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Preparing for the IIBA™ CBAP™ Certification Exam

 
Course: 913     Type: Course Workshop     Duration: 4 Days

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You Will Learn How To
  • Prepare to pass the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) exam
  • Identify and absorb key concepts within the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®)
  • Navigate the complexity of the six BABOK® knowledge areas
  • Align your business analysis experience with BABOK® terminology and definitions
  • Solidify your knowledge through practice questions and drills
  • Develop a test-taking plan that incorporates the CBAP format and question types

Course Benefits
The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) offers the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) certification to those with at least five years of professional experience in the field of business analysis. This intensive exam preparation course provides an in-depth review of the six knowledge areas included in the exam. Demonstrations and practice quizzes reinforce the concepts and provide the framework for a personalized study plan for exam success.

Who Should Attend
Business analysts, project managers, systems analysts and team members and others interested in achieving IIBA CBAP certification.

Course Workshop
Through a series of workshops and simulated exams, you build your skills and compile a reference toolkit to ensure your exam preparedness. Workshops include:
  • Taking daily CBAP-style practice exams and cross-referencing answers
  • Employing flash cards to learn exam terms and definitions
  • Building study references to assist you in learning key concepts and terms
  • Completing detailed summaries for major elements of the six BABOK® knowledge areas
  • Designing personalized study techniques for your exam success
  • Reviewing relevant business analysis and project management principles
  • Describing the role of the business analyst before, during and after the project

Course 913 Content
Introduction to the CBAP Exam
  • Examination and certification goals
  • Defining the BA profession
  • Purpose of the BABOK®
  • Navigating the BABOK® contents and structure
BABOK® Overview
Core concepts of business analysis
  • The role of the business analyst
  • Effective requirements practices
  • Introducing the six BABOK® knowledge areas
General competencies of the BA
  • Analysis
  • Business domain knowledge
  • IT knowledge
  • Interpersonal
  • General management
  • Leadership
Enterprise Analysis
Building the Business Architecture framework
  • Identifying business opportunities
  • Conducting feasibility studies
  • Preparing the Business Case
Charting the project investment path
  • Developing business requirements
  • Constructing the Decision Package
  • Participating in project selection
  • Capturing the future view
Requirements Planning and Management
Allocating requirements resources and tasks
  • Identifying team roles and responsibilities
  • Assigning work activities to team members
  • Performing stakeholder analysis
Determining planning considerations
  • Deciding how to manage requirements risks
  • Selecting and estimating activity duration and effort
Managing requirements scope and change
  • Reporting and communicating requirements status
  • Quantifying project and product metrics
Requirements Elicitation
Collecting the stated requirements
  • Preparing for elicitation activities
  • Actively engaging key stakeholders
Selecting the right elicitation techniques
  • Brainstorming
  • Document analysis
  • Focus groups
  • Interface analysis
  • Interviews
  • Observation
  • Prototyping
  • Reverse engineering
  • Workshops
  • Surveys
  • Questionnaires
Requirements Communication
Creating the requirements communications plan
  • Assessing stakeholder communication needs
  • Planning communications structure, content and timing
  • Managing requirements conflicts
Assembling a requirements package
  • Conducting formal requirements review
  • Presenting requirements for approval and sign-off
Requirements Analysis and Documentation
Deriving the real requirements
  • Establishing the business domain model
  • Performing gap analysis
  • Verifying requirements
  • Determining solution capabilities, assumptions and constraints
Applying the appropriate modeling techniques
  • Data and behavior models
  • Process and flow models
  • Usage models
Solution Assessment and Validation
Ensuring solutions meet stakeholder objectives
  • Proposing alternate solutions and technology options
  • Facilitating solution selection
Assisting with detailed design activities
  • Reviewing technical design deliverables
  • Ensuring usability is built into the solution
Supporting quality assurance activities
  • Creating training and user documentation
  • Developing conversion plans
  • Providing post-implementation support
Preparing for the Exam
Final review
  • Reviewing the exam procedures
  • Integrating additional study guides
Stepping through the application process
  • Meeting experience and education requirements
  • Writing key sections of the application

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$ 2,790 Standard Tuition
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$ 2,515 Alumni Gold Discount
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Preparing for the IIBA™ CBAP™ Certification Exam
Preparing for the IIBA™ CBAP™ Certification Exam
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