CBAP® Certification Prep Boot Camp

Course Code: 1606

$2695

Overview
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Outline
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Who should attend
Certification

Overview

The CBAP® designation is a mark of distinction for intermediate and advanced–level practitioners, recognizing their demonstration of the knowledge and skills necessary for effectiveness and a professional level of competence in business analysis principles and practices. This CBAP training course is intended to comply with the International Standards Organization (ISO) 17204 standard for certifying the competence of personnel. During the course, the trainers would impart knowledge and secrets of the IIBA certification success and help upgrade the skills and knowledge of the participants.

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Course Delivery

This course is available in the following formats:

Live Classroom
Duration: 4 days

Live Virtual Classroom
Duration: 4 days

What You'll learn

Analyze and remember the most important elements of the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge®
Record progress and identify gaps in your business analysis qualifications
Analyze the unique combination of education, knowledge and skills to determine the best way to package it for the CBAP® application
Explore the nature and construction of the application and examination
Improve your chances of success with the CBAP® certification process
Understand and influence your organization to recognize the value of CBAP® certification
Understand the importance of documenting your education and experience for continued certification requirements
Understand what knowledge from the BABOK® and other sources comprise the CBAP® certification
Use practical, real-world methods for improving testing success
Learn what the IIBA® and its certifications are all about

Outline

Module 1: Welcome to the boot camp

Components of the CBAP® certification
Introduction to the CBAP® examination
Philosophy of the exams
Overview of CBAP® exam content
Overview of the CBAP® Prep boot camp

Module 2: CBAP® certification – The credentials

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
The CBAP® certification
The certification application processes
The examination processes
The professional code of conduct
The examination structures

Module 3: Business analysis and key concepts overview

What is business analysis?
The role and competencies of the business analyst
The system/software development life cycle (SDLC)
Project and requirements life cycle management
Project roles and competencies
Requirements engineering basics
Levels of requirements, tools and techniques
Perspectives, systems, processes and actors

Module 4: The Business Analysis Knowledge Areas

Business analysis planning and monitoring
Elicitation and collaboration
Requirements life cycle management
Strategy analysis
Requirements analysis and design definition
Solution evaluation

Module 5: Underlying competencies

Analytical thinking and problem solving
Behavioral characteristics
Business knowledge
Communication skills
Interaction skills
Tools and technology

Module 6: Techniques

Elicitation and collaboration techniques
Diagramming and modeling techniques
Root cause analysis techniques
Acceptance and evaluation definition techniques
Post-project assessment techniques

Module 7: Perspectives

Agile
Business intelligence
Information technology
Business architecture
Business process management

Module 8: A guide to success in the examination

Review of key topics
Key tips to remember for the exam
Final test hints and tricks
Practice examination
Your personal preparation plan

Prerequisites

In order to be eligible for CBAP® certification, participants need to have minimum 7500 hours of BA work experience aligned with the BABOK guide in the last ten years, minimum 900 hours of experience in four of the six knowledge areas as mandated for the certification exam, and minimum 21 hours of professional development in the past four years. The participants also need to have a minimum of a high school degree or equivalent.

Who Should Attend

The course is highly recommended for –

Intermediate to advanced level business analysts
Business system analysts
Systems analyst
Project manager or team leader
Systems architect or designer
IT manager/director
Scrum master

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Certification

To pursue the CBAP® examination, one needs to meet all the prerequisites for the same.

The CBAP® exam blueprint is as follows –

Knowledge area	Percentage of questions
Business analysis and monitoring	19.33%
Elicitation	14%
Requirements management and communication	16%
Enterprise analysis	15.33%
Requirement analysis	19.33%
Solution assessment and validation	16%

The exam details are as follows –

Exam name	IIBA’s Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) certification examination
Number of questions	120
Exam format	Multiple-choice questions and case-study based questions
Exam duration	3.5 hours