Career Path Planning Program

CPP Program - Career Path Planning Program
GAC IIBA®, through our Career Path Planning Program (CPP) and in conjunction with our CPP Recruitment Professionals, offers career consultation opportunities and career enhancing workshops to assist in identifying goals, assessing strategies, and improving proficiencies aimed at contributing to evolving your career as a business analyst in a more desirable direction.

This program offers CPP Skills Workshops that will contribute to improving or acquiring new skills, increasing your confidence, broadening your marketability, validating your value proposition to employers, and improving your ability to seek higher paying positions.  Many of our CPP Skills Workshops’ hours can be used for CDUs towards your CBAP® or CCBA® Certifications 

Our BA Boot Camp, an annual event, is a day long CPP Program with hours of extensive focus on the hottest topics impacting today’s BAs.  Stay tuned to the Event listings for event registration.
Atlanta IIBA Career Path Planning Program
An IIBA®  Membership Benefit

 

ASK YOURSELF 1. Where are you today? 3. What do you need to do to get there?
2. Where do you want to be in 1-3 years? 4. How will you monitor your progress?

The GAC IIBA®, through our Career Path Planning Program and in conjunction with our CPP Recruitment Professionals and our BAMP Mentors, offers career enhancing opportunities and skills workshops to assist in identifying goals, assessing strategies, and improving proficiencies aimed at contributing to evolving your career as a business analyst in a more desirable direction.

This program is designed to provide members with opportunities to attend workshops, presentations, and meet with Recruitment Professionals for guidance and advice on moving your career to the next level.  

The CPP Workshops will contribute to improving or acquiring new skills, increasing your confidence, broadening your marketability, validating your value proposition to employers, and improving ability to seek desired new positions. For members involved in BAMP, your Mentor will also rely on your participation in CPP events as well as following the 4 Step CPP Roadmap.
Program Details
 

WHAT What It Is  What It Is Not 
Collaboration between a Sr BA and a Jr BA Not a way to prepare for your certification exam
Clarification and documenting career goals Not counseling (i.e. family, work performance, personal conflicts)
Concentrated professional development opportunities Not tutoring/teaching
Assessing BA “challenges” in the workplace Not a way to get a professional reference
Contributing to individual growth for both BAs Not counseling in getting a new job
A networking opportunity Not a constant “gripe” session
Pursuing additional benefits of membership Not a “quick fix”
POTENTIAL    BENEFITS  For the BA:   For the Recruitment Professional
Clarity of goals and the strategies to achieve them Share your knowledge and guidance to desiring BA professionals
Opportunity to improve BA skills and grow in BA profession Form individual relationships with motivated BAs to build your pool
Faster career growth Gain a better understanding of the BA profession to improve your ability to better serve your clients
Earn CDUs towards certification or CDUs towards CCBA recertification (Skills Workshops)
 
WHO BA:  Recruitment Professionals:
Atlanta IIBA® Chapter member in good standing Partners volunteering additional time for the Career Path Program
BA desiring to grow in the BA profession Partners willing to counsel, share ideas, knowledge and expertise
BA willing and committed to collaborate in the process Partners desiring to increase their network and their knowledge