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

Module 1: Introduction to PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)

• Overview of PMI-PBA® certification
• Role of business analysis in project management
• Business Analyst responsibilities
• PMI-PBA® examination structure
• Business analysis throughout the project lifecycle
• Key examination terminology and concepts

Module 2: Business Analysis Framework and Planning

• Business analysis principles
• Developing a business analysis approach
• Identifying business needs and objectives
• Defining analysis activities and deliverables
• Planning requirements activities
• Establishing communication and documentation processes

Module 3: Needs Assessment and Business Requirements

• Identifying business problems and opportunities
• Conducting needs assessments
• Defining business goals and objectives
• Developing business cases
• Identifying expected benefits and outcomes
• Translating organisational needs into project requirements

Module 4: Stakeholder Analysis and Engagement

• Identifying project stakeholders
• Conducting stakeholder analysis
• Assessing stakeholder influence and interests
• Understanding stakeholder needs and expectations
• Developing stakeholder engagement approaches
• Managing stakeholder communication and collaboration

Module 5: Requirements Elicitation and Documentation

• Requirements elicitation techniques
• Interviews, workshops, surveys, and observation
• Facilitating requirements sessions
• Documenting functional and non-functional requirements
• Developing requirements specifications
• Managing requirements communication

Module 6: Requirements Management and Traceability

• Principles of requirements management
• Requirements prioritisation
• Requirements traceability
• Establishing requirements baselines
• Managing changes to requirements
• Maintaining requirements documentation
• Monitoring requirements status throughout the project

Module 7: Requirements Analysis and Modelling

• Analysing and refining requirements
• Identifying dependencies and constraints
• Requirements decomposition
• Business process and workflow modelling
• Use cases and user stories
• Acceptance criteria
• Validating requirements for clarity and completeness

Module 8: Agile Analysis and Adaptive Requirements

• Principles of agile analysis
• Agile requirements management
• User stories and acceptance criteria
• Product backlogs and prioritisation
• Incremental requirements development
• Stakeholder collaboration in agile environments
• Managing evolving requirements

Module 9: Solution Evaluation and Validation

• Evaluating proposed solutions
• Requirements validation techniques
• Assessing solution performance
• Identifying gaps between requirements and outcomes
• Measuring business value and benefits
• Supporting solution acceptance and transition

Module 10: PMI-PBA® Certification Exam Preparation

• Review of key PMI-PBA concepts
• Examination-focused revision
• Scenario-based questions
• Practice assessments and mock questions
• Applying business analysis techniques to examination scenarios
• Time management and examination strategies
• Final PMI certification preparation