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BA-201 Exam Topics and Domains
BA-201 is organized into 6 weighted domains. Expect to work with Salesforce Platform, Salesforce Sandbox, Setup Audit Trail, Customer 360, and more.
Customer Discovery
Business Strategy and Goals
Determine business strategies, goals, initiatives, and challenges to define the scope of business analysis.
Current State Assessment
- Discover how a customer is using and benefiting from Salesforce products to establish the current state.
- Analyze the customer's Salesforce environment to identify opportunities and constraints.
Business Analyst Roles in Implementation
- Understand and explain Business Analyst roles and responsibilities in different phases of the implementation lifecycle.
- Apply the implementation lifecycle for planning business analysis activities.
Salesforce Capabilities
Demonstrate knowledge of Salesforce capabilities and its potential to recommend solutions to the business.
Collaboration with Stakeholders
Discovery Planning
Plan discovery activities based on the target stakeholders to perform a thorough analysis of business needs.
Stakeholder Relationship Management
Identify key stakeholders and develop relationships with them as a trusted advisor to act as a liaison between business and technical teams.
Elicitation Techniques
Given a scenario, choose the most effective technique for eliciting business needs from stakeholders.
Future State Design
- Explain how to move from current state analysis to an agreed future state design.
- Understand how Salesforce features and best practices impact solution options and business processes.
Priority Management and Sign-off
Given a scenario, manage competing priorities to obtain sign-off from stakeholders.
Business Process Mapping
Process Scope Definition
Demonstrate how to define the scope of a complex business process and break it down into manageable steps.
Hierarchical Process Mapping
Apply understanding of hierarchical process mapping to engage stakeholders at different levels of an organization.
Process Documentation and Future State
Analyze and document a business process to elicit requirements and identify resources to visualize a future state.
Process Governance
Apply governance on agreed future state processes to control scope.
Requirements
Requirements vs. User Stories
Distinguish between requirements vs. user stories to engage business and technical stakeholders.
Requirements Verification and Prioritization
Verify and prioritize existing requirements and identify new requirements to develop the future state.
Requirements Documentation and Scope
Document requirements in a version controlled repository to manage scope.
User Stories
User Story Components
Understand the components of a user story to perform thorough analysis.
Acceptance Criteria and Definition of Done
Contrast the difference between acceptance criteria vs definition of done.
User Story Management
Document user stories in a version controlled repository to manage scope.
User Acceptance
UAT Planning
Define and prepare the User Acceptance Test plan to confirm the solution meets the business requirements.
UAT Execution and Results
Guide UAT and manage the results to determine whether the solution meets the requirements.
Go/No-Go Decision
Given a scenario, make a go/no-go release decision when new business or technical issues arise.
How do I earn this certification?
Passing BA-201 earns the Salesforce Certified Business Analyst certification. It sits in the Business Analyst / Cross-Cloud track.
- CRT-251 - Salesforce Certified Sales Cloud ConsultantSpecialization in Sales Cloud implementation consulting
- CRT-261 - Salesforce Certified Service Cloud ConsultantSpecialization in Service Cloud implementation consulting
- User-Experience-Designer - Salesforce Certified User Experience DesignerUX design skills complement BA analysis and process mapping
- Strategy-Designer - Salesforce Certified Strategy Designer Strategic design thinking complements business analysis
- ADM-201 - Salesforce Certified AdministratorCore platform administration skills
- Platform-App-Builder - Salesforce Certified Platform App BuilderDeclarative app building skills for solution implementation
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Who should take this exam?
- 2 years of Business Analyst experience with demonstrated success owning and delivering business process improvements
- 2 years of Salesforce Platform experience
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