PMI-PBA Boot Camp

Learn exactly what you need to know to pass the PMI-PBA exam on your first try and add this newly-minted BA credential to your qualifications.

Today more than ever the world is moving towards project-based work. The jobs of business analysts and solution builders are intermingled with project environments and management of projects. PMI has recognized the need to educate and certify the role of the business analyst as viewed through the lens of the project.

With the introduction of the PBA credential, PMI is formalizing the importance of BA work in the project management world. They have highlighted specific knowledge areas, skills, and published materials which describe the value of business analysis to projects, and built the new PMI-PBA certification around them.

As the nation's largest trainer on business analysis skills, nobody understands this evolution better than us. This PMI-PBA training course walks you through how PMI has constructed the certification, what material is covered on the exam, and why it matters to your job.

PMI, PMI-ACP, PMP and PgMP are registered marks of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

• Increase your odds of passing the PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® the first time
• Advance your career opportunities and career path options in the business analysis profession
• Shorten study time by streamlining the recommended exam resources
• Run through simulated practice exams for the domains, tasks, knowledge, and skills
• Learn the essential areas necessary to pass the exam
• Master the 5 domains and 28 tasks that constitute the exam
• Conquer the 40 knowledge and skills
• Grasp the tasks for eliciting, analyzing, documenting, validating, and verifying requirements
• Become proficient with business analysis terminology
• Create a personalized test-taking strategy based on your strengths and opportunities

Who Should Attend

Anyone involved in business analysis and/or project work will see substantial career enhancement by earning the PMI-PBA®. A few of the most relevant professionals include:

• Business Customers, Users or Partners
• Business Analysts
• Business Systems Analysts
• Project Managers or Team Leaders
• Systems Architects or Designers
• IT Managers/Directors
• Systems or Application Developers
• QA Professionals
• Systems Testers
• Systems Analysts
• Anyone wanting to enhance their business analysis skills

Course Outline
PMI-PBA Certification Boot Camp is designed to help you succeed on your first exam attempt. During each of the five domains identified in the PMI-PBA® Examination Content Outline, you will be continuously exposed to review questions to reinforce the information reviewed during the lecture and discussion portions. 

These review questions are comparable to the types of questions you will experience on the actual exam. This course has aligned the forty Knowledge and Skills within the five Domains to help you understand how they interrelate.

1. Introduction: Identifying Key Requirements Management Definitions
The field of business analysis is rich with terms, concepts, tools, techniques, and processes. This beginning section sets the foundation of key terms to know in order to prepare you for the five domain areas and forty knowledge and skills areas that are part of the exam.

2. Needs Assessment
The first domain of the exam is where people begin their requirements process and the activities that lead to project success. Emphasis is placed on the processes used to define the business problem or opportunity. The Needs Assessment Domain encompasses 18 percent of the exam.

3. Planning
In the Planning Domain your focus will shift to putting the proper requirements management activities in order. The person performing business analysis work will determine which tools, techniques, policies, or procedures are necessary to prepare the requirements management plan. The Planning Domain includes 22 percent of the exam. Attention is also given to planning for traceability, managing changes, controlling documents, and identifying acceptance criteria.

4. Analysis
Analysis of the requirements involves eliciting requirements from stakeholders and making sense of what has been revealed. This domain includes performing the following requirements activities: eliciting, analyzing, decomposing, accepting, approving, specifying, and validating. The Analysis domain contains 35 percent of the exam.

5. Traceability and Monitoring
Identifying the status of requirements throughout the lifecycle of the project and communicating critical information related to requirements is an important factor for project success. This domain is concerned about managing, examining, and sharing requirements information with the project stakeholders. The Traceability and Monitoring Domain comprises 15 percent of the exam.

6. Evaluation
The final domain topic examines if the delivered solution achieves the business need and satisfies the requirements. These activities could include solution testing, gaps analysis, and final sign-off. The Evaluation Domain comprises 10 percent of the exam.

7. What to Expect on the Exam
Now that you know the content expectations for the exam it's important to realize how to prepare for the exam and what to expect as you go through the application process.


Please Note:
We are backing that claim up by offering you the following guarantee: If you take the PMI-PBA® exam within four weeks after your PMI-PBA certification training course has completed and do not pass, ASPE will provide you a second examination voucher at the PMI® member rate free of charge.