PMI-PBA

Differentiate Business rules and Business Validation.

What are the roles of a Business Analyst?

The roles of a Business Analyst are:

1. Drive requirements: Any good business Analyst is responsible for driving the requirements from companies as well as client’s policies and also from current and future users. This can be done by means of experience and research. Incorrect or non-completion, in this case, may lead to chaos only.
2. Predict requirements: By means of experience and research, the analyst should also be able to predict what the requirements can be during interaction with clients or by means of market behavior.
3. Drive requirements: The focus should be made on, key requirements and the need and methods to drive them.
4. Order requirements: The order should be made in descending order or importance. There may be various requirements out of which some may be more important and some may be less important. So, more important requirements should come first and less important requirements should come at last.
5. Render requirements: Using business tools to match the business requirements and problems with their solutions in order to requirements is also the role of a business analyst.
6. Protect requirements
7. Making requirements simpler: One of the key roles of a business analyst is to make the whole process simple, clear, easy to understand and analyze.
8. Demonstrate requirements: After doing above things, another role arises which demands demonstration of the requirements. Thus, the key requirements need to get demonstrated and then directed. Thus, here the need arises to direct requirements.
9. Direct requirements: Making a presentation, reviewing them and approving them provides direction to the requirements. This is another role of the Business Analyst.

How to prepare the Requirement Management Plans?

The Requirement management plans are a kind of implementation action step taken to recognize and manage the project in an effective manner. The different steps involved in the preparation of the requirement management plans are:

Explain the Estimating tools used by a Business Analyst in the planning phase?

The Estimation is one of the most important parts of the complete work that is done in the planning phase that helps in deciding the main factors required for the work. This is done by the Business analyst. The various kinds of tools used by the business analyst for estimation are:

1. Analogous estimating: Suppose an analyst has very little knowledge about the details of a project, in this case, the cost of that project can be analyzed by means of this estimating tool. This type of estimating grants quick results with lower cost. It is also known as Top-Down estimating.
2. Parametric estimating: In order to estimate the costs, this tool requires historical as well as statistical data for obtaining costs. Variables from various projects, which are similar in nature, are taken and then applied to the current project. Because it applies more than or equal to two data sets, its accuracy is higher than the analogous estimating.
3. Three-point estimating: It utilizes the average of three estimates which are worth the cost most likely will be, what the optimistic cost is and what pessimism is involved in the cost. Due to this, any kind of unsurely, partiality and risk are reduced to a great extent. It is, therefore, more accurate than the previous two estimation tools.
4. Bottom-up estimating: Being most accurate amongst all, it can only be used when each and every know-how of a project is available. It takes more time and is costly.

What are the tips for Business Analysts for effective facilitation to manage requirement facilitation meetings and workshops?

The tips include:

1. Practice Business Analysis Approach: Practice of conceptualization, root-cause analysis, mind-maps, etc. can be done to advance facilitation.
2. Handle Aberration: If it is observed that the discussion is going off the track, then it is important to handle it and make it come back on the track. Thus, handling of aberration becomes important here.
3. Adoption of icebreakers:
4. Discover non-verbal indications
5. Handle time

The different facilitation tools and techniques used in effective training in the soft skills domain are:

• 1. Creating a group statue
  2. Drawing a picture
  3. Doing a role-play
  4. Playing a game
  5. Brainstorm
  6. “Buzz” group

What are the knowledge and skill areas required for PMI – PBA certification exam?

The PMI-PBA certification is a kind of examination focused on the project management and planning procedures.

So, for better results in the PMI-PBA certification exam one should cover the following knowledge and skill areas:

What do you mean by Continuing Certification Requirements (CCR)?

This is a renewal certification created for the continual resumption of the PMI-PBI certification acquired by the certification holders and to reduce the hassle for restudying the complete course one’s again to keep the certificate in active mode. As the PMI-PBA credential will have an active lifespan of only 3 years from the date of issuing.

The main aim of the CCR program is to:

When PMI-PBA was introduced and why?

The PMI -PBA is introduced in the year 2014 and it gains popularity among Business Analysts and PMPs because it bridges the gap between both categories. The rate of PMI -PBA credential holders is increasing at an exponential rate.

The PMI -PBA professionals should have knowledge on assessment, analysis, planning, traceability, and other analysis tools and techniques.

