Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®)

Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®)

Acquire knowledge in BA planning and creation of business solutions as you prepare for the CBAP(r) certification exam. The Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) is a professional certification for individuals with extensive business analysis (BA) experience. CBAP recipients are considered to be the leading, senior members of the BA community. This certification can help you advance your career, increase your earnings, and secure a new role.

Prerequisites

CBAP® Eligibility* 
To earn the CBAP® designation, candidates must:
– Complete a minimum of 7,500 hours of Business Analysis Work experience in the last 10 years
– Within this experience, a minimum of 900 hours completed in 4 of the 6 BABOK® Guide Knowledge Areas, for a total of at least 3,600 of the required 7,500 total
– Complete a minimum of 35 hours of Professional development in the last 4 years
– Provide two references
– Agree to Code of Conduct
– Agree to Terms and Conditions

Package Includes

– Access to the e-learning modules for 12 months

Course outline

1. Introduction to Business Analysis
Business analysts are at the heart of successful organizational change. They use a structured set of practices to understand business needs, recommend value-driven solutions, and facilitate effective decision-making. In this course, explore the foundational concepts of business analysis, including its purpose, core activities, and application across different business contexts. Learn about the diverse roles business analysts play, the benefits they bring to project management and operational efficiency, and the key perspectives from which analysis can be approached, such as Agile, business intelligence, IT, business architecture, and process management. This course lays the groundwork for deeper exploration into the knowledge areas and core concepts defined by global standards like the BABOK® Guide and the Business Analysis Standard.
2. BA Planning and Monitoring
Business analysis initiatives require careful planning and continuous monitoring to ensure alignment with stakeholder needs and organizational goals. Effective planning helps define the right approach, set clear expectations, and establish processes for collaboration, governance, and performance measurement. In this course, learn how to plan and monitor business analysis work by exploring the key tasks in the Planning and Monitoring knowledge area. Discover how to select an appropriate approach based on the nature and context of the change, identify and engage stakeholders, establish governance protocols, and manage business analysis information. Finally, gain insights into measuring performance and identifying improvements to enhance the effectiveness and value of business analysis activities, governance, and performance measurement.
3. BA Elicitation and Collaboration
Successful business analysis depends on the ability to elicit meaningful information and collaborate effectively with stakeholders. Business analysts must guide conversations, facilitate mutual understanding, and ensure that requirements are accurately captured, communicated, and acted upon. In this course, learn how to plan and conduct elicitation activities, confirm and communicate the results, and manage stakeholder collaboration. Explore a range of elicitation methods – from interviews and workshops to experiments and observation – and discover how to tailor techniques to meet the needs of diverse stakeholders. You’ll also examine the importance of maintaining strong relationships and ensuring stakeholder engagement to support effective analysis and change.
4. Requirements and Designs Life Cycle Management
Requirements and designs evolve throughout the life of a project, and managing them effectively is critical to delivering successful outcomes. Business analysts must ensure that all changes are assessed, all requirements are properly traced and maintained, and stakeholder consensus is obtained at every step. In this course, explore the tasks involved in managing the life cycle of requirements and designs, from tracing and maintaining information to prioritizing, assessing changes, and gaining approvals. Learn how to apply formal and informal assessment techniques, manage traceability across different requirement types, and ensure stakeholder alignment through effective collaboration and communication. This course equips you with the tools to ensure that evolving requirements remain aligned with business goals.
5. BA Strategy Analysis
Strategic analysis is a cornerstone of business analysis work, providing the insight needed to define future goals and determine how to achieve them. Business analysts use this knowledge area to evaluate the current state, define a desired future state, assess risks, and develop effective change strategies. In this course, learn how to conduct strategy analysis by identifying business needs, evaluating capabilities and constraints, and defining achievable outcomes. Discover how to assess enterprise readiness, develop transition strategies, and evaluate potential value to determine whether proposed solutions are viable. This course emphasizes critical thinking, collaboration with stakeholders, and balancing benefits, risks, and organizational context to deliver value-driven strategies.
6. Requirements Analysis and Design Definition (RADD)
Turning business needs into actionable solutions requires a rigorous approach to specifying, analyzing, and validating requirements. Business analysts must ensure that requirements and designs are clear, aligned with business goals, and of sufficient quality to guide successful implementation. In this course, examine the first three tasks in the Requirements Analysis and Design Definition (RADD) knowledge area. Learn how to specify and model requirements using diagrams and matrices, verify their quality against established standards, and validate that they support business objectives and deliver stakeholder value. This course emphasizes collaborative analysis, structured modeling, and practical techniques for ensuring requirements are both usable and valuable.
