Business Transformation Fellowship Programme Overview
This programme helps teams understand and embed the core concepts of digital solution and process design, business transformation, and embedding change. It is part of our Transformation Academy Programmes.
Key Skills Gained:
Business analysis
Digital solution design
Change management
Project planning and management
Business Outcomes:
Deliver change initiatives and digital solutions: Help teams design digital solutions grounded in business need.
Increase buy-in: Ensure stakeholders are bought-in to widespread digital transformation and change projects.
Improve ROI: Help teams identify business outcomes and communicate the impact of digital solutions.
Apprenticeship Qualification Achieved: Level 4 Business Analyst
Duration: 13 month delivery, plus 2 month assessment
Software Requirements: Business Transformation Fellowship Software Requirements
Business Transformation Fellowship Indicative Curriculum Breakdown
Translating business needs into solution design
Module 1: Introduction to delivering change initiatives in a digital world
Utilise lifecycle understanding to drive organisational change
Leverage business analysis to align with business objectives
Evaluate opportunities for change in the digital landscape
Module 2: Identifying and defining high impact opportunities for change
Investigate business situations, analyse internal and external environments for strategic insights, and apply techniques for process improvement through modelling and analysis.
Module 3: Using business needs to drive a successful transformation
Investigate business situations, analyse internal and external environments for strategic insights, and apply techniques for process improvement through modelling and analysis.
Identify business pains, collect stakeholder input, develop user stories for digital solutions, and use an iterative approach to prioritise and validate business and stakeholder needs.
Module 4: Developing recommendations to support business change
Communicate future process requirements, analyse process gaps, propose changes, and measure impact using frameworks.
Module 5: Using data to strategically drive change
Analyse data for change, identify required data for business needs, and use agile data modelling for accurate technical solutions.
Project planning and management
Module 6: Establishing agile ways of working in cross-functional teams
Evaluate planning methodologies, apply them to projects, use digital tools for productivity, and foster a collaborative team culture.
Module 7: Confidently managing a variety of stakeholders
Engage stakeholders, communicate with confidence, plan effective meetings, report statuses practically.
Change management
Module 8: Managing business change in a digital context
Implement change management frameworks, test business changes, and use agile feedback loops.
Module 9: Assessing the impact of a transformation initiative
Maintain project quality standards, assess project value, and measure financial and non-financial impacts.
Module 10: Driving further impact by embedding continuous improvement
Utilise tools for continuous improvement in an agile setting, and enhance impact through data and feedback.
Module 11: Effectively presenting your business initiatives
Harness the power of storytelling to confidently and concisely showcase the impact of your initiative.
Module 12: Portfolio consolidation
Consolidate evidence and demonstrations of learning, and reflect on and document knowledge, skills, and behaviours acquired.
Note: This is an example curriculum, and specific details may vary per cohort.
Business Transformation Fellowship Indicative Delivery Model
Monthly delivery model, approx. 25 hours per month total commitment. The exact time commitment will be outlined in the training plan that apprentices will receive at the start of their apprenticeship.
Structured Learning (~30% - 7.5 hours/month):
Asynchronous learning (3 hours): Online, self-paced content that sets the foundation of skills for the module.
Group learning (3 hours): Live, instructor-led, small-group interactive learning that dives deeper and reinforces the asynchronous content.
Coach and peer support (1.5 hours): Includes tutoring, progress reviews, & other individual/group/peer support.
Working in Existing Role (~70% - 17.5 hours/month):
Work-based tasks (3.5 hours): Structured tasks to provide the opportunity to apply learnings in real work context.
Independent applied learning (14 hours): Application of learning to apprentices’ existing day-to-day activities.