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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
AI-Assisted Prototyping: Turning Requirements Into Interaction
Comprehensive requirements documentation doesn't automatically create shared understanding. When stakeholders can interact with a working representation of the proposed solution while requirements are still being shaped, ambiguity surfaces earlier (and cheaper).
Defining Done for AI Features That Never Give the Same Answer Twice
Every delivery method rests on the acceptance criterion, and every acceptance criterion assumes the software gives the same answer twice. AI features don't. This article gives business analysts three practical instruments for closing that gap and shows why writing the rubric a model is graded against is elicitation in its purest form.
Business Analysis in Agile: A Skill and a Role
On Agile teams, is business analysis a role, a skill, or both? A practising Agile business analyst explains why the discipline becomes more critical, not less, as delivery speed increases.