Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP v2) - Online Course

Prepare for your Certified Business Analysis Professional™ certification and learn everything you need to pass the exam on your first try! This study guide series is based on the BABOK® Guide v2.0, and topics include requirement planning, management, elicitation and analysis, solution assessment and validation, and underlying fundamentals. Practice exams are part of the series, containing questions using the same format as the exam and including in-depth instructional feedback.

This series is for anyone who is preparing for the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP v2) exam. This online course contains 7 lessons and 5 practice exams and should take approximately 28 hours to complete.

Lesson 1: Requirements Planning and Management (3.0) hours

Requirements Planning and Management teaches you how to determine a business analysis approach, identify the project stakeholders, manage risks within the requirements, plan the requirements elicitation activities, manage the requirements scope, and manage changes to the requirements. This course provides an introduction to requirements planning and determining who will complete the business analysis activities. Topics include Determining the Business Analysis Approach, Performing Stakeholder Analysis, Create a Requirements Communication Plan, Defining the Requirements Risk Management, Choosing the Business Analysis Activities, Estimate Requirements Activities, and Communicating Requirements Activities Performance.

Lesson 2: Requirements Elicitation (2.0) hours

Requirements Elicitation teaches you how to elicit requirements from stakeholders, lead focus groups, interview stakeholders, facilitate a requirements workshop, analyze business documentation, and create a project prototype solution. This course provides several approaches to requirements elicitation, and the business analyst must recognize which technique is most appropriate for different scenarios. Eliciting requirements is a crucial and key assignment for business analysts. What the business analyst discovers will serve as the foundation for project requirements, customer satisfaction, and the effectiveness of the project deliverables. Topics include Eliciting Stakeholder Requirements, Exploring Elicitation Techniques, and Using Static Requirements Gathering.

Lesson 3: Requirements Communication (3.0) hours

Requirements Communication teaches you how to manage the scope of project requirements, manage requirement conflicts, create a requirements package, present requirements information, and obtain stakeholder sign-off. This course explains how a business analyst manages the communications process when formulating, evaluating, and obtaining sign-off for project requirements. Topics include Managing the Scope of Project Requirements, Managing Conflicting Requirements, Determining the Requirements Format, Creating a Requirements Package, Conducting a Requirements Presentation, Hosting a Formal Requirements Review, and Obtaining the Requirements Sign-Off.

Lesson 4: Enterprise Analysis (3.0) hours

Enterprise Analysis teaches you how to examine the duties of a business analyst, conduct feasibility studies, prepare the business case, conduct risk assessments, prepare a decision package, and select and prioritize projects. This course discusses the activities and processes in the Enterprise Analysis knowledge area of the CBAP examination. Business analysts work with executives, functional managers, project managers, and both internal and external clients to determine the optimum investments for new projects and opportunities. The goal of Enterprise Analysis is to capture the current state of an organization and then to frame the desired future state of an organization. Topics include Defining the Enterprise Business Analyst Role, Creating and Maintaining the Business Architecture, Determining Capability Gaps, Determining the Solution Scope, and Creating the Business Case.

Lesson 5: Requirements Analysis and Documentation (3.0) hours

Requirements Analysis and Documentation teaches you how to create the requirements documentation, structure the requirements packages, create a business domain model, analyze functional requirements documentation, determine the project assumptions and constraints, validate and verify the project requirements, and create data and behavior models. This course covers the importance of completeness and accuracy in documenting project requirements. Topics include Prioritize Requirements, Organize Project Requirements, Structure Requirements Packages, Analyze Solution Requirements, Analyze the Solution Quality, Identify Constraints and Assumptions, Determine the Requirements and Attributes, and Verify Project Requirements.

Lesson 6: Solution Assessment and Validation (2.0) hours

Solution Assessment and Validation teaches you how to assess a proposed project solution, evaluate technology options, ensure that the solution is viable, support the quality assurance process, communicate how the solution will affect stakeholders, and complete a post-implementation review and assessment. This course describes the final stages in the business analysis process, including how to assess and validate the project solution. Topics include Assessing the Proposed Solution, Allocating the Solution Requirements, and Finalizing the Solution and Implementation.

Lesson 7: Underlying Fundamentals (2.0) hours

Underlying Fundamentals teaches you how to describe the building blocks of business analysis, explore business and IT domains, apply management skills, host effective meetings and presentations, and describe the fundamentals of leadership. This course provides information on the fundamental skills needed to perform the job of a business analyst. This course also discusses how to apply practical skill areas to the field of business analysis. Topics include Applying Fundamental Business Analysis Skills, Defining Your Business Knowledge, Working as a Business Analyst, and Serving as a Leader.

5 Practice Exams

This course presents questions that will help you prepare for the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP v2) exam.