Successfully cleared the PMI-PBA Exam !!!

[mayurgv05]

Exam is all about testing the concepts of Business Analysis. Few questions were tricky & similar to PMP exam (especially for Quality, Scope & Risk)

FIndings:
1) Read PMI provided BA book twice atleast. May be three times of you dont have enough BA experience
2) Watch all the IZenbridge videos with a reading on selected topics from PMBOK
3) Make your own notes or diagrams which will give idea about entire domain
4) Take the tests & spend more time on analysis of wrong QA/Answers.
5) Some free online tests are also available which may be taken for the concept evaluations

Nature of Actual Exam:
1) Many questions are blend of PMBOK & BA practice guide
2) Scenarios related to Change management, approvals, Impacts analysis, resolving conflicts
3) Very few direct questions e.g. MoSCoW, SMART etc.
4) Questions related to direction of thinking & what BA can do best in the scenario
5) Questions from Quality management, Scope Management, Stakeholder Analysis, Risk management (PMBOK)
6) Questions mostly come with a "key"word in long explanations; thinking about the same will get to the answer
7) may take more than 3:45 minutes to complete the exam;
8) Tests Q/A are good & build the foundation to go for final exam

Regards,
Mayur Gurav, PMP

[seema.sonkiya]

Congratulations Mayur!! Thanks for sharing your exam lesson Learned here!!

[mayurgv05]

Thanks to you and Saket for the efforts you have taken for quaility videos and clarification sessions. Topics you covered in webinar and interactive sessions were useful.

[saket]

Congratulations and thank you for sharing such a detailed analysis of exam.