BAPC™ is the next iteration of the requirements and specifications course.

This course has continually evolved since 2017, when it was called the "Core BA Concepts" course, to where it is today.

The course has now been extended from 8 weeks to 10 weeks, and there is a much higher emphasis on producing standard deliverables in addition to requirements & specifications.

Yes, students will be required to produce business requirements, a product backlog, and functional specifications to pass the course.

These deliverables can be showcased to your potential employer in interviews to illustrate that you are capable of producing the materials they will need from you.

You should expect to spend about 8 to 10 hours a week on the course in total.

3 hours - The BAPC lectures/workshops are 3 hours in length, we have one lecture per week.

1 hour - We have an optional office hours session where students can get extra help.

4-6 hours - You should also plan about 1 hour of prep for each lecture and 3 to 5 hours of work per week on the assignments. This last part may vary widely from student to student.

The course will teach you the core skills you need to do the job of a business analyst, but it would be unethical to imply that you'll get a job just by taking the course.

As a practitioner, I know that securing a job is much more than just skills that you can learn through a course.

It requires skills, a good resume, good interview performance, and most importantly, patience & persistence.

Beware of anyone promising you a job after taking a course. That is a dishonest promise.

Lecture 1 starts on Feb 4th 2023, and our last lecture will be held on Feb 8th.

See the course schedule below for full details.

The fee for the winter 2023 session is $2,500 USD for members and $3,000 USD for non-members.

This fee is all-inclusive, meaning that it covers the cost of all the tools (Visio, Azure, Office, etc.) You will need to complete the course.

Yes, students will be given the option of making the payment over three months instead of paying a lump sum. The plan will work as follows:

• First payment of $1000 USD is due at enrolment
• Second payment of $1000 USD is due 30 calendar days after the enrollment date.
• Third payment of $1000 USD is due 60 calendar days after the first payment.

Our billing system automates the recurring payments so you don't have to make the second and third payments manually.  The system will automatically charge your card on the scheduled date.

Member discounts are not available on the payment plan.

Yes, you can list the deliverables you produced on your resume.  You should clarify on your resume that these deliverables were produced as part of a class project.

Students who successfully complete the required assignments will receive a certificate of completion that that lists the expertise they have gained and the PD/CDU's they have acquired as a result of completing the course.

No, the course does not count toward the 7,500 hours of experience required to qualify for the CBAP exam, but it will provide you with 40 PD/CDU credits to help you fulfill the credit requirements to write the CBAP.

The current CBAP PD/CDU requirements are 35 credits. The 40 credits you will receive exceed that minimum requirement.

No, this course is not an exam prep course and is not aimed at helping you pass the exam.

This is a hands-on practical course aimed at teaching you how to produce the deliverables that your employers will need you to produce.

We will use the tools, techniques, and perspectives of the BABOK to produce actual requirements, a product backlog, and functional specifications.  This course is meant much more to help you learn how to perform the job than to pass the exam.

Our project this year will be in the legal domain.  We will be designing a system that helps a company manage its global intellectual property assets.

We don't cover job search and resume in the course, but the course gives you a lifetime membership to our community where I share my own resume and provide input on job search strategies in a group setting.

No.   A training company cannot certify you as a business analyst.

Despite the misleading marketing of some training companies, a true certification can only come from a neutral third-party certifying body such as the IIBA, BCS, or IREB.

You will receive a certificate of completion from this course demonstrating that you've successfully produced the deliverables to a base standard, but this certificate is not a certification.

No, you are not required to find your own project to complete the course.

We will be jointly working on the same project and you will be given options for the areas of the project that you want to focus on for producing your functional specificaitons.