OCEB 2 Business Advanced study guide
OCEB 2 Business Advanced · Work through your exam, one topic at a time.
OCEB 2 Business Advanced is the top tier of the three OMG BPM (OCEB 2) certifications, sitting above Fundamental and Intermediate. OMG states that the BPM Intermediate exam is a prerequisite to the BPM Advanced exam, so candidates normally progress through the lower levels first. The OCEB 2 Business Advanced study guide has 6 sections and about 1,916 words.
01Alignment of BPM with Enterprise Goals and Resources
This domain tests how you connect process work to enterprise direction using the OMG Business Motivation Model (BMM) and portfolio/resource decisions. Expect questions on ends versus means, goal versus objective, strategy versus tactic, and how directives constrain process design.
354 words, about 2 min02Advanced Business Process Modeling
This domain tests advanced BPMN 2.0 construct selection and token semantics: event subprocesses, boundary events, compensation, call activities, and gateway behavior. Questions often ask which construct is valid or what happens to tokens when an event fires.
376 words, about 2 min03Management of BPM Programs
This domain tests program governance, maturity, lifecycle, roles, and benefits realization. Expect questions on who owns processes, how funding gates work, and what OMG BPMM maturity levels mean in practice.
352 words, about 2 min04Advanced Change Management
This domain tests stakeholder alignment, resistance diagnosis, culture, and reinforcement in process change. Expect questions that go beyond communication plans into behavior, incentives, and middle-management roles.
274 words, about 1 min05Compliance and Assurance
This domain tests compliance-by-design, control mapping, evidence, segregation of duties, and assurance testing. Expect questions that connect regulatory obligations to process controls and audit evidence.
294 words, about 1 min06Advanced Topics in Process Improvement
This domain tests data-driven improvement methods: Lean, Six Sigma DMAIC, Theory of Constraints, simulation, and process mining. Expect questions on waste, bottlenecks, root cause, and control after improvement.
266 words, about 1 min