The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) offers a three-tier certification ladder built on the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK® Guide v3) — the global standard that defines the six knowledge areas every analyst is tested on: Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring, Elicitation & Collaboration, Requirements Life Cycle Management, Strategy Analysis, Requirements Analysis & Design Definition, and Solution Evaluation.
Each level signals a different stage of your career. You start with ECBA when you're new to the discipline, move to CCBA once you have a few years of hands-on work, and earn CBAP as a senior practitioner with deep experience. The exams share the same BABOK foundation, so the knowledge you build practicing one carries straight into the next.
For students, career-changers and analysts with little or no prior BA experience. No work-hour requirement — it proves you understand BABOK fundamentals and terminology.
For practicing analysts with roughly 3,750 hours of BA work over the past seven years. Focuses on applying BABOK techniques to real project situations.
The flagship credential for experienced professionals (~7,500 hours). Scenario-heavy questions test judgement, trade-offs and stakeholder strategy — not just recall.
Original, expert-reviewed questions with an explanation for every option — referenced back to BABOK v3. Try 6 questions free on any live exam, no card required.
The senior-level BABOK certification.
The entry-level certification for new business analysts.
The intermediate BABOK certification for analysts with a few years' experience.
Prove your agile business analysis skills across the three horizons.
Where business analysis meets data analytics.
The business analysis role in cybersecurity.
Agile product ownership analysis for modern POs and BAs.
Master BPMN process modeling — the BA's modeling certification.
Read and build UML 2.5 diagrams with confidence.
Business analysis in projects — PMI's BA credential.
Prove you truly understand the Scrum Guide.
Product ownership and value delivery, by the book.
Agile across frameworks — Scrum, Kanban, Lean, XP.
Your first PM credential — no experience required.
Requirements engineering, the vendor-neutral IREB way.
The world's most recognized software-testing certification.
The structured project-management method — 7th edition.
The world's leading IT service management framework.
Enterprise architecture with the TOGAF Standard, 10th Edition.
Advanced scenario-based Scrum mastery — beyond PSM I.
Product ownership at scale — inside the Agile Release Train.
The gold standard in project management.
Apply and tailor PRINCE2 to real project scenarios.
Lead a Lean-Agile transformation with SAFe 6.0.
Advanced product ownership — vision, value, evidence.
DMAIC process improvement — the IASSC standard.
Scrum Master inside the Agile Release Train.
Project risk management — PMI's specialist credential.
The UK standard for business analysis fundamentals.
Business analysis the agile way — DSDM framework.
ISTQB's new flagship agile testing credential (2026).
DOE and deep statistics — lead improvement projects.
Chief Scrum Master of the Agile Release Train.
PRINCE2 governance meets agile delivery.
The classic Scrum Master certification.
Business process management by the BPM CBOK.
The entry point to the AWS Cloud — four domains, 65 questions, 700/1000 to pass.
The most-requested cloud certification — secure, resilient, high-performing, cost-optimized designs.
Cloud concepts, Azure services, management and governance — the certification that never expires.
The baseline cybersecurity certification — five domains, 750/900 to pass.
The benchmark networking certification — routing, switching, security and automation (exam topics v1.1).
Match the credential to where you actually are. If you're entering the field or coming from a related role like QA, project coordination or product, start with ECBA — it has no work-experience requirement and gives you a clean, structured pass through BABOK. If you've already spent a few years writing requirements and running elicitation sessions, CCBA recognises that applied experience. And if you lead analysis on complex initiatives, CBAP is the senior mark that carries the most weight with employers.
Still torn between the two live exams? Our side-by-side breakdown of eligibility hours, exam format, difficulty and career value makes the call easy: CBAP vs ECBA — which certification should you take?
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