Business Analyst Certifcation

Parrie said:
FTI

I think the course is way overrated, especially for the price.

What bothers me is that anyone will pass the course quite easily. With me in class were people that did not even know the definition of a BA when they started and they passed without too much effort.
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Same here, some people missed up to half the classes and still got the certificate. Nobody failed.
 
zippy said:
Do all business analysts fancy themselves as software developers ?
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I really hope not, unless they really are.

I'm a SW by title, but do dabble in, (and enjoy it) in BA'ing at clients. Then again in my line of work it is useful.
So the reverse is easier than other way round I suppose.
 
Parrie said:
What bothers me is that anyone will pass the course quite easily. With me in class were people that did not even know the definition of a BA when they started and they passed without too much effort.
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50% of doctors are below average :p

The IIBA requirement for hours logged for the CBAP and CCBA (and you need to provide transcripts) was designed to address this. It's not enough to know the theory...you have to have practiced in a work environment before you can sit for the exam.

So in the hierarchy of things you have IIBA(CBAP) > IIBA(CCBA) > FTI(DipBA) > FTI(CPBA)

I would expect knowledgeable employers to know the differences and recruit accordingly. From the use cases the OP described, I would think the certification course would be perfect for him \ her as they're not actually working as a BA. In fact, now that I think of it, a developer having those skills would actually be very handy.
 
skimread said:
Anyone know any other certifications I can just write an exam without any of the above requirements
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Just a exam with out the rest wont be worth much.

The problem is not just being a B.A for x years, it is proving the x amount of hours in the sdlc / methodology. I work for one of the big four and can tell you that most B.A's count them selfs luck if they get to follow a project on a proper sdlc with a proper methodology. Mostly you get handed various work streams and have to just make it work.

The " comfort" of knowing oh im following agile or waterfall or oh now i do a erd the a bpm etc hardly every exists. Its adapt and survive.

I have been a process engineer for many years and a official B.A going on year 4 and my advise is to do any B..A related course your company pays for. And try and work on as many different projects across different clusters as possible.
 
Does anyone have previous test papers to go through?

Does anyone have any previous test questions I can go through? I would like to prepare as much as possible. I am not one of those people who slack off and get my Diploma
Neoprod said:
hey cool. Did you have Nadine as your main lecturer?
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RoboJedi said:
The problem is not just being a B.A for x years, it is proving the x amount of hours in the sdlc / methodology. I work for one of the big four and can tell you that most B.A's count them selfs luck if they get to follow a project on a proper sdlc with a proper methodology. Mostly you get handed various work streams and have to just make it work.

The " comfort" of knowing oh im following agile or waterfall or oh now i do a erd the a bpm etc hardly every exists. Its adapt and survive.

I have been a process engineer for many years and a official B.A going on year 4 and my advise is to do any B..A related course your company pays for. And try and work on as many different projects across different clusters as possible.
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Well stated. i'VE BEEN a dev for 13 years now, in between 3 years a BA. ONly did a diploma had systems analysis (business process modelling) . DFollowed that when doing BA work, model the business process and then some more.
As for methodologies , yes, never seen it used, scrum, agile, prince, prince 1, prince 2... oh dear. I have mu own methodology, GTFnwd (get the freakin work done)
Also, did a week UML course(oh this is great, fantastic, its gonna revolutionise and pmake systems perfect)...

YEAH right...welcome to IT :wtf:
 
freddster said:
Well stated. i'VE BEEN a dev for 13 years now, in between 3 years a BA. ONly did a diploma had systems analysis (business process modelling) . DFollowed that when doing BA work, model the business process and then some more.
As for methodologies , yes, never seen it used, scrum, agile, prince, prince 1, prince 2... oh dear. I have mu own methodology, GTFnwd (get the freakin work done)
Also, did a week UML course(oh this is great, fantastic, its gonna revolutionise and pmake systems perfect)...

YEAH right...welcome to IT :wtf:
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A dyslexic dev with 3 years BA experience...
 
Hey Guys and Gals,

Don't know if you were made aware of this but the FTI has now "upgraded" the BA Dip course to what they call "National Certificate in Business Analysis NQF Level 6".

Eventually they will stop the BA Dip course and just do National Certificate in Business Analysis NQF Level 6 one.

Apparently it is reccomended that you do the upgrade.

I finished mine a month or so ago, piece of piss.
 
Thanks for the info. How long is the course and who is offering it, UNISA?
 
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