Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA) Boot Camp

Course details

The course provides targeted exam preparation support for IIBA  Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA ) candidates, including a content review of the Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK ) and an exam preparation tutorial. You will be given a Study Guide that you can reuse to assess your knowledge gaps as part of your Personal Action Plan. Your score on this for each Knowledge Area can be compared to your results on the quiz at the end of each course module (also structured by BABOK  Knowledge Area). The course materials include a copy of the Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK ).

Who is the Course for?

Individuals who are planning to sit for the Certification of Competency in Business Analysis (CCBA  ) exam sponsored by the IIBA .

Course Overview:

Foundation Concepts for IIBA  CCBA  Prep

• IIBA  - the organization
• Business Analysis - the profession
• IIBA 's BABOK - the standard
• IIBA 's CCBA  Exam - the challenge

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

• Overview
• Approach activities
• Analysis activities
• Communication activities
• Process activities
• Performance activities
• Module completion quiz

Elicitation

• Overview
• Process
• Activities
• Results
• What would you do - a game of discovery
• Module completion quiz

Requirements Management and Communication

• Overview
• Requirements management
• Requirements communication
• Play the response game
• Module completion quiz

Enterprise Analysis

• Overview
• Defining the business needs
• Possible solutions
• The business case
• Module completion quiz
• Requirements Analysis
• Overview
• Prioritize requirements
• Organize requirements
• Specify and model requirements
• Validate and verify requirements
• A picture is worth a 1000 words
• Module completion quiz

Solution Assessment and Validation

• Overview
• Proposed solution
• Allocation requirements
• Getting ready
• The beginning or the end?
• Module completion quiz

Exam Application/Preparation Process Tutorial

• Applying for the exam
• Studying for the exam
• Sitting for the exam
• Reviewing your knowledge gap
• Using the IIBA  BA Self-Assessment to develop BA competency awareness
• Practice for the exam
• Study guide - a reusable learning aid

 Eligibility:

Candidates for the IIBA 's CCBA  must have at least 3,750 hours of business analysis work experience in the last seven years engaged in tasks specifically related to the Knowledge Areas as defined within the BABOK Guide. They must have 900 hours of business analysis work experience in tasks specifically related to at least two of the six BABOK  Guide Knowledge Areas or 500 hours in at least four Knowledge Areas. In addition, they must have at least a high school diploma or the global equivalent; 21 hours of professional development over the last four years; and two references from a career manager, client or CBAP .