10 Steps How To Apply For The CBAP Exam

(doylc.com) How To Apply For The CBAP Exam - The Certified Business Analysis Professional]® (CBAP®) certification is created and maintained by the International Institute of Business Analysis® (IIBA®). If you are interested in sitting for the CBAP® exam, the first challenge that you need to overcome is to submit the application.

Steps by Steps :

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.

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.

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.

4. Determine the total number of hours you worked on each project. This is the number of courses you spent handling all project activities, whether they were business analysis tasks or not.

5. Calculate the total number of hours you have devoted to business analysis on this project. To be approved for the CBAP, you need a total of 7500 hours of business analysis experience. This means that on a given project, if you worked a total of 1000 hours and only 25% of that time was spent on business analysis activities, you can only use 250 hours to apply for your eligibility.

6. Determine Eligibility: Total Hours. Summarize all hours from each project to determine if your past experience provides you with the 7500 hours you need to qualify for the CBAP®.

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

8. Determine eligibility: hours spent on each knowledge area. Another qualifying factor for taking the CBAP is the number of hours devoted to knowledge areas. IIBA requires that you have experience in 4 of the 6 knowledge areas and that you spend at least 900 hours completing the assignments of those knowledge areas.

9. Enter this information in your online application form.

10. Submit your application. Wait about three weeks to get a response as to whether you've been approved or not.