1 / 27

South Saskatchewan Chapter Lunch-n-Learn Series

South Saskatchewan Chapter Lunch-n-Learn Series. Agenda: Welcome and Lunch Upcoming Training, Event, and Study Group Reminders Feature Presentation. Session 2: “Preparing the CBAP Application” December 9, 2008. Upcoming Training Reminders.

quiana
Download Presentation

South Saskatchewan Chapter Lunch-n-Learn Series

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. South Saskatchewan ChapterLunch-n-Learn Series Agenda: • Welcome and Lunch • Upcoming Training, Event, and Study Group Reminders • Feature Presentation Session 2: “Preparing the CBAP Application” December 9, 2008

  2. Upcoming Training Reminders • January 13-16, 2009: Business Process Reengineering for Competitive Advantage (Learning Tree) • 4 days (23 PDUs) • Only 4 seats left!!! • April 2009 (date to be announced): Mastering Requirements Management with Use Cases (IBM) • 3 days (18 Contact Hours) • September 2009 (date and course to be announced)

  3. Upcoming Event Reminders • January 20, 2009: Preparing RFIs and RFPs, presented by Glenn Deck, Government Services • April 2009 (date and speaker to be announced) • May/June 2009 (AGM - date and speaker to be announced)

  4. Upcoming Study Group Reminders • January 13, 2009: Study Group Kick-off Meeting • Atlantis Coffee House (downtown) - private room “the vault” has been reserved • Start Time: 6:30 PM • Sign-up Sheet at the Registration Desk • IIBA MEMBERS ONLY • Contact either Paula Maychruk or Cindy Radford for more information

  5. Event Sponsor & Patron Sponsors

  6. Preparing the CBAP Application Presented by: Paula R. Maychruk, B.V/TEd., CAPM, CBAP Business Analyst

  7. Membership Update • Membership Join and Renewal functions on the IIBA National website will not be available from Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 6 p.m. EST until Monday, December 15, 2008 at 6 p.m. EST

  8. Online Application Update • Online CBAP application was slated for December, 2008 • Now expected to be up and running by February, 2009

  9. Preparing the Application • Begin the application at least 2 months before you plan to apply • It can take anywhere from 6-10 hours to complete • Download and review the CBAP Handbook before you begin • Suggest you apply within 6 months of when you plan to write

  10. Application Process • Can take up to 30 days to receive approval and your candidate ID • Must book (and pay for) the exam within 60 days of when you will write • Must sign and submit the “Code of Professional Conduct”

  11. Exam Payment Process • Send in application (paper) with cheque for application fee ($125 + GST, in US funds) • Send in exam fee separately once approved (IIBA members: $325 + GST, in US funds) • Alternatively, you can pay for both at once if you know where you will be writing the exam when you apply (for CBT, there is a slightly different scheduling process)

  12. CBAP Application Requirements • 21 hours of professional development in the last four years • Show expertise in 4 of 6 KAs • 2 career references (or other CBAP) • 7,500 hours of BA-related work in the last ten years

  13. Professional Development • Nexient Learning • How to Gather and Document User Requirements (28 PDUs) • The Learning Tree • Developing User Requirements (23 PDUs) • Business Process Reengineering: Jan 13-16, 2009 (23 PDUs) • IBM • Mastering Requirements Management with Use Cases: April 2009 (~18 hours) • U of S • The Business Analyst’s Course: April 2009 (~18 hours) • Masters Certificate in Business Analysis (~70 hours)

  14. Knowledge Areas • Rating Scale: • Never • Seldom (rarely perform this task) • Sometimes (5-10 times in last 10 years) • Frequently (11 or more times in last 10 years) • Demonstrate expertise in 4 of 6 KAs

  15. Career References • Must have known you for at least 2 years • Can be another CBAP • Attest to your professional capability (must have worked with you or supervised you) • Project Managers not preferred as references • Blind feedback process (sealed, signed and delivered)

  16. Required Experience • Resumes will NOT be accepted • Must be listed by project • 7,500 hours of BA-related work in the last 10 years • Activities where you apply, or directly help others apply, the BABOK knowledge areas

  17. Example Activities • Hands-on tasks (e.g. requirements gathering, requirements documentation) • Coaching or mentoring of BAs in BA activities (e.g. planning requirements gathering, reviewing requirements documents) • Development of an organization’s BA methodology and/or best practices • Development of BA training materials

  18. Non-Applicable Activities • Non-supervisory management of BA activities (e.g. resource management, status reporting, performance management) • Teaching of BA training courses • Selling/promoting requirements tools • Project Management • TESTING (e.g. creating and executing test scripts, reporting on testing status) • Programming

  19. My Application • 5 projects • 10,104 project hours • 7,842 BA hours • 3 references (1 career manager, 1 client, 1 project manager) • 3 additional project contacts • 3 courses: • 60 hours of professional development

  20. My Knowledge Areas • Elicitation • Analysis & Documentation • Communication • Solution Assessment & Validation • Answered all items as “Frequently” • Added items to each KA (e.g. traceability, estimating, prioritizing, scheduling, requirements validation)

  21. Knowledge Area Example • Requirements Elicitation: • How often do you elicit requirements? (Frequently) • What other task(s) in this KA do you perform that are not listed? • Selecting the best approach for elicitation • Estimating, prioritizing, scheduling and assigning requirements elicitation tasks • Reporting on requirements elicitation activities

  22. Project Description Example • Develop an automated system to replace the current manual process of requesting, transferring, archiving and tracking physical (paper) files • This project was implemented over the course of 7 development sprints, using a modified agile process

  23. Project Hours Example • Project that did not include testing time: • I was on the project full-time • 6 months = 126 days @ 6 hours per day = 756 total project hours • Assume 15-20% of activities are non-BA (e.g. status reporting) • Total possible BA hours = approx. 600

  24. Project Hours Example • Project that included testing time: • I was on the project full-time as a consultant • 14 months = 294 days @ 8 hours per day = 2352 total project hours • 3 months of testing = 63 days @ 8 hours per day = 504 non-BA hours • Total possible BA hours = approx. 1800

  25. Experience Examples • Requirements Communication: • Manage/negotiate requirements expectations, conflicts & communication • Determine the best requirements format • Create requirements presentation/ package • Conduct requirements walkthroughs • Obtain requirements sign-off

  26. Experience Examples • Solution Assessment & Validation: • Review proposed business data model to ensure requirements are met • Review and evaluate alternate design solutions (and technologies) • Ensure the usability of the solution • Support the QA process • Conduct post-phase retrospectives

  27. Application Hints • If you claim “frequently”, ensure you show at least 11 examples • Match your deliverables to the BABOK • Use similar terminology as used in the BABOK (e.g. elicitation) • Eliminate any ambiguity in your descriptions (be clear, concise, and consistent)

More Related