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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

Requirements Life Cycle Management

Requirements Life Cycle Management is the knowledge area that describes the tasks that a business analyst performs to manage and maintain requirements from initiation right through to final implementation.

During this chapter, we discuss the detail of the following BABOK® v3 guide tasks: Trace Requirements, Maintain Requirements, Prioritize Requirements Assess Requirements Changes, and Approve Requirements. We'll be bringing them to life with practical real-world scenarios and examples. By the end of this chapter, you will have learned about the tasks that are involved during the process of managing and maintaining requirements through the life cycle of an initiative. The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

  • Purpose and context of this knowledge area
  • Task: Trace Requirements
  • Task: Maintain Requirements
  • Task: Prioritize...