| CREDENTIAL | PMP® | PgMP® | PfMP® | PMI-ACP® | PMI-PBA® | PMI-RMP® | PMI-SP® |
| Technical Project Management | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | n/a | 9 | 9 |
| Strategic & Business Management | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | n/a | 18 | 18 |
| Leadership | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | n/a | 8 | 8 |
| PDU Total | 35 | 35 | 35 | 35 | n/a | 35 | 35 |
Dear participant,
The world is changing rapidly and we’re doing our very best to address these challenges as quickly and adequately as humanly possible, in these turbulent times.
After more than 20 years of regularly delivering classes on-site, this time I will be addressing you in the virtual space.
It’s a different “beast”, yet a very fun and effective way to learn, share and engage with peers.
I am looking forward to meeting you on OCTOBER 19th, this time live online!
Warm regards,
Bart Bernink, PMP, CBAP
Founder & CEO
HJB Ltd
We’d love to serve you coffee & croissants, but this time we’ll have to do without it. If your favorite coffee mug is filled and you’re all set, this brief initial session will serve the purpose of saying hello to one another. The instructor will lay down the action plan and walk you through the key learning objectives.
SESSION 1: 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 5 domain areas and 40 knowledge and skills areas that are part of the exam:
· What is business analysis?
· What are the roles of the business analyst?
· The requirements management process
· Project methodologies
· PMI's code of ethics
· The Introduction section will include these knowledge and skills areas:
· Leadership principles and skills
· Project methodologies and how they impact requirements and business analysis practices
· Requirements types
· Systems thinking
· BABOK® Framework vs BA practitioners guide
· 7 Key Knowledge Areas 6 main activities to be performed
· BABOK® Terminology PMI-PBA® Terminology
Class Exercise: In this exercise, you will recognize and review key requirements management terms in order to understand the foundations of the business analysis profession.
>>> Short breaks are provided throughout the session <<<
We’d normally call this a “Lunch with Speaker and Delegates”. While we can’t serve you lunch, you can choose to have a lunch together with a selected one or more people, using the communication tools the software platform provides. Enjoy!
SESSION 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. In this section, we review how to effectively perform these 5 tasks:
· Defining business problems or opportunities
· Developing a solutions scope statement or business case
· Determining the business problem or opportunity value
· Identifying business needs
· Identifying stakeholders and stakeholder values
The Needs Assessment domain will include these knowledge and skills areas:
· Political and cultural awareness
· Problem solving and opportunity identification tools and techniques
· Stakeholder analysis
· Valuation techniques
Individual & Class Exercise: In this exercise, you will review questions individually to reinforce the information reviewed during the needs assessment domain, followed by discussions regarding the most correct responses.
>>> Short breaks are provided throughout the session <<<
We’d love to serve you coffee & croissants, but this time we’ll have to do without it. If your favorite coffee mug is filled and you’re all set, this brief initial session will serve the purpose of saying hello to one another. The instructor will lay down the action plan and walk you through the key learning objectives.
SESSION 3: PLANNING & MONITORING
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. In this section we cover these six planning tasks:
· Determining business analysis activities
· Establishing requirements traceability
· Preparing the requirements management plan
· Defining requirements change control and communication processes
· Identifying document control processes
· Specifying business metrics and defining acceptance criteria
The planning domain will include these knowledge and skills areas:
· Collaboration tools and techniques
· Contingency planning
· Development methodologies
· Documentation management tools and techniques
· Elements of a requirements management plan
· Estimating tools and techniques
· Measurement tools and techniques
· Planning tools and techniques
· Quality management
· Scheduling tools and techniques
· Version control tools and techniques
Individual & Class Exercise: In this exercise, you will review questions individually to reinforce the information reviewed during the planning domain, followed by discussions regarding the most correct responses.
>>> Short breaks are provided throughout the session <<<
We’d normally call this a “Lunch with Speaker and Delegates”. While we can’t serve you lunch, you can choose to have a lunch together with a selected one or more people, using the communication tools the software platform provides. Enjoy!
SESSION 4: ELICITING & ANALYZING REQUIREMENTS
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. In this section we'll cover the following eight tasks:
· Eliciting and identifying requirements
· Analyzing, decomposing, and elaborating requirements
· Evaluating options and decision-making
· Allocating requirements and creating a requirements baseline
· Facilitating stakeholder consensus in order to obtain sign-off
· Creating requirements specifications
· Validating requirements with stakeholders
· Elaborating and specifying detailed business metrics and detailed acceptance criteria
The analysis domain will include these knowledge and skills areas:
· Analytic tools and techniques
· Business rule analysis tools and techniques
· Data analysis tools and techniques
· Decision making tools and techniques
· Elicitation tools and techniques
· Facilitation tools and techniques
· Interface analysis
· Negotiation tools and techniques
· Prioritization tools and techniques
· Process analysis tools and techniques
· Root cause analysis
Individual & Class Exercise: In this exercise, you will review questions individually to reinforce the information reviewed during the analysis domain, followed by discussions regarding the most correct responses.
