Module 1: Business Analysis Foundations and Exam Framework
- PMI-PBA exam requirements, eligibility criteria, registration process, study plan, and course agenda
- What is business analysis: definition, scope, and the role of the business analyst in projects and programs
- PMI-PBA ECO overview: five domains, question weightings, and the relationship between business analysis and project management
- Key references: PMI Guide to Business Analysis, Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide, and PMBOK® Guide
- Business analysis versus project management: overlapping responsibilities and how these roles collaborate effectively
Module 2: Domain I – Needs Assessment
- Identifying and defining the business problem or opportunity: problem statements, root cause analysis, and situation assessment
- Evaluating current state: as-is process analysis, gap analysis, capability assessment, and benchmarking techniques
- Identifying stakeholders: stakeholder register, stakeholder analysis matrix, and initial engagement planning
- Developing the business case: components, feasibility analysis, options assessment, and recommendation development
- Domain I exam content outline, practice questions, and answer rationale review
Module 3: Domain II – Planning
- Developing the business analysis plan: purpose, components, governance, and alignment with the project management plan
- Requirements management plan: traceability approach, change management procedures, and document control
- Stakeholder engagement planning: communication preferences, engagement levels, and collaboration strategies
- Defining acceptance criteria, business analysis metrics, and quality standards for requirements deliverables
- Domain II exam content outline, practice questions, and keyword review
Module 4: Domain III – Analysis
- Requirements elicitation techniques: interviews, focus groups, workshops, observation, prototyping, surveys, and brainstorming
- Requirements types: business, stakeholder, solution, functional, non-functional, and transition requirements
- Requirements analysis and modeling: process flows, use cases, data flow diagrams, entity relationship diagrams, and wireframes
- Business rules analysis, SWOT analysis, systems thinking, and decomposition techniques for requirements complexity
- Domain III exam content outline, practice questions with full explanations, and mind map review
Module 5: Domain IV – Traceability and Monitoring
- Establishing the requirements traceability matrix: linking requirements to business objectives, design, and test cases
- Monitoring requirements status: tracking progress, managing changes, and maintaining requirements baseline integrity
- Change management for requirements: impact assessment, change request process, and stakeholder communication
- Managing requirements in agile environments: backlog management, acceptance criteria, and continuous requirements refinement
- Domain IV exam content outline, practice questions, and answer rationale discussion
Module 6: Domain V – Evaluation and Exam Readiness
- Solution evaluation: assessing solution performance, measuring benefits, and comparing against acceptance criteria
- Identifying solution limitations, defects, and improvement opportunities and communicating findings to stakeholders
- Benefits realization tracking: metrics, measurement methods, and post-implementation review approaches
- Fast review of all five domains with comprehensive mind map and critical keyword summary
- Full mock exam simulation with debrief, answer rationale, exam day strategy, and personalized study guidance
