To earn the CBAP designation, candidates must:
- Purchase a non refundable application for
- Add 35 hours of Professional Development as per the handbook (see below)
- Add 7500 hours of work history (see below)
- Add 2 references (see below)
- Submit your application and once approved pay for the exam
- Book the exam anytime 7 days a week within your active term, see handbook Business Analysis Certification Handbooks | IIBA®
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- Complete a minimum of 7,500 hours of Business Analysis Work experience in the last 10 years
- Within this experience, a minimum of 900 hours completed in 4 of the 6 BABOK® Guide Knowledge Areas, for a total of at least 3,600 of the required 7,500 total.
- Complete a minimum of 35 hours of Professional Development in the last 4 years.
- Provide two references CCBA® and CBAP® References can either be a CBAP® recipient, a career manager or a client (internal or external). Ideally at least one of your two references will have known you for at least 6 months.
For a course to qualify towards the Professional Development requirement, it must meet the following criteria:
- It must be moderated/facilitated similar to a formal course (i.e., there must be a moderator for the session, or a facilitator/instructor who leads the group/individual through the material).
- There must be a measurable learning objective (or set of objectives), and those must be directly applicable to the role of the business analyst (i.e., in terms of either changing behavior or improving skills).
- It cannot simply be a presentation on a specific topic:
- There must be the opportunity for students to interact with the material (e.g., be able to ask questions, make the learning meaningful)
- An opportunity to practice the task or objective being presented and, be assessed by the facilitator/moderator.
- The subject matter must be directly aligned with the BABOK® Guide.
- To qualify, courses must also be completed by the application submitted date and have a start date within the last four years from the application submitted date.
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