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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

Task: Assess Risks

The third task described as part of the strategy analysis knowledge area is to assess risks that exist in the context of moving into the future state or once the organization is in the future state.

As a business analyst, this is an important task to incorporate into your work because the business analyst is in a unique position to understand the business needs in detail as well as to have a broad understanding of the solution aspects being considered. This enables the business analyst to identify and assess risks during the course of an initiative. In this section, we will learn about the key elements to consider when assessing potential risks. We will address the key aspects of making suitable recommendations to stakeholders in terms of the best course of action once risks have been assessed for an initiative.

Let's start by understanding the purpose...