BTS Foundation: Your Starting Point in learning Business Technology Standard

The BTS Foundation Course is your gateway to understanding why it’s crucial to rethink and renew operating models. Based on Essentials of the Operating Model for Business and Technology Development, this course introduces the foundational principles of the BTS framework. It provides practical tools to inspire change and actively engage your organisation in transformation efforts.

Who is this course for?
This course is ideal for anyone—whether from a business or technology (IT) background—who wants to understand how to develop business and technology using a modern operating model. Whether you’re a leader, a team member, or simply curious about aligning business and technology for strategic success, this course will provide the foundation you need. 

Key Learning Objectives

Integration of Business and Technology

Understand how aligning business and technology creates value, drives innovation, and ensures competitiveness through seamless collaboration and strategic alignment.

Value Creation and Strategic Focus

Explore how technology and data serve as foundational assets to deliver meaningful business outcomes and support long-term goals.

Agility and Adaptability

Learn how enterprise agility, effective governance, and a co-creative mindset enable organisations to adapt to changing needs while maintaining stability and efficiency.

Human-Centric Transformation

Recognise the importance of engaging stakeholders, fostering collaboration, and addressing the human side of change to ensure successful transformation and long-term adoption of new ways of working.

Practical Application of BTS Principles

Gain actionable insights into implementing technology-driven transformation, from aligning people and processes to leveraging lessons from a realistic case study.

Unique Features

• Flexible Learning: Study at your own pace, anywhere, anytime.

• Realistic Case Study: Explore the fictional yet highly realistic Global Luxury Store (GLS) case study to see BTS principles in action.

• Certification on Your Terms: Take the certification exam when you feel ready—focus selectively on key topics or delve deeply into all course materials.

Certification Exam

At the end of the course, participants will take a certification exam to confirm their understanding of BTS principles, ensuring they are equipped to implement the framework in their organisations.

Who is This Course For?

This course is ideal for business and technology professionals looking to enhance their understanding of co-creative business and technology development.

Why Start with BTS Foundation?

The Foundation Course provides the perfect launchpad for your transformation journey. Not only does it explain the why behind organisational change, but it also equips you with practical tools to inspire and engage your teams.

By starting here, you’ll gain the confidence to champion change and the insight to prepare for more advanced BTS courses—whether at Practitioner or Coach level in the future.

Each certification is valid for three years, ensuring you stay up to date with the latest developments in the BTS framework.

Are you ready to transform your understanding of business-technology alignment and lead your organisation into the future? Start with the BTS Foundation Course today!