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PMI Professional in Business Analysis Certification Training Course

PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Training Course

Prepare for the PMI-PBA® certification and build advanced capability across business needs, requirements discovery, stakeholder engagement, analysis, traceability, monitoring, solution evaluation, and business value realization.

Course focus: Business analysis practices, stakeholder collaboration, requirements management, needs assessment, planning, analysis, traceability, monitoring, evaluation, project alignment, and PMI-PBA exam readiness.

Course Overview

Develop the business analysis capability to uncover needs, manage requirements, and shape project outcomes.

Accumentum’s PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Training Course prepares experienced professionals to pursue PMI-PBA certification and strengthen the business analysis practices needed to improve project and program success.

PMI describes business analysis as a growing area of importance to projects and programs. Practitioners use business analysis to uncover business needs, manage requirements, and create effective solutions to business problems.

The PMI-PBA certification recognizes an individual’s expertise in business analysis and the use of business analysis tools and techniques to improve project success. PMI states that the certification carries a high level of professional credibility.

This course aligns with PMI’s current PMI-PBA certification structure and exam content areas: Needs Assessment, Planning, Analysis, Traceability and Monitoring, and Evaluation. Learners build exam readiness while reinforcing stakeholder engagement, requirements discovery, requirements analysis, solution evaluation, business value alignment, and business benefit realization.

200PMI-PBA exam questions, according to PMI’s current certification page.

240Minutes of exam time for the PMI-PBA certification exam.

60PDUs required in each 3-year cycle to maintain the PMI-PBA certification.

Course Objectives

Build PMI-PBA exam readiness and practical business analysis capability.

Uncover Business Needs

Strengthen the ability to identify, analyze, and communicate business needs that shape project direction and expected business benefits.

Manage Requirements

Develop structured practices for requirements discovery, analysis, documentation, traceability, monitoring, and change awareness.

Engage Stakeholders

Build confidence working with stakeholders to define business requirements and support project outputs that deliver expected value.

Evaluate Solutions

Apply business analysis tools and techniques to assess solution performance, project outcomes, and business benefit delivery.

Who Should Attend

Business analysts preparing to validate their experience and expertise through PMI-PBA certification.
Project managers, program managers, product professionals, analysts, consultants, and delivery leaders who manage requirements or support business solution outcomes.
Professionals responsible for requirements discovery, stakeholder collaboration, needs assessment, analysis, traceability, solution evaluation, and business benefit realization.
Practitioners who work with stakeholders to define organizational business requirements and shape project outputs that deliver expected business benefits.

Eligibility and Recommended Readiness

Set A: Secondary degree, 60 months working as a practitioner of business analysis within the last 8 years, and 35 contact hours in business analysis practices.
Set B: Bachelor’s degree or higher, 36 months working as a practitioner of business analysis within the last 8 years, and 35 contact hours in business analysis practices.
Set C: Bachelor’s or postgraduate degree from a GAC-accredited program, 24 months of unique nonoverlapping professional business analysis experience, and 35 contact hours of formal education.
Learners should be prepared to document business analysis experience, project roles and responsibilities, completed training, and qualifying education.

Pathway Map

The PMI-PBA training course covers the complete business analysis certification pathway.

The curriculum connects PMI’s PMI-PBA exam structure with practical business analysis work across needs assessment, planning, analysis, traceability, monitoring, evaluation, stakeholder engagement, requirements management, application preparation, exam readiness, and certification maintenance.

Business Analysis Foundations

Needs Assessment

Business Analysis Planning

Requirements Analysis

Stakeholder Engagement

Traceability and Monitoring

Solution Evaluation

Application and Scheduling

Certification Maintenance

PMI-PBA Exam Readiness

Course Content

Full PMI-PBA curriculum breakout.

Course Features

Designed for practical PMI-PBA training and business analysis certification preparation.

Exam Content Review

Prepare across PMI’s PMI-PBA exam content areas, including Needs Assessment, Planning, Analysis, Traceability and Monitoring, and Evaluation.

Stakeholder Focus

Strengthen the ability to work with stakeholders to define business requirements and shape project outputs that deliver expected business benefit.

Requirements Practice

Review discovery, analysis, requirements management, prioritization, traceability, monitoring, and requirements-driven project alignment.

Application Readiness

Understand PMI-PBA eligibility, experience documentation, education requirements, audit support, scheduling, and exam-day preparation.

Certification Exam

Prepare for the official PMI Professional in Business Analysis certification exam.

PMI-PBA Exam Readiness

Accumentum’s PMI-PBA Training Course prepares learners to validate business analysis expertise across requirements, stakeholders, analysis, traceability, monitoring, evaluation, and project success.

Upon completing the PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Training Course with Accumentum, learners will be prepared to pursue the official PMI-PBA certification exam and demonstrate readiness across business analysis principles, practices, tools, and techniques.

PMI lists the PMI-PBA exam as 200 questions with 240 minutes of exam time. PMI lists exam languages as English and Chinese Simplified.

PMI’s associated exam content areas include Needs Assessment at 18%, Planning at 22%, Analysis at 35%, Traceability and Monitoring at 15%, and Evaluation at 10%.

PMI-PBA candidates must meet one of PMI’s eligibility requirement sets involving education level, professional business analysis experience, and 35 contact hours in business analysis practices or formal education. PMI also states candidates may take the exam at a Pearson VUE Testing Center or securely online and may attempt the exam up to three times in one year if they do not pass.

Frequently Asked Questions

Understand how Accumentum’s PMI-PBA Certification Training Course supports business analysis certification preparation, eligibility, experience documentation, 35 contact hours, exam readiness, exam content areas, and certification maintenance.

Enrollment

Enroll in the PMI Professional in Business Analysis Certification Training Course with Accumentum.

Enroll in Accumentum’s PMI Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PBA)® Training Course to prepare for the PMI-PBA certification exam and strengthen the business analysis practices needed to improve project and program outcomes.

You will gain structured exam-aligned preparation across Needs Assessment, Planning, Analysis, Traceability and Monitoring, and Evaluation while reinforcing stakeholder collaboration, requirements discovery, requirements management, solution alignment, and business benefit realization.

This course is ideal for experienced business analysis practitioners, project professionals, consultants, analysts, product professionals, and delivery leaders who work with stakeholders to define business requirements and ensure projects deliver expected value. For detailed information, upcoming course dates, cohort availability, and enrollment support, visit Accumentum’s registration page linked below.

Build business analysis capability with PMI-PBA training.

Prepare for the PMI-PBA certification exam while strengthening skills across business needs, stakeholder engagement, requirements discovery, analysis, traceability, monitoring, solution evaluation, business benefit delivery, and project success.