The Certified Business Analysis Professional™

(CBAP™)

Overview
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International Institute of Business Analysis

The world's leading association for

Vision Business Analysis professionals

Develop and maintain standards for the

Mission practice of business analysis and for the
certification of its practitioners

The IIBATM is an international not-for-profit professional

association for business analysis professionals.

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IIBA™ Goals
 Create and develop
awareness and recognition of
the value and contribution of
the role of the Business
Analysis Professional
 Define and maintain the
Business Analysis Body of
Knowledge®
 Publicly recognize qualified
practitioners through an
internationally acknowledged
certification program
 Provide a forum for knowledge
sharing

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Business Analysis Body of Knowledge®

The set of tasks, knowledge, & techniques Six Knowledge Areas

required to identify business needs &
• Enterprise Analysis
determine solutions to business problems.
Solutions often include a systems • Requirements Planning &
development component, but may also Management
consist of process improvement or • Requirements Elicitation
organizational change. • Requirements Analysis
Underlying Fundamentals • Requirements
• Communications Communication
• Leadership • Solution Assessment &
• Problem Solving Validation
• Business Knowledge
• IT Knowledge

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Business Analysis Body of Knowledge®

Knowledge Areas
Requirements Planning & Management
Enterprise
Solution
Analysis Requirements Requirements Requirements
Assessment
Elicitation Analysis Communication
& Validation
Fundamentals

 Identifies currently accepted practices

 It is NOT a
 Recognizes business analysis is more than methodology nor does
software requirements it prescribe or favor a
 Defined and enhanced by the professionals methodology
who apply it  It is NOT a “how to”
business analysis
 Aligned with generally accepted standards
instruction manual

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Version 2.0 brings the BABOK® to completion

 Tasks and techniques consolidated

 All sections completed and reviewed by practitioners
 Received feedback from experts to help set direction
 Clarify the relationship with project management
 Discussion of different lifecycles (agile, iterative, waterfall)
and disciplines (process management)
 Extensive glossary added
 Integration of tasks and technique
 Release expected for Q3 2008

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The Business Analysis Professional

 A business analyst works as a liaison

among stakeholders in order to elicit,
analyze, communicate and validate
requirements for changes to business
processes, policies and information
systems. The business analyst
understands business problems and
opportunities in the context of the
requirements and recommends solutions
that enable the organization to achieve
its goals.

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The Need for the CBAP™ designation

 While many professions had professional

designations, Business Analysts did not
 Many education providers offer “certificate”
programs to their students, but these are not
professional “certifications”
 IIBA decided that Business Analysis
Professionals needed a certification program to
ensure their skills would be recognized, valued,
and understood

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The CBAPTM Certification

 Qualified practitioners will receive the designation -

Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP™)
 This certification is designed for individuals with an
advanced level of knowledge and experience
 The IIBATM will consider offering additional certification
programs in the future
 For business analysts with less experience
 For students with education but limited professional
experience
Education Provider specific certificates are not recognized as a
substitute to the CBAP™

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 Benefits to the Individual of Certification
 Demonstrated knowledge of the skills necessary to be an
effective Business Analyst

 A proven level of competence in the principles and practices

of business analysis

 Participation in a recognized professional group

 Recognition of professional competence by peers and

management

 Advanced career potential due to recognition as a

professional Business Analysis practitioner

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 Benefits to the Organization of Certification
 Establishment and implementation of Business Analysis best
practices as outlined in the BABOK, by individuals
acknowledged as knowledgeable and skilled
 More reliable, higher quality results produced with increased
efficiency and consistency
 Identification of professional Business Analysts to clients and
business partners
 Professional development and recognition for experienced
Business Analysts
 Demonstrated commitment to the field of Business Analysis,
increasingly recognized as a vital component of any successful
project

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CBAP™ Certification Requirements

 Five years (7,500 hours) of business analysis

work in the last 10 years experience
 Demonstrated experience and knowledge in
4 out of 6 BABOK™ Knowledge Areas
 21 hours of BA professional development in
the last 4 years
 Minimum high school diploma or equivalent
 Two professional references
 Signed Code of Conduct

