Certifications for Business Analysts
In this post, I am going to explain the recognized certifications for business analysts. There are a number of certifications available for business analysts. This includes certifications for entry level business analysts and certifications for experienced business analysts.
International Institute of business analysis (IIBA) is the leading business analysis certification body in the world. IIBA offers four levels of certifications.We are going to have a closer look at them in this article.
I have written another article, which covers all the other business analyst certifications. This article will help you in choosing the right certification for you.
As discussed, in this article, I am going to discuss the IIBA certifications for business analysts.
Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA) Certification
This is the level 1 of the certification and will not need any experience as a business analyst. You can go for this certification even if you don’t have any experience as a business analyst.
A simple clarification, even if you are working in the IT industry but don’t have any business analysis experience, you can only go for ECBA.
Have more questions on ECBA, please read the following post:
Business Analyst Certification for beginners – ECBA Certification
Certification of capability in Business Analysis (CCBA)
This is the second level of business analyst certifications. This certification needs experience as a business analyst. The eligibility criteria for CCBA certifications are as follows:
- Requires a minimum of 3,750 hours of work experience in the last 7 years
- Of this: a minimum of 900 hours in each of 2 of the 6 BABOK® Guide Version 3 Knowledge Areas or a minimum of 500 hours in each of 4 of the 6 BABOK® Guide Version 3 Knowledge Areas
- Minimum of 21 hours of Professional Development in the last 4 years
- Two references from a career manager, client or Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®) recipient.
- Agreement with the CCBA® Code of Conduct
More details are available at the IIBA site on CCBA Level 2 certification.
Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP)
This is the third level of business analyst certification and requires more business analysis experience to be eligible for this certification. The CBAP eligibility criteria is defined herewith:
- Requires a minimum of 7500 hours of work experience in the last 7 years
- Of this: a minimum of 900 hours in each of 4 of the 6 BABOK® Guide Version 3 Knowledge Areas or a minimum of 500 hours in each of 4 of the 6 BABOK® Guide Version 3 Knowledge Areas
- Minimum of 35 hours of Professional Development in the last 4 years
- Two references from a career manager, client or Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP®) recipient.
- Agreement with the CCBA® Code of Conduct
More details are available at the IIBA site on CBAP level 3 certification.
If you would like to look at the type of questions asked in CBAP exam, you can read the following blog post, which has sample questions:
Certified Business Analyst Though Leader (CBATL)
Recognizes BA professionals who advance the BA profession and have oer 10 years of experience. This is the final level of certification for business analyst professionals. More details are expected very soon. All IIBA Endorsed Education Providers (Techcanvass is one of them) are invited for a detailed discussion by IIBA. As soon as we get more information, we will publish that information.
In the meanwhile, please visit IIBA New Certifications page.
About Techcanvass
Techcanvass offers IT certification courses for professionals. We are an IIBA endorsed education provider (EEP), iSQI ATP (for Certified Agile Business Analyst Training) as well as Agile Testing alliance partner for CP-SAT certification training in Selenium.
We have a Business analyst training course with domain training in-built into it. This training program offers you the opportunity to get certified with ECBA certification as well as have banking domain understanding.
