PMI-PBA Certification Class

This PMI-PBA Certification class. This certification is a Project Management Institute certification covering Requirements Management and Strategic Alignment, Needs Assessment, Managing Organizational Change as these areas are all a part of Business Analysis project knowledge. All exam areas are addressed. Cost of Training over 4 days: $1,499.00. The PMI-PBA Exam: $555 for non-PMI-Members.

Professional in Business Analysis, PMI-PBA(R) Certification with Exam Prep, 100% Live Online. ET=Eastern Time; PT=Pacific Time. Eastern Time is 3 hours behind Pacific Time. The instructor is an Expert. The PMI-PBA Exam is not included in the price of training. Pay your PMP(R) exam directly to the Project Management Institute. The PMI-PBA Exam is still $555 on PMI’s website last we checked, but that can change at any time. Please notify us if you are qualifying for organizational approval, or if you need a written quote ahead of time in order to get approved for training. Included in the training are over 1,000 practice questions available for 12 months immediately post training, and we answer all questions while you are studying for your exam, essentially coaching you. Have questions?

My Contact Information: Text Nereda Haque, PMP at 360-584-8614 if you have any questions or email me.

Email Nereda and let her know when you’d like to schedule this training. We send payment links to future trainees upon request.

Class Times: All Classes are from 7 AM PST/PDT to 5 PM PST/PDT or 10 AM to EST/EDT 8 PM EST/EDT.

This training provides 35 hours for exam approval with the prep you need to pass your exam as described in the purchase statement in the add-to-cart menu. Take this class to increase your skills, for PDUs, or to take the PMI-PBA exam. All class content is digital to download. This page was updated on 10-23-2025.

Instructor: Mo Haque, MSEE, MSEE, PMP, PMI-PBA, PMI-ACP, CMfgT, EDMP. Mo is a very seasoned and highly experienced instructor. He is easy to understand, and he will provide clear answers to all of your questions. An easy way to see all of Mo’s PMI’s badges. Mo Haque is a brilliant educator, with a strong experiential background throughout his global project management career directing and managing global programs where he used enterprise analytical techniques, analysis, and modeling to improve organizational efficiencies through gap identification and process automation. He is famous for his storytelling, workflows, and for making the seemingly difficult, simple. Mo Haque spent 9 years as the head of a College of Engineering. Those who have experienced his training, continue to come back to class for other training, never ceasing to be amazed at just how much wisdom and knowledge he is able to impart from so much experience. Verify all Mo’s badges including the PMP Instructor Badge and PMI-ACP Badges and PMI-PBA(R) Badge.

Audience: Project Managers, Program Managers, Operations Managers, Business Managers, System analysts, enterprise architects, MBA’s, who analyze business problems or manage requirements within a project or program.

PMI-PBA(R) Training Objectives
◦  Apply the learned processes when you manage a business analysis project in real life
◦  Use visual diagrams to guide you through any business analysis activity, with the related inputs and outputs relationships
◦  Produce needed models to initiate, plan, execute, business analysis projects in real life
◦  Understand business process analysis. Do not cram it.
◦ You can’t apply what you don’t understand.
◦  Apply for the certification examination with confidence.

What You Will Receive Summary
1. pbaWorkbook – your training book comes with the class
2. Workflows within the pbaWorkBook for project and domain visibility
3. 35 hours of training
4. 35 PDUs if you have PDUs for PMI Certifications that qualify
5. Free Online Quiz Practice for up 12 Months starting on the last day of class.

