IIBA CBAP Exam Preparation – Case Studies

Description

Overview:

This course is a 1-day exam preparation to further develop test-taking strategies and simulate case-study questions, reviewing answers incorporating the BABOKv3 knowledge areas and techniques.

Prerequisite(s):

IIBA Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK) Comprehensive Study. Recommended: IIBA CBAP Exam Preparation – Case Studies

Audience:

Outline:

Lesson 1: Preparing for a Case Study Exam

• Identifying the goal of the exam and what will be tested
  • Testing the application of knowledge in a business scenario
  • Employing the skills of application, analysis, and evaluation
• Practicing case study exam techniques
  • Reading with intention
  • Analyzing relationships
  • Identifying solutions

Lesson 2: Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

• Applying key techniques to BAPM tasks
  • Thinking through the BA work required
  • Developing ways to monitor progress
  • Integrating governance and performance processes
• Analyzing the work needed to achieve the goals
  • Adapting to different development methodologies
  • Managing the governance and performance of BA work

Lesson 3: Elicitation and Collaboration

• Applying key techniques to EC tasks
  • Acquiring and interpreting stakeholder input
  • Communicating and summarizing information
  • Collaborating between stakeholders
• Assembling information into useable knowledge
  • Guiding the communication with stakeholders
  • Combining elicitation techniques for best results

Lesson 4: Requirements Life Cycle Management

• Applying key techniques to RLCM tasks
  • Proposing ways to manage the requirements process
  • Managing beginning-to-end
  • Tracing, prioritizing, and approving requirements
  • Determining how requirements change will be managed
• Transitioning requirements between life cycle states
  • Completing the work needed to fulfill a requirement state
  • Applying techniques to a variety of perspectives
  • Determining deliverables needed for each life cycle

Lesson 5: Strategy Analysis

• Applying key techniques to SA tasks
  • Determining the reason for organization change
  • Setting the scope of the business analysis effort
  • Modeling and comparing the current state to the future state
  • Identifying and assessing product risks
• Analyzing and gaining consensus on the business need
  • Creating and synthesizing the business requirements
  • Differentiating between business drivers
  • Aligning requests for change to the business need

Lesson 6: Requirements Analysis and Design Definition

• Applying key techniques to RADD tasks
  • Choosing a technique and writing requirements
  • Applying appropriate modeling techniques
  • Comparing written requirements to verification checklists
  • Ensuring requirements work together to achieve the goal
• Combining techniques to optimize the solution
  • Scheduling and leading requirements validation sessions
  • Examining how requirements, models, and designs interact
  • Illustrating design options and their components
• Creating and optimizing requirements, designs, and models
  • Diagramming and analyzing business process flows
  • Functionally decomposing functions and features
• Ensuring what is created matches stakeholder expectations
  • Designing prototypes to solidify needed components
  • Reviewing documented requirements and designs

Lesson 7: Solution Evaluation

• Applying key techniques to SE tasks
  • Evaluating the currently deployed solution
  • Assessing the value of the proposed solution
  • Determining causes of unacceptable solution performance
• Comparing requirements to implemented solutions
  • Determine if requirements provide value
  • Differentiate between limiting factors