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Ask the CBAP/CCBA Experts

Posted: December 13th, 2011 by RichLarson. 2 Comments »

Are you thinking about getting your CBAP® or CCBA™? Struggling with the application? Currently preparing for the exam? Almost ready to take it?

We can help! Join us monthly for a free, live CBAP®/CCBA™ Q&A session. Each month a CBAP®-certified expert from Watermark Learning will be available online to answer your questions. We have seven CBAP instructors on our staff to give you the most complete information possible on the CBAP®/CCBA™ process, application tricks, and preparation tips. In our jobs and relationship to the IIBA®, we encounter a great deal of information. Let us share that with you live and direct! We are dedicated to helping you apply for and pass the CBAP® or CCBA™ exam.

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CBAP Success – The Second Time Around

Posted: November 10th, 2011 by RichLarson. Comments »

CBAP Certification logoNot every road to certification is the same, and some don’t go the way we plan. It’s gratifying to hear from people who have passed, and we get spontaneous notes frequently from successful CBAPs and PMPs. We love hearing from you! We also get emails from unsuccessful candidates, and do our best to offer advice or when appropriate, coaching or other tutoring. Here’s a success story that started off with hours of study, but a failed CBAP® exam, and ended with a successful 2nd attempt and obtaining the CBAP®.

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Task-Specific BABOK Techniques for the CBAP and CCBA Exams: Part 5

Posted: January 18th, 2011 by RichLarson. Comments »

Problem or Vision Statement and Feasibility Analysis

This week I’m writing about two specialized and powerful techniques that are useful not only for business analysis, but project management and other disciplines. These two come up in context of Enterprise Analysis, which deals with understanding business needs, devising proposed solutions for those needs, and building a business case for getting it done. I’m writing about BABOK® techniques not only to help people pass the CBAP® or CCBA™ exam, but because they are useful on the job, too.

Problem or Vision Statement

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Task-Specific BABOK Techniques to Know for the CBAP Exam: Part 4

Posted: December 22nd, 2010 by RichLarson. Comments »

Stakeholder Map and Variance Analysis

Here are two more task-specific techniques featured in the BABOK® Guide. These two are part of Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring. They are useful techniques in their own right and knowing about them will help you pass the CBAP® or CCBA™ exams.

Stakeholder Map

A stakeholder map is a visual diagram showing relationships between stakeholders and the solution. The BABOK mentions there are several types of maps and highlights two types. Chances are you won’t be tested on the details of either, so we refer you to examples found online.

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Task-Specific BABOK Techniques for the CBAP Exam: Part 3

Posted: October 27th, 2010 by RichLarson. Comments »

Coverage Matrix, Requirements for Vendor Selection, Requirements Documentation

Picking up where I left off on BABOK techniques, let’s cover three more task-specific techniques. Or, what might be considered outputs, or have been combined with other techniques. But, I’m editorializing again. :)

Coverage Matrix

Somewhere along the line, the good old fashioned traceability matrix was renamed as a Coverage Matrix. You didn’t get the memo, you say? Neither did I. But, it illustrates an important point about preparing for the CBAP exam: use the BABOK terminology even if it disagrees with what you are familiar with.

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Task-Specific BABOK Techniques for the CBAP Exam: Part 2

Posted: September 16th, 2010 by RichLarson. Comments »

Baselining, Signoff, and Checklists

In my continuing coverage of the various BABOK techniques, I want to address three task-specific ones. There are 15 total task-specific techniques in the BABOK, and this entry outlines three of them. You should be familiar with each of these as part of your CBAP exam preparation, and for their overall applicability to business analysis.

Baselining

I think of baselining as more of a concept or what the BABOK calls an “element,” more than a true technique. Baselining involves establishing a point at which a project or product scope is agreed on, and any future changes should only be made using a change management process. If changes are approved, they are recorded, which creates a new baseline, and the scope is said to be “re-baselined.”

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Scenarios and Use Cases – Useful Techniques

Posted: July 9th, 2010 by RichLarson. Comments »

In continuing to cover all 49 BABOK® techniques, this entry is about scenarios/use cases.

UC Diagram-Training Example

UC Diagram-Training Example

Since most people refer to these as use cases, that’s the name I’ll use. They are a great way to elicit, analyze, and model interaction requirements. Plus, they help generate related requirements for interfaces, data, process, and business rules.

I gave a use case training class last week, so it’s fresh in my mind. It also influenced me to put this explanation in question and answer form.

Q. What is a use case?

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Data Modeling – Why is that Technique in the BABOK?

Posted: May 12th, 2010 by RichLarson. Comments »

 (In my continuing coverage of BABOK® techniques, I plan to comment on all of the general and task-specific techniques. This week’s entry is about data modeling, a technique you may or may not be familiar with, but a sure source of CBAP® exam questions.)

The impetus for this blog comes from having just taught a successful training class in Data Modeling to a mixed groupData Model-Thumbnail of BAs, BI specialists, technical architects, and business SMEs (subject matter experts). What made it successful was not only the learning that took place, but also the students’ willingness and eagerness to apply this technique back on their jobs.

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BABOK Techniques – RACI Matrix

Posted: April 27th, 2010 by RichLarson. Comments »

I mentioned in a previous blog post that certain techniques in the BABOK® (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) only apply to one BABOK task. That may seem like they are not as important or not as likely to be tested on the CBAP® (Certified Business Analysis Professional) exam. My guess, though, is that you’ll get questions on some of the 15 task-specific techniques in the BABOK.

You’ll probably also get tested on some of the 34 general techniques, too. That means there are 49 various techniques in the BABOK you could be tested on during your CBAP exam. That’s a lot to study!

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Task-Specific Techniques for the CBAP® Exam

Posted: March 1st, 2010 by RichLarson. 2 Comments »

Lately I’ve been immersed in the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK®). Why, you might ask? No, it’s not because of insomnia. I’ve been finishing up our CBAP® sample exam question bank for our just-launched online study exam.

ExamTaking.20091218The actual CBAP exam is based primarily on the BABOK. I recall studying this guide a lot when preparing for my exam. Now that we are helping others prepare to pass the exam, I realize just how hard it is to write good questions. My hat is off to the test designers and exam writers!

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