PMI-PBA Certification Training Outline –

Initializing Business Process Analysis
1. What is Business Process Analysis (BPA)?
2. Goals of Business Process Analysis or Benefits
3. What is an Enterprise or a Business?
4. The Roles of a Business Process Analyst
5. How to Roadmap a Business Process Analysis Project
A. Determine BPA needs
B. Examine answers to appropriate questions
C. Develop Business Case
D. Determine ROI
E. Choose a financial Metric
F. Build a credible ROI
G. Perform a Business Case Assessment
H. Identify Business Analysis Objectives
I. Create a Business Improvement Roadmap
J. Conduct Business Process Analysis
K. Collect Requirements
L. Conduct Modeling Workshops
M. Build Business Process Models
N. Continue with more activities
O. Defining the Business Analysis Boundary
6. Industry Standards – OPM3 and P3M3
7. About Business Process Automation
8. Requirements Elicitation
A. Planning Requirements Activities
B. Requirements Elicitation Workshop
C. Surveys
D. Requirements Analysis
9. In Class activities
A. Calculating Business Case using Excel
B. Reviewing Case Studies for collecting meaningful data (Business Objects)

Planning Business Process Analysis
1. Model-based workshops
2. Understanding Unified Modeling Language
3. Understanding the business domain and objects
4. Learning what business objects you need for business process modeling
5. Descriptions and Definitions
6. Collecting meaningful data
7. Meta Data and Business Objects
8. Data Modeling
A. What makes a good data model?
B. Is Data Modeling Still Relevant?
C. Entity Relationship
D. Entity Classes
9. How and why processes are associated with business objects
10. Why business use models to visualize and improve processes?
11. In Class Activities
A. Identify and document business objects from the case studies B. Group business objects in logical knowledge sets

Executing Business Process Analysis – How To
1. A. Cost / Benefit Analysis (Calculations using Excel)
B. Project Time Line Diagram
C. Cause & Effect Diagram
D. Brain Storming Model
E. Strategy Model
F. Goal Model
G. Business Interaction Model
H. SIPOC Model
I. PDPC
J. Communication Model
K. Case Studies Process Models
L. Workflow models

2. Requirements Elicitation
A. Use Case Diagram
B. Data Model
C. Evaluate all models and tie them to the enterprise

PMI-PBA Domains and Tools & Techniques:
1. Domains
A. Domain 1: Needs Assessment (18% in the Exam)
B. Domain 2: Planning (22% in the Exam)
C. Domain 3: Analysis (35% in the Exam)
D. Domain 4: Traceability and Monitoring (15% in the Exam)
E. Domain 5: Evaluation (10% in the Exam)
2. Tools & Techniques
A. Forty (40) different tools & Techniques
3. Quizzes
A. Over 1,000 quizzes online and up to six months for online quiz practice.

This class is not currently scheduled.

PMI-PBA(R) Testimonial
“Nereda,
I just wanted to tell you that I thoroughly enjoyed the training last week! I usually, not only hate being confined to a desk for extended hours in a day, I dread listening to instructors who drone on about theatricals that have little or no practical use.

Mo,
You are, not only a gifted instructor, your grasp on theory and practical concepts is without rival. Your personal experience, coupled with your magnetic personality, all combine to make learning – even at my advanced age – interesting and exciting. I have rarely encountered a professor of your caliber. Keep up the fine work!” – Joe C., PMP – Joe works for US Largest Employer.

Application Requirements for PMI-PBA(R) Certification approval:

#	Requirements	Description
1. No college degree or less than a 4 year degree or equivalent.	Set A Requirements:	• High School diploma, associate’s degree or global equivalent • 60 months working as a practitioner of business analysis. This experience must have been earned in the last 8 years. • 35 contact hours earned in the topic of business analysis practices.
2. With a college degree	Set B Requirements: Training	• Bachelor’s degree or higher degree (or global equivalent). • 36 months working as a practitioner of business analysis. This experience must have been earned in the last 8 years. • 35 contact hours earned in the topic of business analysis practices.
3. GAG accredited program	Set C Requirements Online Application	• Bachelor’s or postgraduate degree from a GAC accredited program (bachelor’s or master’s degree or global equivalent). • Minimum two years/24 months unique nonoverlapping professional business analysis experience experience. • 35 contact hours of formal education.
4. Exam Application	Examination	• Follow our class instructions to apply for the PMI-PBA Exam.

You can see the PMI-PBA(R) exam requirements at PMI at pmi.org. Note: GAG universities are those that are approved by PMI to promote project management. Most of you with a 4-year degree or equivalent will need to report 3 years of projects within the last 8 years,

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