FAQ

IIBA® is the International Institute of Business Analysis. It is a leading global organisation that establishes standards and frameworks for business analysis and provides business analysis certifications.

Training institutions and educational facilities are endorsed by IIBA (the International Institute of Business Analysis) to provide the globally recognised standard for business analysis practices.

Business Analysis Upskill is an IIBA EEP (Endorsed Education Provider) Partner. As an EEP Partner, we have the ability to offer PD hours/CDUs  for our courses and promote affiliation with IIBA.

PD hours are the number of professional development hours the students earn by virtue of attending training/courses. Professional development means the skills/expertise/knowledge that students earn/develop in a specific area.

Some certifications require the students to earn a certain number of Professional Development hours (as part of the eligibility criteria), when applying for the certification exam.

As an Endorsed Education Provider with IIBA, our endorsed courses provide a certain number of Professional Development hours.

Generally, 1 Professional Development hour= 1 contact hour of our training.

So, for example, if a student attends 7 hours of an endorsed course, they earn 7 Professional Development hours. 

Please refer to our IIBA endorsed training courses to find out how many Professional Development hours you will earn when you attend a specific training.

Also, please refer to the certification exam eligibility requirements to find out the total number of Professional Development hours required.

CDU = Continuing Development Units (CDUs).

Certain certifications require the students to recertify every few years in order to maintain their certification status. This means that the students need to undertake Professional Development activities (such as attending training, self-learning etc.) to earn CDUs.

Each such activity earns a certain number of CDUs.

As an Endorsed Education Provider with IIBA, our endorsed courses provide a certain number of CDUs.

Generally, 1 CDU = 1 contact hour of our training.

So, for example, if a student attends 7 hours of an endorsed course, they earn 7 CDUs.

Please refer to our IIBA endorsed training courses to find out how many CDUs you will earn when you attend a specific training.

Also, please refer to the certification requirements to find out the total number of CDUs required to maintain your certification status.

BABOK® or the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge is a globally recognised standard for the practice of business analysis, published by IIBA.

As per IIBA, it is the standard for the practice of business analysis and is for professionals who perform business analysis tasks. It guides business professionals within the six core knowledge areas, describing the skills,

deliverables, and techniques that business analysis professionals require to achieve better business outcomes.

Currently V3 is the latest version of BABOK® published by IIBA. All our training courses are aligned with V3 of BABOK®.