PMI-PBA provides high-level credibility for management practitioners having experience on projects, business analysis objectives, tools, and techniques.

What are the benefits of taking the PMI-PBA exam?

The PMI-PBA exam has a large number of benefits in various kinds of approaches this makes it fit for any professional to improve their level. The following are the top benefits that are obtained by taking the PMI-PBA examination:

How does an organization benefit from having PMI – PBA certified professionals?

The PMI-PBA certified professionals have great capabilities in the effective planning and implementation of the different stages of the project such that the project will complete in a short span and help the company to stay on budget and in profits.

This credential is also like a measuring instrument for understanding and defining the performance of the individuals from the bottom level in the company.

In this manner, the PMI-PBA credential provides organization many benefits.

These professionals help in providing a common set of interaction sets and techniques through which various organizations can communicate and exchange thoughts. The way of using common language and techniques has proven vital in improving globalization and familiarity among multiple organizations.

As these people go on working on credentials, their learning path tends to grow very quickly. Thus, these people learn a lot and thus gain enormous knowledge and expertise day-by-day and become those on whom another person can rely and look up to.

These professionals are more inclined to provide a commitment to their work as well as to the employees as they come across. They become the backbone of the organization due to more and more number of employees coming across them and getting their problems solved by them.

Due to these things and the roles, they play, the retention rate of employees in firm increases and thus, the organization is able to retain deserving employees under them for longer duration thus benefitting the organization.

How does an organization benefit from having PMI – PBA certified professionals?

What are the Prerequisites for PMI-PBA Course?

While there are no stringent requirements for PMI-PBA certification, you do not need to have the title "business analyst" but you must have real-world experience in BA.
Given below are the PMI-PBA Eligibility Requirements:

• High School Diploma or Global Equivalent Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum BA Experience includes 7,500 hours within 8 consecutive years
• Project Experience required includes 2,000 hours on project teams
• BA Education required includes 35 hours Bachelor's Degree or Global Equivalent
• Minimum BA Experience includes 4,500 hours within 8 consecutive years
• Project Experience includes 2,000 hours on project teams

In case you have a PMP or PgMP, a candidate need not show project team hours as the credential will cover the hour requirements. If you possess project experience, then it can be used as BA experience for consideration

What are the system requirements to attend the live sessions?

1. Processor I3 with 4GB RAM, OS can be 32 or 64 bit (Laptop/Desktop)
2. Internet connection with Min 1 MBPS speed
3. Good quality headset
4. Power back up
5. You can also log in through your Android mobile phone/ Tablet with 4G internet connectivity

What if the trainee miss any session?

The trainee can watch the recorded video of all the sessions in the LMS or Trainee can attend the missed session in the upcoming batches.

What do the trainee get from the LMS?

The trainee will have the access to Recorded sessions, Assignments, Quizzes, Case studies, few course documents posted by trainers, Placement related docs etc.

What is the validity of the LMS access? What if the LMS access is expired.

The trainee will get 1-year access to the LMS. You can contact our support team to extend the validity of the LMS.[/accordion]

Will the trainee get any project to work on with PMI-PBA course?

Yes, of course! The trainee will get the project at the end of the course; you need to submit a project. Our trainers will assist you to complete the project.

How are the practicals done?

The trainee will get step by step assistance on VM installation from our expert trainers during the practical sessions, post live sessions, you can practice at your end and submit your queries if any to our support team support@bumacoglobal.com for further assistance.

What are the types of training we offer?

1. WBLT- Web-based live Training
2. WBVT- Web-based Video Training
3. One on One live training
4. Self-paced training
5. In class training

What are the benefits of online training?

1. Flexible location
2. Flexible schedule
3. Travel free
4. Time saving
5. Cost saving
6. LMS access
7. You will never miss a class
8. Two-way interactive
9. Fast learning
10. Trainer support for 1 year

Who are our Trainers?

Our trainers are industry experts having 10 to 15 years of industry experience and 3-4 years of training experience. Most of the trainers are working professionals who teach the real time scenarios which will help the students to learn the courses in an effective manner.

Will the trainee get the certification post the course completion?

Yes, Trainee will get the participation certificate from Bumaco Global upon successfully completing the course.

What if the trainee has more queries and need assistance?

The trainee can drop an email to support@bumacoglobal.com an automatic ticket will get generated. Our support team works 24/7 to assist you with all your queries.