PMI PBA vs IIBA CBAP
PMI has come up
finally with a certification to satisfy the hunger of the business analysis
community.
Of late, business
analysis has been a very valuable skill to learn for the project management
community as well due to the need for the PM to perform BA roles also.
The certification
space for BA community has been dominated by IIBA with its certifications, CCBA
(basic level) and CBAP (Advanced level). PMI has recently come up with a BA
certification, PMI-PBA for business analysts. And all of us are aware of the
market share of PMI for its most popular certification for Project management
stream viz PMP. This gives rise to the dilemma for the BA community on which
certification to go for in the current scenario.
Here is a small
comparison of PMI-PBA and IIBA® Certification:
- PMI PBA
has come to market early in 2015 and is yet to gain familiarity with the
market. Whereas IIBA has already got the early mover advantage and has
been very popular in corporate and as well as among professionals.
- However,
PMI has got a huge following from the corporate and individuals for
various project management related certifications (there are more than
600,000 PMP certified professionals worldwide). PMI PBA has relaxed the
eligibility criteria by considering 2000 hours of Project management
experience in the applicant’s career.
A detailed comparison of both the standards is available in the
image given in this link
- https://drive.google.com/open?id=1LsXqTY60Hrurfwz0YUuCDoU8sprPbj5W
- Pure play
BA/enterprise level BA and planning to stay in the same path
- Part of BA
Center of Excellence/BA Competency team
- If your
organization has IIBA certifications as part of the competency framework
PMI PBA Recommended –
- BA with a
project or program management background/experience
- BA with
PMP certification
- PMP
certified professional /Project manager with BA responsibility
- If your
organization has a partnership with PMI
- If your
organization has PMI certifications as part of the competency framework
PMI-PBA is for
business analysts who work on projects and programs and have project management
experience in their career, whereas, in contrast, IIBA® looks at Business
Analysis in a much broader perspective and covers activities that exceed
project and program and applies to the entire organizational involvement/initiative.
Sources of Information for this article – www.IIBA.org and www.PMI.org
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