Business analysis is one of the most rewarding and diverse business-focussed careers, because not only can it be practiced within almost any industry but it focuses on finding opportunities to help every type of business grow and improve. Once you embark on a business analysis career, you are on a journey of continuous learning and problem-solving.
This book, CCBA® and CBAP® Certifications Study Guide, aims to take you on a practical journey through the BABOK® v3 Guide. The goal is to bring the concepts in the BABOK® v3 Guide into the real world with examples in order to assist you in preparing to take the IIBA® CCBA® and CBAP® exams. This guide includes some background of my personal career journey and how the CBAP® designation has supported my career. It discusses a few study approaches and includes some ideas that you could incorporate into your own study plans. This guide outlines the exam requirements as they are stipulated by the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®).
As you work through this study guide, you will be taken through all the knowledge areas, their tasks, and the elements to consider. Each of these chapters will include practical real-world examples to assist you in fully understanding the context, reasons, and practical application of the BABOK® v3 Guide's concepts. The book takes a unique perspective on the BABOK®v3 Guide's techniques chapter by describing each technique, summarizing its purpose, key elements, and the different business analysis task contexts it could be applied in. Each chapter ends with a knowledge quiz based on a real-world scenario as well as key concepts covered during the chapter. At the end of the journey through the BABOK® v3 Guide's knowledge area discussion chapters, I finish with additional mock exam-style questions that include theoretical and scenario-based questions to test your knowledge with. The last chapter in this book takes you into the future, to a time after you have achieved the CCBA® or CBAP® designation, and not only gives you advice on how to ensure that you maximize your confidence as a professional business analyst, but also outlines advice on how to make sure you also achieve a better position or salary outcome as a result of your achievement.
The Knowledge Area chapters (Chapters 5 -11) in this study guide contains content similar to the course BABOK® v3 Core Practitioner Course. However, we have included some different examples, element descriptions, and some different questions