Business Analysis, CBAP® and CCBA® examination preparation course

This course will help students to learn business analysis processes, tasks and responsibilities according to the globally accepted practices.

• Business analysts
• Systems analysts
• Product owners
• Consultants

The course also helps people who work with and employ business analysts to understand the skills and knowledge they should expect from a skilled business analysis practitioner.

• Understand the business analysis responsibilities
• Plan business analysis work more precise
• Identify risks related to business analysis responsibilities
• Make business analysis work more manageable, transparent
• Become Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®), if experience requirements are met.
• Become Certification of Competency in Business Analysis™ (CCBA®), if experience requirements are met.

• Good English reading language skills
• High school education.
• Business Analysis experience (at least 2.5 years for CCBA® and at least 5 years for CBAP®).

BABOK® Guide and Course Student Guide

The price for exam of Certification of Competency in Business Analysis™ is included in course’s price.

Module 0: Course introduction:

Module 1: Business analysis introduction:

• What is business analysis?
• Who is a business analyst?
• International Institute of Business Analysis
• Business analysis key terms
• BABOK Guide v3

Module 2: Business analysis perspectives

Module 3: Strategy analysis

• Current state
• Future state
• Strategy analysis techniques
• Risk assessment
• Define change strategy
• Practical work “Strategy analysis for a given case”

Module 4: Business analysis planning and monitoring

• Business analysis approach
• Stakeholders
• Business analysis governance
• Information management
• Performance improvements
• Practical work “Plan business analysis for a given case”
• Practical work “Define measures of business analysis performance”

Module 5: Elicitation and collaboration

• Elicitation techniques
• Prepare for elicitation events
• Conduct elicitation events
• Confirm elicitation results
• Communicate business analysis information
• Manage stakeholder collaboration
• Practical work “Elicitation techniques”
• Practical work “Describe requirements for a given case”

Module 6: Requirements

• Requirements classification
• Requirements life cycle
• Requirements management in different methodologies
• Requirements management techniques

Module 7: Requirements analysis and design definition

• Requirements architecture
• Specify and model requirements
• Requirements modeling techniques
• Verify requirements
• Validate requirements
• Practical work “Requirements modeling techniques for a given case”
• Design options
• Potential value
• Recommended solution
• Practical work “Define design options for a given case”

Module 8: Requirements life cycle management

• Trace requirements
• Maintain requirements
• Prioritize requirements
• Assess requirements changes
• Approve requirements
• Practical work “Prioritize requirements for a given case”

Module 9: Solution evaluation

• Solution concept
• Solution performance measurement
• Performance measures
• Solution limitations
• Enterprise limitations
• Increase solution value
• Practical work “Define performance measures for a given case”

Module 10: Underlying competences

• Business Analysis Competency Model introduction
• Underlying competences

Module 11: Application process