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CBAP and CCBA v3 Exam
Business Analysis, CBAP, CCBA, Certification, Watermark Learning

CBAP and CCBA v3 Exam Update

IIBA has developed a new Business Analysis multi-level, competency-based certification framework that supports a BA’s career progression. Current CCBAs and CBAPs will map to levels 2 and 3, respectively, and will not be required to take the new exams. However, if an applicant has not taken the CCBA or CBAP exam prior to September 22, […]

An Expensive Leap How Jumping to a Solution Cost Billions
Change, Estimating and Planning, Leadership, Project Management, Requirements, Watermark Learning

An Expensive Leap: How Jumping To A Solution Cost Billions And Made The Problem Worse

Originally published in PM Times on May 23, 2016. How would you solve this problem? The US VA has unacceptable wait times for veterans seeking medical assistance. The VA medical centers around the country are overbooked and understaffed. Some veterans have to wait months for appointments and treatment. There has been negative media attention on this

Top 5 Reasons Organizations Should Support Certifications
Agile, Business Analysis, Certification, Project Management, Watermark Learning

Top 5 Reasons Organizations Should Support Certifications

Originally published in PM Times on April 25, 2016. There will always be a debate about certifications and whether organizations should support them. Some feel they are an essential and growing part of professional life. Others feel a credential does not make a practitioner a better business analyst, Agilist, or project manager. Both sides have a

5 More Rules for Project Success
Project Management, Watermark Learning

5 More Rules For Project Success

Originally published in PM Times on April 19, 2016. Six years ago, we wrote an article on five children’s rules of world cup soccer and how those rules apply to the world of projects. Our 6 grandsons have grown and acquired new skills, so keeping up with them is a challenge. New rules have emerged—not rules

What's New in our CBAP v3 Training Materials
Business Analysis, CBAP, CCBA, Certification, Watermark Learning

What’s New in our CBAP v3 Materials

Watermark Learning has started launching new CBAP v3 materials prior to IIBA’s changeover of the v3.0 exams in September. The new BABOK 3.0 has new certification levels, changes to most Knowledge Areas, and the addition of 16 new techniques. The BA Core Concept Model™ (BACCM) and an all-new section containing five perspectives on Business Analysis has also been added. With that

A Project Managers Guide to Requirements Modeling Part 2
Project Management, Requirements Analysis, Watermark Learning

A PM’s Guide to Requirements Modeling Part 2: Concurrent Requirements Modeling

Originally published in PM Times on March 30, 2015. This article is the second in a series on requirements modeling with the emphasis on why PMs should care about modeling requirements. In our first article, we spoke generally about models, the benefits of modeling requirements, and introduced the relationship between the iterative nature of eliciting requirements