Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) - Explained
What is a Certified Business Analysis Professional?
Written by J. Mance Gordon
Updated at April 21st, 2024
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What is a Certified Business Analysis Professional?
This is a professional certification and registered trademark from International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) that is granted to persons who have gained extensive business analysis experience. The practitioners in this field must sit for a situational analysis case-study exam based on the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK). Practitioners are awarded the designation CBAP upon passing the exam.
How to Become a Certified Business Analysis Professional?
The recipients of CBAP are recognized for the investment they have made in their business analysis careers and include professions such as; business analysis, system analysis, requirement analysis, process improvement and consulting.
A BA needs to be knowledgeable in the six knowledge areas of A Guide to the BABOK for one to earn the CBAP designation. The criteria that applicants have to meet include minimum of 3750 hours of BA work experience aligned with BABOK Guide in the last seven years, 900 hours in two of the six knowledge areas, 21 hours of Professional Development in the past four years, high school education or equivalent and two references from a career manager, client or CBAK recipient then lastly is the signed Code of Conduct.
Exam prerequisites
The following are some of the pre-conditions that applicants must meet before sitting for an exam; must possess at least five years experience working in a business analyst capacity with 7,500 provable hours recorded against individual projects and specific BA tasks, spanning at least four of the six BABOK knowledge areas, must have earned at least thirty-five hours of professional development in the last four years and lastly the requirement of two reference letters from career managers or clients.
Recertification
This is a requirement needed for every three years by providing evidence of sufficient ongoing professional development and business journal authorship. It is obligatory for the recipients who attain the CBAP designation to abide by the associated Code of Ethics.