Welcome to the IIBA® Sacramento Valley Chapter

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Our Mission

The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) Sacramento Valley Chapter (SVC) is dedicated to bringing the Business Analyst community in Sacramento valley together to help Grow, Connect, and Evolve the Business Analysis profession. It is our goal to help prepare our members to reach their goals of becoming a Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) and share their experiences with our community.
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Spotlight: Behavioral Core Competencies
 
In addition to technical skills and domain knowledge, business analysts are also encouraged to display the five behavioral core competencies listed in the BABOK Guide (Chapter 9) .  These core competencies serve as a foundation for effective and ethical professional practice.
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Guide to Facilitation

Competency Spotlight: Facilitation

 
 
Chapter 9 of the BABOK Guide highlights underlying competencies that "support the practice of business analysis," with facilitation being a key interaction skill for business analysts. This competency plays a pivotal role within the Elicitation and Collaboration knowledge area, encompassing activities such as conducting interviews, facilitating workshops, and orchestrating structured meetings to define and refine requirements. A critical element of effective facilitation is ensuring stakeholder engagement by managing expectations and addressing their needs comprehensively.
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Key Changes in the ECBA Exam
 
 
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Certification Focus

This section provides a more in-depth focus on the certification exams offered by IIBA. The exams offered by IIBA are Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP), CCBA (Certification of Capability in Business Analysis), Entry Certificate in Business Analysis (ECBA), Agile Analysis Certification (IIBA-AAC), Business Data Analytics Certification (IIBA-CBDA), Cybersecurity Analysis Certification (IIBA-CCA), and the Product Ownership Analysis Certification (IIBA-CPOA).

 

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Analyst Catalyst Blog
Business Analysts Are Ready. Are Their Leaders?
Business analysts are delivering more than their organizations see. A 2026 IIBA webinar series with Laura Brandenburg surfaced what practitioners are quietly building and the five conditions that only leaders can fix.
One Size Doesn’t Fit All: Choosing the Right Service Desk Software
You may find yourself working on a project that wants to implement service desk software. But there’s a difference between Customer Service Management (CSM) and IT Service Management (ITSM) service desk software.
Your Instincts Are Data Too, And It's Time We Treated Them That Way
Russell Mears joined Business Analysis Live! to make the case that instinct is a form of compressed expertise that every business analysis professional should be treating as data.