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Agile Business Analysis (AgileBA) Certification
The pass marks for the AgileBA examinations are:
Foundation: You will need to score 25/50 to pass the foundation examination.
Practitioner and Re-registration: You will need to score 40/80 to pass the examination.
AgileBA has one main publication supporting the qualification scheme, published by Agile Business Consortium, called AgileBA® Agile Business Analysis Handbook.
This can be purchased from APMG Business Books.
Most AgileBA accredited training organizations include the guidance as part of the course fee.
The foundation examination is not valid for a defined period and will not expire.
Candidates who pass the practitioner exam are recognized as ‘AgileBA Registered Practitioners'. Individuals will remain 'Registered' for a period of 5 years. To maintain Registered status, practitioners must complete and pass an AgileBA re-registration examination within 3-5 years following their initial/previous practitioner certification.
Foundation examinations are currently available in English and Polish.
Practitioner examinations are currently only available in English. Further translations will be considered subject to market demand.
The AgileBA Foundation guidance is available in English and Polish.
The AgileBA Practitioner is currently only available in English.
For individuals self-studying it is almost impossible to say. As all candidates have different experiences and amount of time available for study, it varies from person to person. We suggest you buy the guidance and have a look through for yourself before deciding how long you need to spend learning.
For those studying with an accredited training organization, courses are generally delivered over 4 days (3 days for foundation). It is well worth investigating with individual providers, as many will offer tailored and blended learning solutions.
The AgileBA foundation examination consists of 50 multiple-choice questions, with 25 marks (50%) required to pass. It is a closed-book examination to be completed in 40 minutes.
The AgileBA practitioner and re-registration examinations are complex multiple-choice papers, made up of 4 questions each worth 20 marks giving a total of 80 marks. The required pass mark is 40 marks (50%). The exam is 2.5 hours in duration and is open book (AgileBA Handbook only).
AgileBA Registered Practitioner certification is valid for 5 years. Between 3 to 5 years after initial certification, Registered Practitioners are required to sit a re-registration examination to verify their continuing competence and knowledge in AgileBA in order to maintain their registered status. Beyond the 5-year validity the candidate’s certification will still be valid, however they will lose their ‘Registered’ status. Beyond the 5-year period, individuals will be required to complete the full Practitioner exam again in order to reinstate Registered status.
APMG International has partnered with the Agile Business Consortium to develop AgileBA – this incorporates new guidance and a supporting training and certification scheme for business analysts. The AgileBA guidance is aimed at:
- Business Analysts
- Change Analysts
- Project Managers with business analysis responsibilities
- Scrum Product Owners
- Systems Analysts requiring a business and agile perspective for project work
- Agile Developers with analysis responsibilities.
It may also be useful to:
- Business Sponsors
- Programme Office and Project Office managers
- Service management and Service design professionals.
Agile Change Management Certification
The pass mark for the Agile Change Agent & Coach examinations is 25 marks or more out of 50 (50%).