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The Certified Business Architect (CBA)® is a professional credential offered through the Business Architecture Guild®, the membership association behind the BIZBOK® Guide. The Guild describes certification as providing benefits across three levels: for the field itself, for the businesses that benefit from the practice, and for the individual practitioner. The CBA® is aimed at practitioners who want formal recognition of their command of the business architecture discipline and its body of knowledge, and at professionals preparing to apply that knowledge in their organizations. On the exam itself, this page cannot give you reliable numbers. The Guild's dedicated CBA® page returned a 404 error when checked, so question count, time limit, passing score, fee, retake rules, and validity period are all unconfirmed here. The Guild's site lists a single certification entry point and a CEU program under it, but publishes no domain weights. Topics on this exam: Business Architecture Knowledgebase (BIZBOK® Guide). The CBA study guide has 1 section and about 491 words.
01Business Architecture Knowledgebase (BIZBOK® Guide)
This domain tests your command of the BIZBOK Guide’s structure, core terminology, blueprint categories, and the relationships that connect business architecture artifacts. Expect questions on the Business Architecture Framework, the metamodel, and how the guide positions business architecture between strategy and IT. The BIZBOK Guide frames business architecture as the discipline that bridges business strategy and IT architecture. Its framework places Business Architecture in the middle, with Business Strategy providing direction and IT Architecture realizing technology-enabled change.
491 words, about 2 minMore study resources for CBA
- Practice questionsIn the BIZBOK® Guide, which business architecture blueprint type is used to show the capabilities an organization possesses and how they decompose into sub-capabilities?
- FlashcardsBusiness Architecture. A blueprint of the enterprise that provides a common understanding of the organization and is used to align strategic objectives and tactical demands, expressed through integrated views and mappings.
- Cheat sheetBusiness Architecture is defined as a blueprint of the enterprise that provides a common understanding of the organization and is used to align strategic objectives and tactical demands.
- Key termsBusiness Architecture. A blueprint of the enterprise that provides a common understanding of the organization, showing how capabilities, value streams, information, and organizational units fit together to guide change and align strategy with execution.
- Study planMap the overall structure of the Business Architecture Knowledgebase (BIZBOK® Guide) as a body of knowledge: identify its major parts, how they relate, and what each part is meant to answer for a practitioner.
- Common mistakesThe exam tests whether you can select the right model or artifact for a stated business situation, not whether you can recite a glossary.
- Exam-day guideBring the original, unexpired ID in the exact name used on your registration.