▶Book Description
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) is a certification from the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®) for professionals with extensive experience in business analysis. The CCBA® and CBAP® validates your proficiency in various aspects of business analysis and your ability to tackle challenging projects, work effectively with stakeholders, and identify and deliver business value.
You’ll start by learning about the benefits of CCBA® and CBAP® certifications for your career progression before focussing on the six core knowledge areas explained thoroughly in each chapter. These include topics such as business analysis planning and monitoring, elicitation and collaboration, requirements life cycle management, strategy analysis, requirements analysis, and design definition as well as solution evaluation. The book includes the essential underlying competencies and techniques to ensure a complete understanding of the BABOK® v3 guide content. Each chapter delves into the essential concepts and business analysis task considerations utilizing practical examples. Finally, you’ll assess your knowledge through mock exam questions based on real-world case studies.
By the end of this book, you’ll have gained the business analysis skills needed to prepare for the certification exams and to advance in your career.
▶What You Will Learn
- Assess the IIBA® requirements for applying for the CCBA® and CBAP® exams
- Navigate through the sections of the BABOK® v3 Guide
- Understand business analysis concepts, practices and analysis techniques
- Be able to relate concepts, tasks, and techniques to real-world practical situations
- Understand the application of 50 practical techniques concerning the BABOK® v3 Guide knowledge area tasks
- Identify the challenges that could hinder a business analyst from delivering value and effective business solutions
▶Key Features
- Gain expert guidance from Esta Lessing, a CBAP® trainer with over 18 years of business analysis experience
- Understand BABOK® knowledge areas and tasks through examples and real-world scenarios
- Learn business analyst skills such as stakeholder engagement, strategy analysis, and requirement elicitation
▶Who This Book Is For
This book is for business analysts, business consultants, trainers, project managers, and business professionals who are interested in preparing for the IIBA CBAP or CCBA exams. The book assumes business analysis experience.
▶What this book covers
- Chapter 1, Planning for Success, is where I will be sharing what I have learned are important steps to ensure that you give yourself the best chances of exam success.
- Chapter 2, Exam Application Requirements, outlines the IIBA® exam application requirements that you need to meet before you can sit the exam. It also includes some tips about the application process.
- Chapter 3, Study Tools, discusses the BABOK® v3 Guide structure and how you navigate and make sense of this guide both during your exam preparation activities and in your everyday practical work life.
- Chapter 4, What to Expect From the Exam, describes the IIBA® exam blueprints as well as shedding some light on what types of exam questions you can expect to encounter when you take the CCBA® or CBAP® exams.
- Chapter 5, Business Analysis Foundation Concepts, starts with the study material by outlining the foundational concepts that you should understand before attempting the rest of the knowledge area concepts.
- Chapter 6, Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring, is where I discuss the Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring knowledge area in terms of its purpose, intent, and tasks, by describing elements to consider using straightforward language and practical examples. This chapter finishes with a real-world case study-based knowledge quiz.
- Chapter 7, Elicitation and Collaboration, is where I discuss the Elicitation and Collaboration knowledge area in terms of its purpose, intent, and tasks, by describing elements to consider using straightforward language and practical examples. This chapter finishes with a real-world case study-based knowledge quiz.
- Chapter 8, Requirements Life Cycle Management, is where I discuss the Requirements Life Cycle Management knowledge area in terms of its purpose, intent, and tasks, by describing elements to consider using straightforward language and practical examples. This chapter finishes with a real-world case study-based knowledge quiz.
- Chapter 9, Strategy Analysis, is where I discuss the Strategy Analysis knowledge area in terms of its purpose, intent, and tasks, by describing elements to consider using straightforward language and practical examples. This chapter finishes with a real-world case study-based knowledge quiz.
- Chapter 10, Requirements Analysis and Design Definition, is where I discuss the Requirements Analysis and Design Definition knowledge area in terms of its purpose, intent, and tasks, by describing elements to consider using straightforward language and practical examples. This chapter finishes with a real-world case study-based knowledge quiz.
- Chapter 11, Solution Evaluation, is where I discuss the Solution Evaluation knowledge area in terms of its purpose, intent, and tasks, by describing elements to consider using straightforward language and practical examples. This chapter finishes with a real-world case study-based knowledge quiz.
- Chapter 12, Underlying Competencies, is where I discuss the core competencies that every business analyst should develop throughout their career, as outlined in the BABOK® v3 Guide, using practical examples. This chapter finishes with a knowledge quiz.
- Chapter 13, Techniques (Part 1), covers each of the BABOK® v3 Guide techniques by summarizing their purpose and key considerations. It then also describes each technique in terms of the knowledge area tasks it applies to in order to bring it into the different contexts it is used in.
- Chapter 14, Techniques (Part 2), covers each of the BABOK® v3 Guide techniques by summarizing their purpose and key considerations. It then also describes each technique in terms of the knowledge area tasks it applies to in order to bring it into the different contexts it is used in.
- Chapter 15, Mock Exam Questions: Case Studies, includes exam-style questions based on a series of four different real-world case studies. It aims to test your knowledge and ability to consider scenarios as part of your reasoning.
- Chapter 16, Mock Exam Questions: Theory, includes exam-style questions based on the theoretical content you have covered during the study guide chapters and the context of the BABOK® v3 Guide.
- Chapter 17, Your Future with a Success Mindset, takes you into the future, when you have already achieved your CCBA® or CBAP® designation, and provides you with advice on progressing your career as a result of your recent achievement.
