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PMI-PBA®
Business Analysis

The PMI Professional in Business Analysis credential — for experienced analysts whose work sits inside project and program environments. Strategic planning to product management, proven against the PMI standard.

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7wk
Programme Length
35hr
PMI Training
1:1
Mentor Pairing
5
Domains Covered
№ 01 / Overview

The BA credential that travels.

More than ever, the world is moving toward project-based work. The jobs of business analysts and solution builders are intermingled with project environments and the management of projects. There is a growing need for BAs who combine strong project management principles with strong skill in determining and managing business needs — from strategic planning through product development and management.

Administered by the Project Management Institute (PMI), the PMI-PBA® exam was designed for experienced business analysts who focus their efforts on requirements management from the business perspective. The credential attests to your familiarity and understanding of standardized, formal, and successful implementation of both project management and business analysis processes.

At Mac Jason Academy, formal education and training is complemented by the knowledge and hands-on experience of a competent practitioner, to ensure you master the knowledge and skills required to earn the certification. More and more companies are requiring credentials as a way of ensuring their BA staff possess these capabilities — we make sure yours holds up under scrutiny.

Who this is for: Practicing business analysts on project teams, business systems analysts (BSAs), product owners moving toward formal requirements management, project managers handling their own BA scope, and PMPs who want a formal BA credential alongside.

№ 02 / Outcomes

What you'll walk away with.

  • 01Sit for the PMI-PBA exam, prepared35 contact hours of PMI-approved BA training — exam eligibility, handled.
  • 02Speak the language of requirements managementNeeds, planning, analysis, traceability, evaluation — fluent across all five domains.
  • 03Run a needs assessment from a business perspectiveProblem definition, goals, root cause, feasibility, business case — the practitioner workflow.
  • 04Build the artefacts BA roles expectRequirements documents, traceability matrices, stakeholder analyses, prioritisation models.
  • 05Manage requirements across the full project lifecycleFrom elicitation through change control and closeout — not just the BRD-then-leave model.
  • 06Position yourself for senior BA / lead BA rolesThe credential that signals you understand BA as a discipline, not as a job title.
Project management team in a strategy session
Chapter 03 — In the classroom
№ 03 / Curriculum

Five domains. Seven weeks.

Curriculum aligned to PMI's PBA Examination Content Outline. Each module ends with a scenario-based assessment and a one-on-one mentor session.

The PMI-PBA exam blueprint, the standard, the discipline. Definitions and terminology — what PMI means by "requirement", "stakeholder", "traceability", and where the BA role sits relative to the PM and the product owner.
Problem and opportunity identification, situation analysis, root cause, capability gaps, goals and objectives, feasibility study, business case development. The pre-project work that decides whether the project happens at all.
Business analysis planning, stakeholder identification and engagement, analysis tools selection, requirements management plan, traceability and change control approach. The work that prevents BA chaos downstream.
Elicitation techniques — interviews, workshops, prototyping, observation, document analysis. How to draw out what stakeholders actually need versus what they first ask for. Confirming and documenting elicited results.
Analysis and modelling techniques. Requirements specification — functional, non-functional, transition. Prioritisation, validation and verification. Approving the requirements baseline.
Requirements traceability matrices, version control, baselines. Managing changes through formal change control. Communicating requirements status to stakeholders without losing momentum.
Solution evaluation, validation against the business case, value realisation, lessons learned. Closes with a full mock exam, proctored scoring, and personalised gap analysis to focus the final week of self-study before you sit.
№ 04 / Faculty

A competent practitioner at your side.

Formal education and training is complemented by the knowledge and hands-on experience of a competent practitioner — a working BA from our consulting practice.

Lead Instructor · PMI-PBA · CBAP
Senior BA Practice Lead

Two decades of requirements work across financial services, energy and healthcare. Has led enterprise BA functions and trained more BAs into senior roles than she can count.

Mentor · PMI-PBA · PMP
Lead Mentor, BA Practice

Pairs you 1:1 from Week 2 onward. Walks you through real elicitation, prioritisation and traceability work from current Mac Jason Consult engagements.

№ 05 — From a graduate
"The instructor was very knowledgeable and good at communication. The classes were conducted in a professional way. An awesome experience."
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Azra Rashid
Mac Jason Academy Graduate
№ 06 / Questions

The questions we hear most.

PMI requires a secondary degree plus 60 months of BA experience (or a bachelor's plus 36 months), plus 35 hours of business analysis education. Our programme delivers the 35 hours. We help you build the experience hours form correctly — that's where most applicants stumble.
Yes, if a significant share of your work involves requirements, stakeholder management, or solution evaluation. The PMI-PBA signals that you understand BA as a formal discipline. Combined with PMP, it's a powerful pairing for senior delivery roles.
CBAP (from IIBA) is the deeper BA-only credential. PMI-PBA is the PMI-issued credential for BAs working inside project environments. If your work is project-bounded — initiated, planned, executed, closed — PMI-PBA is the better signal. Many practitioners hold both.
Two evening sessions per week plus a Saturday workshop, running for seven weeks. Live in our Sugar Land classroom and simultaneously via webinar. All sessions recorded for lifetime portal access.
No — PMI charges the exam fee directly. Standard pricing is around $405 for non-members and $284 for PMI members. We walk you through PMI membership which typically saves you money overall.
Sit in on the next cohort free of charge. We'd rather you pass than walk away. Most students pass on the first attempt; those who don't usually missed a single domain and recover quickly with focused review.
Yes — Mia-Share / Meritize partnership for tuition financing with monthly payment plans. See Financial Aid or call 832-757-9988.
№ 07 — Enroll

The BA credential employers ask for.

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