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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

Question types

You might be wondering what types of questions you can expect in the exam. Having been part of the exam IIBA® delineation committee and having been through the CBAP® exam itself, I can confidently say that the exam question types are varied throughout the exam. It tests your ability to recall specific facts, interpret facts, solve problems, recognize patterns, analyze material, and draw sensible conclusions. There are a number of questions expecting you to draw conclusions from specific case studies or scenarios.

The CCBA® exam will have slightly fewer question types expecting you to respond to case studies; however, these questions do exist in this exam, as well as in the CBAP®. These are often viewed as the harder questions that require you to apply your practical experience and knowledge in a cohesive manner.

This study guide includes mock...