Earning this certification informs employers of your passion for and competencies performing business analysis on analytics initiatives.
The certification helps identify skilled business data analytics professionals to organizations seeking these in-demand skills.

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Practitioner View
This course will help you firmly establish your interest and competencies for performing business analysis on analytics initiatives in your current and/or future organizations’. From organizations’ perspective this certification helps identify skilled business data analytics professionals to drive such initiatives towards their intended goals.
Analytics initiatives/projects are not very different from traditional technology projects. As in case of traditional technology projects, BA plays a very significant role in making the connection to business outcomes, same is expected from a CBDA certified professional in a data initiative/project. In short, this is Business Analysis from a data perspective.
Companies have always been focused on using data to make decisions. But it has gained prominent limelight in the last couple of years. Metrics across various industries have shown that data-focused organizations perform better. Hence, strong business analysis skills coupled with the knowledge, competencies and experience performing business analytics activities are in high demand and will continue to remain so.
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Yes, there will be few questions which apply some of the statistical concepts’ of averages, distributions etc. to derive at the appropriate response.
The certification exam is comprised of 75 scenario based multiple choice questions for 2 hours duration. This is an experienced based exam, you’ll apply your work experience to answer scenarios common to analytics initiatives. This is a level 2 certification intended for those with 2-3 years of experience and are experienced with core BA skills.