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CCBA® and CBAP® Certifications Study Guide

By : Esta Lessing
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CCBA® and CBAP® Certifications Study Guide

By: Esta Lessing

Overview of this book

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.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Mock Exam Questions: Theory

Benefits of the CCBA® or CBAP® designations

A great way to get motivated to get started with your study plans for any exam is to focus on all the benefits you will receive once all the hard work is done. As a CCBA® or CBAP® aspirant, you will have some ideas of why you believe it is a good idea to achieve one of these designations. There will be a core reason or belief about what you think you will achieve by taking the time, putting in the effort, and sitting the exam. Right?

You may have seen others take the exams and achieve positive results, or perhaps you simply know that doing a professional certification in your chosen field of work—being business analysis, in this case—can only be of benefit to your career. There are certainly many good reasons for embarking on this journey, and the job market is certainly one of these reasons because...