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CCBA® and CBAP® Certifications Study Guide

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Product type Book
Published in May 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781838825263
Pages 542 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Esta Lessing Esta Lessing
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Esta Lessing is a passionate educator and facilitator, helping business analysts meet the increasing demand for up to date skills and capability. She founded her company, Business Analysis Excellence Pty Ltd in 2013 and focusses on providing BA education. Esta was one of the first to achieve her CBAP designation in Australia and New Zealand and served as a Certification Role Delineation Committee member for the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). She has a B. Com (Hons) Informatics degree at the University of Pretoria and the London School of Economics and has multiple British Computer Society (BCS) certifications to her name. She has worked as a Business Analyst in South Africa, UK and is currently based in Australia. Estas most recent achievement is developing an innovative strategic planning and analysis methodology that engages team creativity and deliver strategic roadmaps for achieving a teams future vision.
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters

Preface 1. Planning for Success 2. Exam Application Requirements 3. Study Tools 4. What to Expect From the Exam 5. Business Analysis Foundation Concepts 6. Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring 7. Elicitation and Collaboration 8. Requirements Life Cycle Management 9. Strategy Analysis 10. Requirements Analysis and Design Definition 11. Solution Evaluation 12. Underlying Competencies 13. Techniques (Part 1) 14. Techniques (Part 2) 15. Mock Exam Questions: Case Studies 16. Mock Exam Questions: Theory 17. Your Future with a Success Mindset 18. Other Books You May Enjoy

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Consider the following real-world scenario and complete the micro mock exam based on this chapter.

Case study – a day in the life of a business analyst

As business analysts, we encounter a variety of different situations every day that require us to perform and apply different core competencies. Consider each of the following situations that you have had to respond to today.

Situation 1

You are faced with a business problem that requires you to apply new ideas and approaches in order to solve it.

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Profile icon Esta Lessing
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Esta Lessing is a passionate educator and facilitator, helping business analysts meet the increasing demand for up to date skills and capability. She founded her company, Business Analysis Excellence Pty Ltd in 2013 and focusses on providing BA education. Esta was one of the first to achieve her CBAP designation in Australia and New Zealand and served as a Certification Role Delineation Committee member for the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA). She has a B. Com (Hons) Informatics degree at the University of Pretoria and the London School of Economics and has multiple British Computer Society (BCS) certifications to her name. She has worked as a Business Analyst in South Africa, UK and is currently based in Australia. Estas most recent achievement is developing an innovative strategic planning and analysis methodology that engages team creativity and deliver strategic roadmaps for achieving a teams future vision.
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