How to Record Your Training on the PMI-PBA Application

PMI-PBA certification application can be accepted if you record at least 35 contact hours of training on business analysis practices. Business Analysis training can include topics covering business analysis methodologies, principles, and practices.

Record all training hours, regardless of when they were accrued. The PMI-PBA ourse work must be completed by the time you submit your application.

Accurately documenting your education and training is an important part of the PMI-PBA application process. Many professionals complete an approved PMI-PBA Training Course to satisfy eligibility requirements while strengthening their exam preparation.

NOTE: One hour of classroom instruction equals one contact hour. If you have completed a university or college course on business analysis that met for three hours per week for 15 weeks, you would record 45 contact hours. If only a portion of a course dealt with business analysis practices, only the hours spent on business analysis practices can be applied toward the total.

You can satisfy the PMI-PBA Certification training requirements by demonstrating the successful completion of courses, workshops, and educational sessions offered by one or more of the following types of providers:

• PMI Registered Education Providers (R.E.P.s)
• PMI Approved Training Providers (ATPs)
• PMI chapters or communities of practice
• Employer/company-sponsored programs
• Training companies or consultants (e.g., training schools)
• Distance-learning companies, including an end-of-course assessment
• University/college academic and continuing education programs

The following education does not satisfy the training requirements:

• PMI chapter meetings
• Self-directed learning (e.g., reading books, watching instructional videos or sessions with coaches or mentors)

If at least one hour of a chapter meeting is spent conducting a learning activity, the hour(s) spent in that activity can be counted towards the training eligibility requirement.

NOTE: While you may be able to record applicable classes that counted toward a degree, you cannot record the degree program in its entirety because some classes within the program will not apply to the requirement.