The International Institute of Business Analysis has developed two certifications to provide recognition to the work business analysts do: The Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP®) for senior business analysts and the Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA®) for mid-level business analysts. The IIBA® states the following:

Whether you are self-studying or taking a course, most CBAP® recipients have found that to successfully pass IIBA® certification, you should take the following steps

1. Study the BABOK®
2. Make a connection between the BABOK® and your experience
3. Assess your understanding
4. Assess your eligibility as an applicant (see the table below outlining the 3 main areas that make you eligible)

BA Times has partnered with The BAMentor to offer instructor led or self paced courses to help you in your journey to complete your CBAP. Please see Course Description and Schedule for more details!

Earning an IIBA® professional certification offers many benefits to both the individual and the organization employing or engaging them.

Benefits to the individual may include:

• Competence in the principles and practices of business analysis.
• Participation in a recognized professional group.
• Recognition of professional competence by professional peers and management.
• Advanced career potential due to recognition as a professional business analysis practitioner.
• Personal satisfaction of accomplishing a milestone in their BA careers.
• Certification can improve overall performance, remove uncertainty and widen market opportunities.
• The process of achieving and maintaining certification helps ensure you are continually improving and refining your activities.
• Potentially higher income for being formally recognized as an experienced BA professional. For more details, view this recent salary survey.
• Recognizes individuals who have invested in their BA careers and encourages them to keep doing so.

Benefits to the organization may include:

• Provides professional development, advancement and recognition opportunities for staff.
• Demonstrates to customers, competitors, suppliers, staff and investors that you use industry-standard business analysis practices.
• Demonstrates to your stakeholders that your business is run effectively.
• The regular assessment process will improve staff responsibility, commitment and motivation.
• Establishment and implementation of business analysis practices as outlined in the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®) Guide by individuals recognized as being knowledgeable and skilled.
• More reliable, higher quality results produced with increased efficiency and consistency by BA professionals who use industry standard BA techniques.
• Identification of professional business analysts to clients and business partners.
• Demonstrated commitment to the field of business analysis, increasingly recognized as a vital component of any successful project.

For additional information visit iiba.org

BA Times has partnered with The BAMentor to offer instructor led and self-paced exam prep courses.
To view their schedule and rates please click on the CBAP Schedule.

What's included with the Online Training Courses?

The Instructor led course:

• 24 PD Hours (or CDUs) towards IIBA certification (or re-certification).
• Instructor-led live webinar sessions.
• Live Chat, Q & A and short Quizzes during webinar sessions.
• Access to recorded Webinar Sessions for playback.
• Access to Podcasts (downloadable to your M4V or MP4 players).
• Q & A Discussion forums within e-learning portal.
• Quizzes and Exam Simulations drawn from 1000+ questions with automated grading and feedback.
• Access to 1000+ Question bank for 30 days after end of 6 week course.
• Study aids I: E-flash cards, Interactive Mind Map and BA memorization worksheet.
• Study aids II: Other worksheets, cheatsheets & Maps.
• Consultation for CBAP® Application (Application workshop).
• Business Analysis Skills Assessment.
• Instructor involvement via email and phone.

The Self-paced course:

• 21 PD Hours (or CDUs) towards IIBA certification (or re-certification).
• Access to Podcasts (downloadable to your M4V or MP4 players).
• Quizzes and Exam Simulations drawn from 1000+ questions with automated grading and feedback.
• Access to 1000+ Question bank during 3 month course duration
• Study aids I: E-flash cards, Interactive Mind Map and BA memorization worksheet.
• Study aids II: Other worksheets, cheatsheets & Maps.
• External resources to subject matter area.

Exam Simulation

Description
Our exam simulation will provide you with questions that assess your knowledge and understanding of the entire BABOK®. You will get realistic questions and scenarios based on the BABOK 2.0 as well as other outside resources. In assessing you, our goal is to ensure that your knowledge and understanding aligns with the BABOK® in order for you to ace the IIBA exams.

Key Features

• 1000+ questions in our question bank
• Realistic exam questions
• Unlimited attempts
• Deep dive into the knowledge area
• Timed exam simulation
• Review of past attempts
• Display of correct and incorrect answers
• Feedback with reference to the BABOK® or other resources

 2011 CBAP Schedule

CBAP Exam Simulations
Our question bank containing 1000+ CBAP Exam Prep questions are based on the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®) v2.0.

The Exam Simulations comprise of short assessments that focuses on each knowledge area and an overall final exam that contains 150 from our 1000+ question bank. You have unlimited attempts to each of the short assessments as well as the final exam. Select Access Level to see details and Purchase.

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