ECBA Exam Information and Guideline
Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (BABOK v3)
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Exam Name: Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA)
Vendor: International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
Exam Duration: 1 hour
Number of Questions: 50 multiple-choice questions
Passing Score: Not publicly disclosed (IIBA uses a scaled scoring system)
Language: English
Exam Delivery: Online proctored or at a Pearson VUE testing center
- Introduction to Business Analysis (10% of Exam)
- Definition of Business Analysis: Understanding the role of a business analyst (BA).
- Key Concepts: Stakeholders, requirements, design, and solutions.
- Business Analysis Core Concept Model (BACCM):
- Change, Need, Solution, Stakeholder, Value, and Context.
- Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring: Overview of planning activities.
- Elicitation and Collaboration: Basics of gathering requirements.
- Requirements Life Cycle Management: Managing requirements from inception to retirement.
- Strategy Analysis: Aligning business needs with solutions.
- Requirements Analysis and Design Definition: Defining and designing solutions.
- Solution Evaluation: Assessing the performance of a solution.
- Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring (20% of Exam)
- Plan Business Analysis Approach: Choosing the right approach (predictive, adaptive, or hybrid).
- Plan Stakeholder Engagement: Identifying and analyzing stakeholders.
- Plan Business Analysis Governance: Defining decision-making processes.
- Plan Business Analysis Information Management: Managing requirements and designs.
- Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements: Assessing and improving BA practices.
- Elicitation and Collaboration (20% of Exam)
- Prepare for Elicitation: Understanding the scope and objectives of elicitation.
- Conduct Elicitation: Techniques like interviews, workshops, and observation.
- Confirm Elicitation Results: Validating and documenting findings.
- Communicate Business Analysis Information: Sharing information with stakeholders.
- Manage Stakeholder Collaboration: Ensuring stakeholder involvement and feedback.
- Requirements Life Cycle Management (20% of Exam)
- Trace Requirements: Linking requirements to business objectives.
- Maintain Requirements: Keeping requirements up to date.
- Prioritize Requirements: Determining the importance of requirements.
- Assess Requirements Changes: Evaluating the impact of changes.
- Approve Requirements: Gaining stakeholder approval.
- Requirements Analysis and Design Definition (20% of Exam)
- Specify and Model Requirements: Using models like process flows, use cases, and data models.
- Verify Requirements: Ensuring requirements are clear and complete.
- Validate Requirements: Confirming requirements meet business needs.
- Define Requirements Architecture: Structuring requirements for implementation.
- Define Design Options: Identifying potential solutions.
- Analyze Potential Value: Assessing the value of proposed solutions.
- Strategy Analysis (5% of Exam)
- Analyze Current State: Understanding the existing environment.
- Define Future State: Identifying desired outcomes.
- Assess Risks: Evaluating risks associated with the change.
- Define Change Strategy: Planning the transition from current to future state.
- Solution Evaluation (5% of Exam)
- Measure Solution Performance: Evaluating how well the solution meets business needs.
- Analyze Performance Measures: Identifying gaps and areas for improvement.
- Assess Solution Limitations: Recognizing constraints and issues.
- Assess Enterprise Limitations: Understanding organizational constraints.
- Recommend Actions to Increase Solution Value: Proposing improvements.
Stakeholder: Anyone affected by the project or its outcomes.
Requirement: A condition or capability needed by a stakeholder.
Elicitation: The process of gathering requirements.
Traceability: Linking requirements to their origins and dependencies.
Use Case: A description of how a system interacts with users.
Business Rule: A guideline that defines or constrains business processes.
Gap Analysis: Comparing current and future states to identify gaps.
SWOT Analysis: Evaluating strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
MoSCoW Prioritization: Must-have, Should-have, Could-have, and Won't-have requirements.