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© International Institute of Business Analysis

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Helping Business Do Business Be.er

October 2012

By: Michael Gladstone, EVP

CerCficaCon Suzanne Bertschi,

CerCficaCon Product Manager

IIBA Certification Program


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Vision and Mission

Develop and maintain standards for the practice of business analysis and for the certification of its practitioners

Vision The world's leading association for

Business Analysis professionals

Mission


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Certification Team •  Michael Gladstone

–  Execu3ve Vice President, Cer3fica3on •  Suzanne Bertschi

–  Cer3fica3on Product Manager •  Gabe Deutschlander

–  Cer3fica3on Administrator

•  Cer3fica3on CommiBees –  Cer3fica3on Body –  Appeal CommiBee –  Role Delinea3on CommiBee

•  Item Wri3ng •  Cut Score Study


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What is ‘Professional CerCficaCon’? A designa3on earned by an individual iden3fying that they have demonstrated a standard level of skills, experience, and exper3se within their field. •  Earned from a professional society •  Granted based educa3on, experience, and knowledge, rather than solely by passing an exam

•  Developing, administering, and maintaining the cer3fica3on is done to interna3onal standards.

•  Many professional cer3fica3ons are used as "post-‐nominal leBers", meaning that they are included aNer one's name

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IIBA Career Roadmap

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Star3ng New/Novice •  Enroll in IIBA

Academic and ConCnuing EducaCon RecogniCon Programs

Advanced Beginner •  General understanding,

some on-‐the-‐job experience

•  Study BABOK® Guide, gain experience

•  Enroll in IIBA ConCnuing Ed RecogniCon Programs

Competent •  At least 2½ -‐3 years

prac3cal BA experience •  Apply for CCBA®

professional cer3fica3on

Proficient •  At least 5 years of

prac3cal BA experience

•  Apply for CBAP® professional cer3fica3on

Expert •  Extensive BA

knowledge and experience

•  Apply for CBAE™ cerCficaCon*

* To be developed


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CCBA & CBAP Recipients CCBA® •  The industry standard designa3on -‐ recognizes established BA prac33oners

CBAP® •  An elite designa3on -‐ recognizes the most experienced BA prac33oners

•  Full-‐%me BAs with at least 5 years of BA experience

•  Trainers, Managers, etc. with the req’d BA experience

•  Full-‐Time BAs with ~3 years BA experience

•  Hybrid BAs •  Seasoned professionals

with BA experience

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Global RepresentaCon •  Developed by business analysis prac33oners from around the world

•  Designed around global standards •  As of January 1, exams offered worldwide in 160 countries through Prometric

•  Cer3fica3on numbers as of September 30: – CBAP® -‐ 2291 recipients in 52 different countries

– CCBA® -‐ 196 recipients in 21 different countries

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Benefits of IIBA CerCficaCon For the Individual •  Recognizes individuals who have invested in their BA careers and encourages them to con3nue.

•  Provides individuals with personal sa3sfac3on of accomplishing a milestone in their BA careers.

•  Ensures BAs con3nually improve and refine their capabili3es.


Benefits of IIBA CerCficaCon For the Organiza3on •  Provides recogni3on and poten3al advancement opportuni3es for staff.

•  Demonstrates to customers, compe3tors, suppliers, staff and investors the use of industry-‐standard prac3ces.

•  Improves staff responsibility, commitment and mo3va3on.


CerCficaCon Process 1.  Candidate submits an online applica3on for

cer3fica3on. The online applica3on includes: •  Applica3on form and applica3on fee •  References •  Code of Conduct form

2.  Applica3on is reviewed in accordance with the IIBA Cer3fica3on Body guidelines to determine if the candidate meets all the requirements

3.  If approved, the candidate pays the examina3on fee and registers to take the exam

4.  Candidate takes the exam and is no3fied of the result


CCBA® DesignaCon Req’ts •  Minimum 3,750 hours of prac3cal BA work, aligned with the BABOK® Guide, in the last 7 years. –  These hours must include one of the following (the Knowledge Areas requirement) :

•  900 hours in at least 2 of the 6 BABOK® Guide Knowledge Areas •  500 hours in at least 4 of the 6 BABOK® Guide Knowledge Areas

•  Minimum 21 hours of Professional Development in the last 4 years

•  Minimum high school diploma or equivalent •  Two professional references •  Signed Code of Conduct •  Successful comple3on of the CCBA® Exam


CBAP® DesignaCon Req’ts •  Minimum 7,500 hours of prac3cal BA work, aligned with the BABOK® Guide, in the last 10 years. –  These hours must include 900 hours in at least 4 of the 6 BABOK® Guide Knowledge Areas (the Knowledge Areas requirement)

•  Minimum 21 hours of Professional Development in the last 4 years

•  Minimum high school diploma or equivalent •  Two professional references •  Signed Code of Conduct •  Successful comple3on of the CBAP® Exam


CCBA® & CBAP® Exams The CCBA and CBAP exams are different! •  CCBA: primarily recall ques3ons with some “applica3on” ques3ons

•  CBAP: much higher number of “applica3on” ques3ons •  Both exams: 150 mul3ple-‐choice ques3ons, 3½ hours Prepara3on materials found at www.IIBA.org: •  CCBA® and CBAP® Handbooks •  Exam Blueprints •  FAQs


RecerCficaCon •  Recer3fica3on is required every 3 years •  60 Con3nuing Development Units (CDUs) are required:

–  Formal Academic Educa3on •  Academic course related to business analysis

–  Professional Development •  EEP Vendors; Other training providers; Chapter Mee3ngs; Conferences

–  Professional Ac3vi3es •  Author ar3cle/book; Speaker/Instructor @ Conference/Chapter

–  Self Directed Learning •  Informal discussions/coaching; study of books; archived webinars

–  Volunteer Service •  IIBA/Chapter Board or CommiBee member; BA work for not-‐for-‐profit

–  Professional Experience


Recent Successes •  CBAP

–  Recipients – surpassed the 2000 mark! –  Applica3ons -‐ increased significantly over the last year on monthly basis

•  CCBA –  Recipients – will surpass 200 this month! –  Number of applica3ons con3nuing to increase on a monthly basis


Projects Underway •  Move to Prometric for test delivery

–  Effec3ve January 1, 2013 – More than 8000 CBT loca3ons –  160 countries covered – Migra3on currently underway – on target

•  Addi3onal transla3ons of CBAP exam –  Targeted for 1st Half of 2013:

•  Portuguese •  Japanese •  French •  German

–  Transla3on of CCBA exams to follow


Planned Projects •  By end of 2013:

–  Program assessment improvements –  Automa3on of CDU Tracking –  Automa3on of Recer3fica3on Applica3on –  Other cer3fica3on payments via online shopping cart (e.g. exam fees)

•  In 2014: –  Upda3ng all exams for BABOK® Guide v 3.0



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