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Work Experience

 Acceptable activities include:

 Hands-on business analysis activities (as per BABOK™)
 Coaching or mentoring of business analysts with respect
to business analysis activities
 Development of business analysis methodology and/or
best practices
 Development of business analysis training

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Work Experience

 Activities that will not apply include:

 Supervisory management of business analysis
activities (e.g. resource management, status reporting,
performance management)
 Teaching business analysis training courses
 Selling requirements tools/software
 Project management
 Testing
 Programming

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Professional Development

 Must be personal professional development, not time

developing others (e.g., taking a course qualifies,
teaching a course does not)
 For initial CBAP™ certification, development must be a
course or seminar
 Course content must be based on the BABOK™
Knowledge Areas or Underlying Fundamentals
 Testing courses, project management courses or
programming courses will not qualify

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References

 Must be provided by a:
 Career Manager
 Internal or external Client
 Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP™)

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Preparing for the exam
 Review the content of the IIBA
Business Analysis Body of
Knowledge™ version 1.6
 Identify your gaps in knowledge
or areas of weakness and then
reference publications listed in the
Business Analysis Body of
Knowledge™ version 1.6 for
those areas.

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 The Certification Process
 The candidate submits an application for certification. The
application must include:
 Application form and application fee
 References
 Code of Conduct form
 Examination fee (due at least 60 days prior to the exam date)
 IIBATM Certification Body reviews these materials to determine
if the candidate meets all CBAP™ requirements
 If approved, the candidate registers to take the exam
 The candidate takes the exam
 The candidate is notified by the IIBATM Certification Body of the
result

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Exam details

 Comprised of 150 multiple choice questions

 Each multiple choice question has 4 possible answers
 Exam duration is 3.5 hours
 Currently paper exams only in a proctored setting
 Computer-based testing in designated exam centres
will be available by July 2008
 Scoring may take 30 days
 Notifications will include information on performance
by Knowledge Area for any unsuccessful candidates

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Current CBAP Exam Blueprint

Knowledge Area Percent of Questions

Enterprise Analysis 22.0%

Requirements Planning and Management 22.7%

Requirement Elicitation 18.7%

Requirements Analysis and Documentation 20.7%

Requirements Communication 10.7%

Solution Assessment and Validation 5.2%

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Certification Fees
Initial fees
 $125 USD application fee that is non-refundable
 $325 USD exam fee for IIBA members
 $450 USD exam fee for non-members

Rewrite fees
 $250 USD for IIBA members
 $375 USD for non-members
 Candidate must wait 3 months before rewriting the exam

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Re-certification

 Re-certification will be required every 3 years

 Information about the re-certification program will be
available by April 2008
 CBAPs will require Continuing Development Units
(CDUs) to re-certify

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Re-certification CDU’s

 If you receive your CBAPTM prior to the re-certification

details being released, you should track all business
analysis activities:
 Activity description
 Number of hours
 Date of activity
 Course name & provider (if appropriate)
 Contact name to verify activity
 CDUs will be retroactive to date of certification

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Where to find more information

 Available on www.theiiba.org
 CBAP™ Handbook
 CBAP™ FAQs
 CBAP™ Application process and forms
 Business Analysis Body of Knowledge™
 Email: certification@theiiba.org

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 The End!

Questions?

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ISO 17024 Requirements

 Certification Body
 Fair and Equitable Policy and Procedures
 Defined Certification Policies and Procedures
 Clearly Defined Scope of Certification

 Organizational Structure
 Independent, Impartial and Ethical Certification Body
 Impartial and Inclusive
 Training Does Not Comprise Certification Process

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ISO 17024 Requirements - Continued
 Development and Maintenance
 Method and Mechanisms to Evaluate Competence
 Certification Scheme
 Evaluation Process
 Certification Examination Evaluation
 Recertification
 Defined Requirements
 How Requirements Relate to Identified Competence
 Surveillance
 Proactive Monitoring of Certificants

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