PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Certification & Training

PMI-PBA® certification is an accredited PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)®
Certification. PMI defines business analysis as applying knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques.

• To determine problems and identify business needs;
• To identify and recommend viable solutions for meeting those needs;
• To elicit, document, and manage stakeholder requirements to meet business and project objectives; and
• To facilitate the project team with the successful implementation of the product, service, or result of the project or program.

While managing requirements is one critical part of the larger business analysis function, the business analysis process often begins before project initiation and extends beyond project closure to ensure that expected benefits are realized.
Whether a project manager or business analyst is responsible, being good at these related functions is essential to ensure the successful delivery of projects and programs.
Source: PMI-Pulse-Requirements-Management-In-Depth-Report

Any professional who works on projects and programs, including project and program managers, who perform business analysis in their role:

• Business Analyst
• System Analyst
• Program Manager
• Delivery Manager
• Project Manager
• Product Manager
• Product Owner
• Domain Specialist
• Systems architects or designers
• IT managers/directors
• QA professionals
• Systems testers
• Business customers, users, or partners
• Anyone wanting to enhance their business analysis skill

The cost of the PMI-PBA (Professional in Business Analysis) exam varies by country. To obtain detailed information on the exam cost for India and the United States, please refer to our dedicated FAQs for these regions. For candidates from other countries looking for specific pricing information, we recommend contacting iZenBridge directly by emailing sales@izenbridge.com. This ensures that you receive accurate and up-to-date information regarding the exam costs applicable to your location.

If you’re aiming for the PMI-PBA certification in India, here’s a comprehensive overview of the costs involved:

For PMI Members in India:

• Annual Membership Fee (Including GST): ₹11,611.20

• PMI-PBA Exam Fee (Including 18% GST): ₹27,479.84

• Total Cost (Exam and Membership Fees, Including GST): ₹39,091.04

For Non-Members in India:

• PMI-PBA Exam Fee (Including 18% GST): ₹53,701.80

For USA PMI-PBA exam aspirants, the costs of the PMI-PBA exam are as follows:

PMI Members:

• Membership Fee: $149

• Exam Fee: $405

• Combined Total: $554

Non-Members:

• Exam Fee: $555

No, Business analyst designation is not a mandate for PMI-PBA® Certification. PMI recognizes if you are a part of business analysis, irrespective of your designation. You may be a system engineer or a project manager, but if your work activities are as per the content outline of the PMI-PBA® certification, this then makes you eligible for this certificate.

No, you don’t need any PMI Certification as a prerequisite for PMI-PBA® Certification.

The eligibility criterion of PMI-PBA® certification is grouped under two types:

• Secondary degree (high school diploma, associate’s degree
• 60 months of business analysis experience
• 35 contact hours of education in business analysis

PMI has grouped business analysis activities under five domains:

1. The first set is a Need Assessment wherein one needs to do enterprise analysis, high level scoping, identifying top-level stakeholders, prepares the business case
2. Second is Planning identifies tools, policies, and procedures for the requirements management plan, requirements traceability, change management, document control, and acceptance criteria.
3. The third is Analysis, wherein elicitation, Analysis, decomposition, acceptance, approval, specification, and validation of the requirements for a product or project are performed. You get into the details of the top-level requirements, create a system specification document, create a business process flow, and show system user interaction. Such elaboration needs communication for the detailed requirements of the development team. The analysis domain also takes care of it.
4. Fourth, Traceability and Monitoring wherein managing the life cycle of requirements are involved. It involves monitoring requirements throughout their life cycles using traceability tools and techniques, updating requirement status as it moves through its life cycle, communicating requirement status to stakeholders, and managing changes to requirements.
5. And, lastly, fifth, Evaluation, whether meeting the requirements and meeting the business need.

You can check the details in the PMI-PBA® Certification Content Outline

Yes, if you currently hold a Project Manager Position, you are still eligible for this certification. You can show your business analysis activities for each domain as a Project Manager. PMI-PBA® Certification just needs business analysis experience regardless of designation. Anyone who works on projects and programs and project and program managers who perform business analysis as part of their role can apply for this certification.

For more details on understanding your eligibility as a project manager – Why Should Project Manager Get PMI-PBA® Certification?

You need to have 35 contact hours of business analysis education. This education you can take from any registered education provider following PMI-PBA® Certification Content Outline

The centers authorized to take exams for PMP® can also take exams for PMI-PBA® Exam. Centers conducting the exam for a Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)® or Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® may not conduct this exam.

Four hours duration for 200 questions

PMI has released Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide and PMI Guide to Business Analysis and PMI guide to Business Analysis.

PMI has also suggested a few reference books, which you can go through based on the PMI-PBA® Exam Content Outline.

PMI-PBA is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute, Inc.

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