The Standard for Business Analysis – First Edition is a new PMI foundational standard, developed as a basis for business analysis for portfolio, program, and project management. This standard illustrates how project management processes and business analysis processes are complementary activities, where the primary focus of project management processes is the project and the primary focus of business analysis processes is the product. This is a process-based standard, aligned with A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition, and to be used as a standard framework contributing to the business analysis body of knowledge.

Clear your PMI-PBA Exam in your first attemptThis book is based on the PMI Guide to Business Analysis, Business Analysis for Practitioners, and PMI-PBA exam content outline. Practice 400 PMI PBA exam questions with detailed explanations and rationale for correct answers. The PMI Guide to Business Analysis is the definitive reference text for the PMI PBA(R) certification exam. Each detailed explanation in this book is linked to a page number in the PMI Guide to Business Analysis or the Business Analysis for Practitioners.This book is meant for anyone preparing for the PMI PBA(R) certification exam. Whether you are in the final stages of preparation, interested in familiarizing yourself with the question formats or simply looking for additional practice in answering exam questions, this book has you covered.This book has been structured to coincide with the exam domains presented in the latest PMI PBA(R) examination content outline. Each exam domain covers a high-level knowledge area essential to carrying out business analysis responsibilities. The exam domains covered in this book are: Needs assessment, stakeholders' engagement, elicitation, analysis, traceability and monitoring, and solution evaluation. This book includes two full length practice exams, each with 200 questions followed with detailed answers. This will partially simulate the experience of the exam day. When you need to answer 200 questions within a 240 minutes time period. Overall, the book presents detailed answers and explanations covering the most up-to-date solutions of critical topics and questions allowing you to gauge your readiness and avoid surprises on exam day.

Recent research has shown that organizations continue to experience project issues associated with the poor performance of requirements-related activities a core task for the practice of business analysis. In fact, poor requirements practices are often cited as a leading cause of project failure in PMI's Pulse of the Profession surveys. Business Analysis for Practitioners: A Practice Guide provides practical resources to tackle the project-related issues associated with requirements and business analysis and addresses a critical need in the industry for more guidance in this area.

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This unique and easy-to-use exam study guide is the most comprehensive and cost-effective on the market for business analysis certification. It covers the exam content of the PMI-Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA), the Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) from the IIBA, and the Certified Professional for Requirements Engineering (CPRE) Foundation Level from the IREB. Achieve Business Analysis Certification, used in conjunction with the Body of Knowledge guides published by PMI and the IIBA, provides everything needed to achieve BA certification on the first try and a level of knowledge that will set users of this guide apart from the crowd!

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The PMI-PBA® Exam Practice Test and Study Guide attempts to address all your questions and concerns by providing two of the most sought-after study aids: memory maps and practice questions. The systematic use of memory maps helps aid in the efficient recall of information and can boost confidence during the exam. Well-crafted practice questions are fantastic study aids that can be used to track your progress as you learn new concepts, introduce you to the complex sentence structure that is likely to appear on the exam, and concentrate your studies by domain, essentially preparing you to pass the very challenging PMI-PBA® Exam in the allotted four hours. In addition to study hints and exam topics, this book provides references to tools and techniques that should be incorporated into your work immediately. For each of the five domains outlined in the PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Examination Content Outline 2013 (the ECO), twenty practice questions test your knowledge. Also included is a challenging 200-question practice exam, which is representative of the actual exam. To enhance your studies, a timed, online simulated exam is also provided. At the end of the simulated exam, you can see your score per the number of questions you answered correctly. These exam questions are crafted to foster learning and reinforce content; they are not obscure or overly complicated, but rather are representative of the actual exam. Knowing what to do must be translated into doing what you know. This book helps you prepare for the PMI-PBA® exam by instilling knowledge and encouraging critical thinking. As a result, the skills attained can lead to improved project success and outcomes, and you’ll have a much stronger understanding of the material, along with the tools and techniques of business analysis. PMI-PBA® is a registered trademark of the Project Management Institute.