AgileBA (Agile Business Analysis) Certification

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Once you’ve been notified that you’ve passed your exam - you will have the option to create a digital badge in APMG's Candidate Portal.

Visit APMG's Candidate Portal, view your exam results and select 'Create Badge'.

This takes you to the Credly website where the digital badges are hosted. You will be guided through the Credly account creation process.

Once you have created an account with Credly - login into the account and accept your pending badge.

APMG International has partnered with the Agile Business Consortium to develop AgileBA – this incorporates new guidance and a supporting training and certification scheme for business analysts. The AgileBA guidance is aimed at:

• Business Analysts
• Change Analysts
• Project Managers with business analysis responsibilities
• Scrum Product Owners
• Systems Analysts requiring a business and agile perspective for project work
• Agile Developers with analysis responsibilities.

It may also be useful to:

• Business Sponsors
• Programme Office and Project Office managers
• Service management and Service design professionals.

Training for AgileBA is available from our network of Accredited Training Organizations (ATOs) which are assessed and certified by APMG International. Here is our full list of ATOs.

No, however attending a training course is recommended.

Individuals also have the option of self-study to prepare for the examinations. APMG-International administer online exam sessions, allowing those who self study the opportunity to sit an online exam from the comfort of their own home or office.

Most, if not all, AgileBA accredited training organizations include the examinations as part of the associated training course - please check with your ATO before booking.

For those who self-study, the exam can be taken anywhere in the world, from the comfort of your home or workplace, with online proctoring.  A proctor will access your exam as you take it to monitor the exam environment through your computer's desktop, webcam and microphone.

Once you have booked an exam, you will be given a registration email to schedule an appointment with your live proctor via our Candidate Portal. Our online proctoring system allows you to take your exam anytime as sessions are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. For more information, please click here.

APMG also administers a limited number of public exam sessions at some of our regional offices. Click here for further information and to book an exam.

If you are sitting the examinations through an accredited training organization, the costs of the exams are generally included in the course fee. APMG International uses a global pricing structure, so for those sitting exams at a public exam centre, the cost is dependent on where the exams are being sat. To find out the cost in your region, please contact the APMG Service Desk on +44 (0)1494 452450 or at: servicedesk@apmg-international.com

There are no pre-requisites for taking the AgileBA foundation examination.

Passing the AgileBA foundation exam is a re-requisite to taking the AgileBA practitioner exam.

Candidates must hold a valid practitioner certification in order to take the re-registration examination.

AgileBA has one main publication supporting the qualification scheme, published by Agile Business Consortium, called AgileBA® Agile Business Analysis Handbook.

This can be purchased from APMG Business Books at: https://www.apmg-businessbooks.com/.

Most AgileBA accredited training organizations include the guidance as part of the course fee.

Foundation examinations are currently available in English and Polish.

Practitioner examinations are currently only available in English. Further translations will be considered subject to market demand. 

The AgileBA Foundation guidance is available in English and Polish. 

The AgileBA Practitioner is currently only available in English. 

For individuals self-studying it is almost impossible to say. As all candidates have different experiences and amount of time available for study, it varies from person to person. We suggest you buy the guidance and have a look through for yourself before deciding how long you need to spend learning.

For those studying with an accredited training organization, courses are generally delivered over 4 days (3 days for foundation). It is well worth investigating with individual providers, as many will offer tailored and blended learning solutions.

The AgileBA foundation examination consists of 50 multiple-choice questions, with 25 marks (50%) required to pass. It is a closed-book examination to be completed in 40 minutes.

The AgileBA practitioner and re-registration examinations are complex multiple-choice papers, made up of 4 questions each worth 20 marks giving a total of 80 marks. The required pass mark is 40 marks (50%). The exam is 2.5 hours in duration and is open book (AgileBA Handbook only).

AgileBA Registered Practitioner certification is valid for 5 years. Between 3 to 5 years after initial certification, Registered Practitioners are required to sit a re-registration examination to verify their continuing competence and knowledge in AgileBA in order to maintain their registered status. Beyond the 5-year validity the candidate’s certification will still be valid, however they will lose their ‘Registered’ status. Beyond the 5-year period, individuals will be required to complete the full Practitioner exam again in order to reinstate Registered status.

The pass marks for the AgileBA examinations are:

Foundation: You will need to score 25/50 to pass the foundation examination.

Practitioner and Re-registration: You will need to score 40/80 to pass the examination.

AgileBA foundation examinations can be marked on location after the exam, but this is down to the discretion of the invigilator at the time.

Practitioner and re-registration answer booklets are marked at APMG-International offices and results released soon after.

Your result will be sent to your ATO approximately 7-10 days after your exam date. Your ATO should notify you of your results so please contact them for further details.

If you did not take your exam through an ATO, your results will be sent directly to you via the relevant APMG International office approximately 7-10 days after the date of your exam.

The foundation examination is not valid for a defined period and will not expire.

Candidates who pass the practitioner exam are recognized as ‘AgileBA Registered Practitioners'. Individuals will remain 'Registered' for a period of 5 years. To maintain Registered status, practitioners must complete and pass an AgileBA re-registration examination within 3-5 years following their initial/previous practitioner certification.

To be eligible to apply to become an AgileBA trainer, individuals must achieve a score of 66% (53/80) in the practitioner exam.

Trainers also need to ensure to maintain their ‘Registered Practitioner’ status and take the re-registration examination between 3-5 years following their initial/previous practitioner certification in order to retain their accreditation.

To find out if you scored enough to be eligible as a trainer, please email servicedesk@apmg-international.com noting your interest. A representative of the Service Desk will be able to advise you.

All AgileBA trainers must be "sponsored" by an AgileBA accredited training organization (ATO).

Details of all AgileBA ATOs can be found here.

A trainer application must be submitted by the sponsoring ATO to their relevant APMG International office.

Only organizations licensed to do so are allowed to use the AgileBA logo. Such organizations include AgileBA ATOs (Accredited Training Organizations) and registered partners accredited by APMG International.

AgileBA ® is a registered trademark of Agile Business Consortium Limited, and must not be used without prior permission or an appropriate license.

The APMG International Swirl AgileBA Device is a trademark of APM Group Ltd.

An organization wishing to become an AgileBA ATO must first submit an application form to either the APMG International Service Desk at servicedesk@apmg-international.com or a regional APMG International office. The organization will then be subject to APMG International's ATO assessment process.

You can always access all your electronic certificates and badges via the APMG Candidate Portal. Once you have logged on to the Candidate Portal, click on the ‘Badges and Certificates’ option from the menu bar at the top of screen. From here you should click on the ‘Create Badge/Certificate’ button. This will take you to the Credly platform to create and account and download your badge and certificate.

Step-by-step guidance is available to download from the ‘Badges and Certificates’ area in your Candidate Portal.

Electronic certificates are environmentally friendly, but you can print the certificate yourself at home or work, if required.

If you have any problems with accessing your digital certificate, please contact our Customer Interaction Team - servicedesk@apmg-international.com