The PMI-PBA certification recognizes an individual’s expertise in business analysis and uses these tools and techniques to improve the overall success of projects. The PMI-PBA certification carries a high level of professional credibility.
Business analysis is a topic of growing importance to projects and programs. The marketplace reflects this importance, as practitioners increasingly embrace business analysis as a technique for uncovering business needs, managing requirements, and creating effective solutions to business problems.
PMI conducted a Role Delineation Study (RDS) in the development of the certification in alignment with industry best practices. This study determined the level of importance of each of the tasks, tools and techniques, and knowledge and skills required to use business analysis principles and practices in project management. It is the basis for the creation of the examination. The examination for the PMI-PBA certification is a vital part of the activities that lead to earning this certification. Thus, it is imperative that the examination accurately reflect the business analysis practices, tools and techniques being used by practitioners of business analysis.
The PMI-PBA Role Delineation states that candidates for the PMI-PBA certification:
Set A requirements
Set B requirements
Set C requirements
PMI Standard
Our flagship publication serves as the foundation for the vast body of knowledge in the field. The Seventh Edition captures and summarizes the 12 principles of project management and the eight project performance domains critical for the effective delivery of project outcomes.
PMI-PBA has taught me the vital importance of engaging stakeholders as early as possible. By involving them from the beginning, I've learned how to ensure that all essential requirements are adequately addressed.
PMI-PBA has taught me the vital importance of engaging stakeholders as early as possible. By involving them from the beginning, I've learned how to ensure that all essential requirements are adequately addressed.
Earning your PMI-PBA certification is a big step — maintaining it shouldn’t have to be. Continuing education is core to PMI certification. PMI-PBA holders need to earn 60 professional development units (PDUs) in each 3-year cycle to maintain certification. Each PDU represents one hour spent: