Business Analysis of projects and programs is very essential for organizations as it helps organizations to implement their desired changes and achieve strategic objectives. Business Analysts work effectively with various stakeholders to get their business requirements defined, the project objectives are well defined and eventually drive the successful business outcomes that contribute to the strategic goals of the organization.
This has made the Business Analysis a topic of increasing importance in project management. Worldwide the organizations have started to acknowledge the importance of and need for project management professionals increasingly adopting BA techniques that help in uncovering business needs, managing requirements well and eventually creating all very important effective solutions to business problems.
Project Management Institute (PMI) has identify this need for certification in business analysis and hence launched the certification PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA). PMI-PBA is a globally recognized business analysis certification.
The eligibility criterion of PMI-PBA falls under two types:
1. Experience - With a bachelor's degree or a global equivalent, you need to have an experience of 3 years in business analysis. This further needs having 4500 hours of experience in 3 years duration doing activities associated with the business analysis.
2. Professional Development Units (PDUs) - You need 35 PDUs.
The PMI-PBA certification exam is of 4 hours duration and has 200 questions.
So get ready to embark on this professional certification.