>>> Short breaks are provided throughout the session <<<
We’d love to serve you coffee & croissants, but this time we’ll have to do without it. If your favorite coffee mug is filled and you’re all set, this brief initial session will serve the purpose of saying hello to one another. The instructor will lay down the action plan and walk you through the key learning objectives.
SESSION 5: TRACEABILITY & 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. This domain includes the following five tasks:
· Tracking the status, sources, and relationships of requirements
· Monitoring the lifecycle of requirements
· Updating the status of requirements and communicating requirements states to stakeholders
· Using communication methods to share important requirements information and status with stakeholders
· Determining and managing change impacts to the requirements
The traceability and monitoring domain will include these knowledge and skills areas:
· Backlog management
· Change control tools and techniques
· Communication skills, techniques, and tools
· Conflict management, resolution tools, and techniques
· Organization assessment
· Reporting tools and techniques
· Requirements traceability tools and techniques
Individual & Class Exercise: In this exercise, you will review questions individually to reinforce the information reviewed during the traceability and monitoring domain, followed by discussions regarding the most correct responses.
>>> Short breaks are provided throughout the session <<<
We’d normally call this a “Lunch with Speaker and Delegates”. While we can’t serve you lunch, you can choose to have a lunch together with a selected one or more people, using the communication tools the software platform provides. Enjoy!
SESSION 6: BUSINESS ANALYSIS IN AN AGILE ENVIRONMENT
More and more organizations develop solutions using the Agile approach. The business analyst takes an important role before, during and after implementation of the solution. In this session we will discuss:
Discovery framework
· See the whole
· Think as a customer
· Analyze to determine what is valuable
Delivery framework
· Behavior driven development
· Understand what is doable
· Stimulate collaboration and continuous improvement
· Avoid waste
Individual & Class Exercise: In this exercise, you will review questions individually to reinforce the information reviewed during the traceability and monitoring domain, followed by discussions regarding the most correct responses.
>>> Short breaks are provided throughout the session <<<
We’d love to serve you coffee & croissants, but this time we’ll have to do without it. If your favorite coffee mug is filled and you’re all set, this brief initial session will serve the purpose of saying hello to one another. The instructor will lay down the action plan and walk you through the key learning objectives.
SESSION 7: 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. In this section, we will explore the following four tasks:
· Comparing solutions test results to defined requirements acceptance criteria
· Analyzing, communicating, and resolving solution gap analysis
· Obtaining stakeholder sign-off and moving toward deployment
· Measuring how well the solution met business needs and values
The evaluation domain will include these knowledge and skills areas:
· Lessons learned and retrospectives
· Validation tools and techniques
· Valuation tools and techniques
· Verification methods and techniques
Individual & Class Exercise: In this exercise, you will review questions individually to reinforce the information reviewed during the evaluation domain, followed by discussions regarding the most correct responses.
>>> Short breaks are provided throughout the session <<<
We’d normally call this a “Lunch with Speaker and Delegates”. While we can’t serve you lunch, you can choose to have a lunch together with a selected one or more people, using the communication tools the software platform provides. Enjoy!
SESSION 8: 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. To ensure you successfully pass the first time, this section will cover:
· The PMI-PBA application process
· Exam requirements
· Exam overview
· Preparing for the exam
· Understanding the questions
· Taking the exam
· General tips to help you through the process
· Final practice exam
Individual Exercise: In this exercise, you will take a portion of the final practice exam to determine specific areas of additional review and practice, as well as areas of strength. The final practice exam will be timed to simulate the actual exam. A review of correct responses and discussion will conclude this exercise.
>>> Short breaks are provided throughout the session <<<
Founder and Managing Director · HJB Ltd
Bart Bernink, PMP, CIPM, MPM, CBAP is an independent senior business improvement consultant and trainer since 1994 who has more than 35 years of experience in:
∙ Project, Program & Portfolio Management
∙ Business Analysis
∙ Business Improvement
Bart worked for various leading companies in the Netherlands, Belgium, UK and the USA. Mainly in the IT department, Project Management Office and Business Improvement/Change Management Office. Specialist in aligning IT to support new or revised business strategies, Bart managed large fixed price projects in E-commerce, financial, airline and governmental organizations. He worked as a project and program manager for Philips, KPN, Rabobank International, KLM, ABNAmro, Proximus, Shell, ING, Digital Equipment and Microsoft. Bart’s current clients list include: Zadco (UAE), Shell, Barclays, HSBC(UK), Chevron(Angola, Kazaghstan), Rabobank Group, Etisalat Nigeria, Bpost(Belgium), Steedin, Vestada, Global Knowledge, ESI International Europe, Rio Tinto Guinee, Cisco, Kasbank, T-systems, Microsoft, KLM, Barclays Capital(UK), RASGAS(Qatar), ITA(Oman).
