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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

Understanding the process

So, we've been tap dancing with a few peripheral concepts that often sit under the hood of our entire psyche around money, but in this chapter, we will get down to the mechanics of what you should do, what you need to know and appreciate, and some ideas of how to approach your individual salary-increase conversations.

Before you ask for an increase

There are actually a lot of things that you should do before you ever raise the topic of a salary increase. Right at the start of this chapter, I said: "People get increases, not qualifications." This is very true and is the backbone principle of maximizing your value to the organization.

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