Upon completion of the 2 hour written examination
  (preceded by 15 minutes exam paper reading time)

• Certificate in IS Consultancy Practice (Oral)
  Upon completion of the oral examination

Find out more about the Certificate in IS Consultancy Practice

Other complementary Practitioner certificates:

• Requirements Engineering
• Business Analysis Essentials
• Modelling Business Processes
• Organisational Content
• Business Management and Business Acceptance  diagram (PDF)