Since 2004 has been involved in introducing Agile development approaches to leading companies in Holland, Belgium and the UK. Not only in banking, oil and airline organizations, but also with governmental departments. The solution development was done by 3 to 4 teams working parallel. For some teams played the role of Scum Master. Based on his practical experience Bart helps organizations to improve their project management and business improvement skills via on-the-job coaching and/or delivering workshops. Helped organizations to professionalize:
∙ Business analysis by introducing Change Management Organization within companies. Result was less projects were challenged (39% Vs. 10%);
∙ Just In Time delivery, by introducing AGILE development approaches
∙ Project management by introducing state-of-the-art PMO organization, tooling and adjustment of existing project management processes
∙ Agile development
Starting in 2014, Bart has been delivering public seminars and in-house training courses working with KTC International. Over the last 6+ years his assignments included a series of public workshops on the topic of Business Analysis . Bart helped dozens of professionals to obtain the highly valued PMI-PBA and CBAP certificates with his Advanced BA Prep Workshops. His previous frequently attended training courses include Business Analysis for Project Managers, Strategic Enterprise Analysis, Business Analysis for Product Owners and Business Analysis in an Agile Software Development Environment seminars, which Bart delivered with exceptional acclaim from the delegates across Europe.
KTC International is a training & consulting firm, specializing in bringing leading international speakers to cities across Europe. Our events aim to help delegates and their organizations to achieve strategic goals by proper implementation of project management tools & techniques, smooth business change and use of technology.
People presenting at our events are those who set the global standards and include coveted PMI Global Congress speakers, such as Dr. Prasad Kodukula, Karl Muenchow, Liam Dillon, Dr. Richard Graham or Roger Burlton, among many others.
KTC International was established in 2003 with headquarters in Budapest, Hungary. With a track-record spanning over 14 years, we have been instrumental in organizing over 500 different congresses, conferences, forums, round-tables, seminars, workshops and specialized in-house events, that gathered more than 10,000 people in total.
For more information visit: www.ktc-international.hu
Yes, the seminar is globally accredited and provides 35 PDU points. The PMI Talent Triangle PDU distribution is:
Technical Project Management: 9
Strategic & Business Management: 18
Leadership: 8
This seminar is interactive and highly pragmatic workshop, designed as combination of
Short theoretical presentations grouped in 16 sub-sessions over the course of 4 days; and a 3-hour pre-course session
Practical, hands-on exercises and discussions with the audience, after each sub-session
All registration fees are gross and no additional taxes or hidden charges shall be applied. The registration fee covers the following items:
Participation in all sessions
Exam simulation software
Electronic hand-book and other materials
Electronic copy of all presentation slides and other media, sent immediatelly after the event
Both PMI and IIBA BA Practice Guides in e-book format
Certificate of Attendance, awarding 35 PDUs to PMI credential holders
Yes, 25% for 4 participants. Click on. Click on DOWNLOAD PDF BROCHURE tab above for details.
To our best knowledge, this is the only BA prep course that simultaneously prepares delegates to successfully pass both the CBAP® and the PMI-PBA® exam.
The fact of the matter is that vast majority of CBAP® and PMI-PBA® exam content ranges from very similar to almost identical. This course clearly shows the areas that are similar or identical and also shows the small portion (less than 10%) of the exam content that differs between the two exams.
While we can’t comment on why other training providers do or don’t do a specific program, we can confidently predict that many will follow our formula, as it saves time to participant(s) and significantly saves money to their respective organization(s).
The major benefit to participant(s) is that they are provided with a choice to pick which certificate to obtain after the course - PBA®, CBAP® or both, if they so choose.
The main benefit for participants’ company is the cost-saving, as the company needs to allocate training-budget for only one BA prep course, instead of two. Naturally, if a person only attends a single training course instead of a two or more different classes, it will have a major positive impact on allocated training-budget. Moreover, there is a significant cost-effectiveness achieved by participant(s) not having to spend more than just a couple of days out of work.
Taken from: www.pmi.org
Taken from: www.iiba.org
This course offers detailed, full and complete coverage of ALL domains covered in the PMI BA Standard® and the BABOK®. Therefore, provided you have the minimum required formal work experience, you should be able to pass the PMI-PBA® / CBAP® Exam IMMEDIATELY after this course, without any further ado.
The only thing you actually NEED to do is to schedule your exam!