7. Requirements Architecture and Design Options
In the final stages of Requirements Analysis and Design Definition, business analysts develop a requirements architecture, define design options, and evaluate intended value to recommend the most appropriate solution. These tasks bring clarity, structure, and strategic alignment to the solution development process. In this course, learn how to create a cohesive requirements architecture that connects models, ensures completeness, and supports stakeholder communication. Explore how to define and evaluate design options based on validated requirements and improvement opportunities. Finally, discover how to assess the potential value of each option to recommend the solution that best meets business needs and maximizes stakeholder value.
8. BA Solution Evaluation
Once a solution is implemented, it must be evaluated to ensure it delivers the expected value and meets business goals. Business analysts play a key role in identifying performance issues, assessing limitations, and recommending actions to enhance the solution’s effectiveness. In this course, learn how to evaluate solution performance using qualitative and quantitative measures, analyze data trends, and identify root causes of performance gaps. Explore how to assess both solution and enterprise limitations that may impact value delivery. Finally, discover how to recommend actions –including potential changes or even solution retirement – to optimize performance and achieve strategic objectives.
9. BA Analytical Techniques
Business analysts rely on a wide array of analytical techniques to uncover insights, evaluate data, define solutions, and support strategic decisions. Choosing the right technique ensures that analysis is thorough, data-driven, and aligned with business needs. In this course, explore essential analytical techniques used in business analysis, including benchmarking, document and process analysis, organizational and interface modeling, data flow diagrams, data mining, and prototyping. Learn how to apply risk and financial analysis, root cause analysis, SWOT, and decision modeling to address complex problems and guide well-informed recommendations. This course equips you with the tools to extract value from data and apply critical thinking throughout the analysis process.
10. BA Meetings and Collaborative Activities
Effective business analysis requires the right activities and tools to gather information, engage stakeholders, assess performance, and support sound decisions. From ideation to documentation, the business analyst selects tools that align with the nature of the work and the needs of the organization. In this course, learn how to apply a wide range of business analysis activities and tools, including brainstorming, mind mapping, interviews, workshops, surveys, estimation, prioritization, and reviews. Discover how to manage stakeholder collaboration, assess vendors, maintain backlogs, and use models such as the business model canvas and balanced scorecard. This course provides practical guidance to support each stage of the analysis process with the right tools for the task.
11. BA Documentation and Criteria
Documentation is a vital part of business analysis, helping to ensure clarity, consistency, and alignment among stakeholders. From business rules to user stories, effective documentation enables better communication, solution evaluation, and traceability. In this course, explore a wide variety of documentation techniques and criteria used in business analysis. Learn how to develop glossaries and data dictionaries, model concepts, write business cases, and capture rules that guide decisions and behavior. Discover how to document and evaluate requirements through use cases, user stories, and acceptance criteria, and explore how to analyze nonfunctional requirements. This course provides the foundation for creating business analysis documentation that is structured, usable, and impactful.
12. Business Analyst Underlying Competencies
Beyond tools and techniques, business analysts must rely on a strong set of personal skills to be effective in their work. These underlying competencies enable analysts to think critically, collaborate with stakeholders, and communicate clearly across diverse audiences. In this course, explore the personal skills essential to successful business analysis, including analytical thinking, systems and conceptual thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making. Learn how to strengthen interpersonal skills such as teamwork, facilitation, teaching, leadership, negotiation, and conflict resolution. The course also highlights communication competencies – verbal, nonverbal, written, and active listening – that help analysts build trust and foster understanding in all professional interactions.
13. BA Personal and Professional Effectiveness
Professional effectiveness is a hallmark of successful business analysts. Beyond analytical and communication skills, analysts must demonstrate ethical behavior, accountability, adaptability, and a strong command of business knowledge and tools to support their organizations effectively. In this course, explore the professional competencies that underpin effective business analysis. Learn how to apply ethical decision-making, build trust, manage time, adapt to change, and stay organized under pressure. Discover how business acumen, industry knowledge, and familiarity with methodologies, solutions, and tools enhance your value as a business analyst. You’ll also examine how technology supports collaboration, communication, and delivery of high-quality business analysis outcomes.

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U dient zelf het examen aan te vragen via de website van International Institute of Business Analysis.

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E-Learning

Duur training

11+ uur

Taal

Engels

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