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Quick Tip for acing IIBA® exams:10 steps to apply for the CBAP® Exam

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Step 1: Read the CBAP® Handbook. You want to understand the qualification for sitting for the certification. This handbook provides a thorough explanation on the experiences needed to qualify, the educational requirements... etc

Step 2: Begin documenting your work experience. This is the most challenging task as it requires that you look back 10 years and recall information about each of the projects you've worked on. You will need to remember the project name, description, hours worked on each projects, hours spend on business analysis tasks on each projects... etc

 

Step 3: Align the tasks you've performed in your previous experience with the tasks defined in the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK®). A great technique for doing so is to first (1) understand the deliverables produced in each task and (2) matching them against those you've produced. This will allow you to determine if your past experience is inline with what the BABOK® defines as business analysis experience. (find out more in our CBAP® Application Workshops & Guide Book - Coming Soon)

Step 4: Determine the total number of hours you've worked on each project. This is the number of hourse that you spent working on all project activities regardless of whether they were business analysis tasks or not.

Step 5: Determine the total number of hours you've performed business analysis work on that project. In order to be eligible to sit for the CBAP®, you will need a total of 7500 hours of business analysis experience. Meaning in any given project, if you've worked 1000 hours total, and only 25% of this time was allocated to business analysis activities, then you can only use 250 hours to apply toward your eligibility.

Step 6: Determine eligibility: total hours. Sum up all the hours from each projects to determine if your past experience provides you with the 7500 hours needed to qualify for the CBAP®.

Step 7: Develop a mechanism for allocating the percentage of total number of hours worked on a project to the specific business analysis tasks. The business analysis tasks you want to allocate time to are those that align with the BABOK®.

Step 8: Determine eligibility: hours spent on each Knowledge Area. Another qualifying factor to sit for the CBAP® is the number of hours spend on knowledge areas. IIBA® requires that you have experience in 4 out of the 6 knowledge area and that you spend at least 900 hours performing the tasks of those knowledge areas.

Step 9: Input this information into your online application form

Step 10: Submit your application. Wait about three weeks to receive a response on whether you have been approved or not.

Linda Erzah

Linda is a mentor and a consultant.

She currently holds the position of principal as well as instructor at BAMentor, LLC.

Her passion for business analyst combined with her love to see other professionals succeed has inspired her to create BAMentor.


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  • Comment Link Elizabeth Bakhtiyari Tuesday, 14 February 2012 18:45 posted by Elizabeth Bakhtiyari

    Hi Linda,
    HELP!!
    Ok I passed the BA Mentor Exam Prep course...have my Certificate -- Yeah!!
    (soooo much work!)
    I'm applying online (IIBA) to write the CBAP exam and I neeeed your help!
    I have been fulltime Business Systems Analyst since January 2005... Logged 11,461 hours (I factored in vacations, stat holidays and sick time)...The online CBAP application is frieking me out with the part about checking off the various boxes... I did sooo much over the last 8 years. So I'm checking off boxes and I don't want to be docked for stuff I did (maybe project management work)... ANY WAY TO KNOW WHICH OF THE BOXES ARE NOT BA KNOWLEDGE AREAS? Good grief it looks like it's going to take ANOTHER whack of time to apply!! - Pleeeze help! or give me resources that can help me with this part of the application process.

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