Business Analysis
IIBA-CBDA Certification Preparation
A business data analytics preparation course covering the CBDA domains from research questions and data sourcing through analysis, interpretation, decision influence, and organizational adoption.
- Format
- Live virtual, in-person, or private on-site
- Duration
- 3 days
- Level
- Advanced
- From
- $1795.00
About this course
Course overview
IIBA-CBDA Certification Preparation is a 3-day course for professionals who need practical, instructor-led business analysis training.
A business data analytics preparation course covering the CBDA domains from research questions and data sourcing through analysis, interpretation, decision influence, and organizational adoption.
This course documents 24.0 hours of structured training. Learners receive a certificate of completion and documentation for self-reporting applicable PMI PDUs and IIBA professional development activity.
Learning outcomes
What you'll learn
Every module is tied to an outcome you can bring back to your team the next day.
- Translate needs into analytics questions with hypotheses and KPIs.
- Build data inventories and assess lineage and governance.
- Use descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics correctly.
- Avoid common interpretation errors and choose useful visualizations.
- Tell data stories that change executive behavior.
- Build data culture, literacy, and change management for analytics initiatives.
Audience
Who it's for
- Business analysts and professionals performing business analysis work
- Project managers, product owners, Scrum Masters, and delivery leads who rely on clear requirements and stakeholder alignment
- Teams that need practical business analysis techniques they can apply immediately
- Organizations standardizing business analysis practices across predictive, agile, or hybrid delivery
Course structure
Syllabus
A structured path from core concepts to applied practice.
Day 1 — CBDA Foundations, Research Questions, and Data Sources
- CBDA exam structure and domains
- BA role in analytics and data initiatives
- Translating business needs into analytics questions
- Hypothesis framing and KPIs
- Data inventories, lineage, and governance
- Identifying and assessing data sources
Day 2 — Data Analysis, Interpretation, and Influence
- Descriptive, diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics
- Statistical concepts for business analysts
- Avoiding common interpretation errors
- Visualization principles and chart selection
- Analyzing a real dataset
- Storytelling with data for executive decisions
Day 3 — Organizational Adoption and Exam Mastery
- Data culture and literacy
- Change management for analytics initiatives
- Guiding organizational adoption
- Two full-length CBDA practice exams
- Personal weakness debrief
- Study planning and exam readiness
Public cohorts
Upcoming sessions
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We run this course as a private team cohort on demand, or you can be the first to know when the next public date drops.
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