Project Management & Business Analysis Certification Path at CTP

Certification gives recognition of competency, shows commitment to the profession, and helps with job advancement. Cambridge Technology Partners sustains continues education and sponsors professional certifications, in order to advance the professionalism of its employees.

Cambridge Technology Partners advocates the PMP certification for Project Managers and the Business Analysis Certification for the Business Analysts.

As part of the Advisory Services Solution at CTP we created a certification kit. The goal of this document is to provide to all interested employees with the necessary steps to get certified based on Cambridge colleagues experience.

Project Management Professional (PMP) is a certification in project management. It is managed by the Project Management Institute (PMI) and is based on the PMP Examination Specification published by PMI in 2005. PMP is considered by many organizations the standard certification for Project Managers.

• Certification Eligibility: Applicants must have 35 hours of specific project management education. In addition, applicants with a bachelor's degree must have a minimum three years’ professional project management experience, during which 4,500 hours are spent leading and directing project tasks, up to eight years from the time of application.

PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments) is a process-based method for effective project management. PRINCE2 is a de facto standard used extensively by the UK Government and is widely recognized and used in the private sector, both in the UK and internationally. The method PRINCE2 is in the public domain, offering non-proprietary best practice guidance on project management.

• The PRINCE2 Foundation examination is aiming at measuring whether a candidate would be able to act as an informed member of a project management team using the PRINCE2 methodology.
• The PRINCE2 Practitioner examination is aimed at measuring whether a candidate would be able to apply PRINCE2 to manage a project.

The IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis) has created the Certified Business Analysis Professional™ (CBAP™), a designation awarded to candidates who have successfully demonstrated their expertise in this field. This is done by detailing hands-on work experience in business analysis through the CBAP application process, and passing the IIBA CBAP examination.

• The CBAP exam is 3.5 hours long and consists of 150 multiple choice questions with four possible answers to select from. It is based on the BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge)

Learning Tree sponsors a certification path for Business Analysts. To be eligible to take the certification one has to attend three mandatory courses and an elective one:

• Introduction to Business Analysis: Defining Successful Projects (3 days)
  
• Developing User Requirements: The Key to Project Success (4 days)
• Business Process Re-engineering for Competitive Advantage (4 days)

The detailed certification kit, including training providers & enrollment tips, is available at our CTP knowledge repository: Link (internal network); Link (vpn-portal)