Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) Certification

Since ‘Business Analysis’ is one of the most sought after profession in information technology field, it’s important to add a differentiating factor that makes you shine out from the rest of the crowd. Earning a professional certification in ‘Business Analysis’ is a step in right direction. IIBA® (International Institute of Business Analysis) provides CBAP® certification (Certified Business Analysis Professional), which is the most coveted business analysis certification currently recognized across the industry. We provide end-to-end support that includes application preparation, providing reference letters, QA review of the application, and finally boot camps that includes complete review of the BABOK® (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge), study material, practice tests, flash cards, quizzes and simulation-based tests.

• Thorough understanding of the IIBA’s Business Analysis Body Of Knowledge® (BABOK®) Guide 2.0.
• Inputs-Tasks-Outputs of each of the following knowledge areas:
  • Business analysis planning and monitoring
  • Elicitation
  • Requirements management and communication
  • Enterprise analysis
  • Requirements analysis
  • Solution assessment and validation
• Practical application of the elicitation techniques

• Module 1: Business Analysis Fundamentals

  • What is business analysis and BABOK®?
  • Business analyst roles and responsibilities
  • Key concepts from BABOK®
  • Requirements definition
  • Requirements pyramid
  • Overviewof each Knowledge areas and their relationship and dependencies
  • ITOs (Input-Techniques-Output)
  • Supporting ‘Bodies of Knowledge’ (SDLC, Business Process Management, Lean Six Sigma etc)

• Module 2: Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring

  • Understanding various tasks involved in planning & monitoring knowledge area
  • Detailed study of ‘Input-Techniques-Output’ for each of six tasks
  • Hands-on exercise on creating decision tree, business process models, creating RACI matrix, root cause analysis etc
  • Role of requirements attributes in requirements management
  • Developing ‘Requirements Management Plan’ using an industry standard template
  • Hands-on: Create and review artifacts from planning and monitoring activities
  • Practice quiz

• Module 3: Elicitation and Collaboration

  • Understanding various tasks involved in requirements elicitation knowledge area
  • Detailed study of ‘Input-Techniques-Output’ for each of four tasks
  • Detailed understanding of elicitation tools and techniques such as brainstorming, focus group, joint application development etc
  • Hands-on: Create and review artifacts (outputs from the tasks)
  • Practice quiz

• Module 4: Requirements Management & Communication

  • Understanding various tasks involved in requirements management & communication knowledge area
  • Detailed study of ‘Input-Techniques-Output’ for each of five tasks
  • Change management process (check-in, check-out process, role of business analyst in change control board etc)
  • Understanding ‘Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
  • Hands-on: Create requirements traceability matrix, mapping requirements attributes to requirements etc

• Module 5: Enterprise Analysis

  • Understanding various tasks involved in enterprise analysis knowledge area
  • Detailed study of ‘Input-Techniques-Output’ for each of five tasks
  • Understanding enterprise architecture vs business architecture (Zachman framework, TOGAF etc)
  • Conducting gap analysis
  • Financial analysis: net present value, pay-back period, discounted cash-flow, break-even analysis, internal rate of return etc
  • Hands on: Create a business case, vision statement, SWOT analysis etc

• Module 6: Requirements Analysis

  • Understanding various tasks involved in requirements analysis knowledge area
  • Detailed study of ‘Input-Techniques-Output’ for each of six tasks
  • Understanding business process modeling notations
  • Creating use cases, Unified Modeling Language (like use case diagram, activity diagram, sequence diagram etc), business rules etc

• Module 7: Solution Assessment & Validation

  • Understanding various tasks involved in solution assessment & validation knowledge area
  • Detailed study of ‘Input-Techniques-Output’ for each of six tasks
  • Requirements verification v/s validation process

• Module 8: Underlying Competencies

  • Project Management processes overview as per Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • Project Management knowledge areas overview as per Project Management Institute (PMI)
  • Cost estimation methods (Bottom-Up, rolling wave, three-point estimation etc)
  • Work breakdown structure (Functional Decomposition)
  • PERT-CPM overview
  • Organizational structure (functional, matrix etc)
  • Communication model
  • Motivational theories