Would NOT recommend
I appreciate that they provide a lot of resources to study and practice for the exams. However, there were endless grammar errors in the questions, which mostly created more confusion about the content. A lot of the practice questions had fundamental issues. The site provides a way to raise these issues, but they never get responses - or the ones that get responses with promises to fix the issues never actually get resolved (you can see issues raised from years ago with a staff responses promising to update the questions, but they questions are still the same when reviewed presently). Then, there's the customer support you contact via email. I mostly communicated with the Client Success Manager - Ava. This person would often take a rude tone in her emails, almost like she felt you were interrupting her day. If your job is to provide support to your customers, you shouldn't make it seem like it's such a chore to help/guide them when they need it. For what I paid for this service, I am quite disappointed with the experience.
Highly Recommend AdaptiveUS
I am glad that I chose Adaptive US for my CBAP journey. I am so thankful to the instructors who are highly committed to educating the students and sharing methods as well as techniques that can be applied at work. The course structure is intuitive and promotes self learning with milestones and reminders. The Q&A sessions and the simulations helped track the performance. Also, thankful to the entire team of Adaptive US and people who work behind the scenes to bring this all together. I highly recommend them and their CBAP Master Class is worth investing in! If you have a goal and timeline in mind to attempt CBAP, I recommend them 100%.
Best in class products and Instructors
Adaptive US is an EEP of IIBA which provides the best study materials for all the IIBA core and specialized certifications. I have taken my CCBA with them and was highly satisfied with the study materials, course instructors and after the support. The highlighter is that they take the success guarantee for the candidate making them more accountable to what they deliver. I highly recommend their courses for IIBA certification aspirants.
I stumbled upon Adaptive a year ago…
I stumbled upon Adaptive a year ago when I decided to prepare for CBAP and I am glad I chose the right one! I am methodical when it comes to preparation and given how overwhelming BABoK can get, I would try and come up with my own way of preparing notes or breaking the concepts down for easier understanding/ remembering, and then when I go through the course material on Adaptive, that's already there. The Adaptive team has thought through anything and everything a student might need to get the much needed clarifications on some of the confusing concepts/terminologies. For any doubt that may arise in the midst of your preparation, you would notice that there's either a Blog a graphic with explanation, a tabular representation which would not only help you ace the exam, but would stay with you to help you with your day-do-day activities as a BA. The instructors are pretty knowledgeable and engaging sharing their experiences making the lesson more valuable. The whole team is very responsive and any issue you might face is solved within hours. Thank you Adaptive! I will continue to work with you for a few more certifications I intend to achieve!
I thought their claim was crazy, but it's real! I'm an ECBA in 3.5 months!
I thought for sure Adaptive's claim that you can get certified in 3 months was crazy but I proved myself wrong, and I'm soooo happy! I imaged that claim was for students - I work full time and have a busy life, but I'm competitive and I got into it. And I got certified in 3.5 months!! One of the things about Adaptive US is that they appropriately stress the seriousness of the exam. Don't take this lightly - I studied 45 hours in the last 3 weeks of my exam and, sure, I scored "Higher" than the average student in every category (from IIBA's remarks) but still, it takes a lot to get an ECBA (let alone to smash it). I'll back up. I work full-time and I have a new puppy this year. None of this was easy (including the puppy! :), but LN and the team issue out how much time you need to commit, in their Excel, if you want to smash it in 3 months. It felt impossible, but with the videos, study guides, flash cards, and model sheets, it broke down (or decomposed if you want in on some BA humor) the major concepts and made it easy to pass the barrier from memorization to comprehension. Because you need to be able to apply the knowledge to pass the ECBA, it's not all definitional. Already, I've used my skills in my job (running a lessons learned session!) and seen 8 of the techniques listed in some job browsing. This is real. 3.5 months later, I'm decompressing because I worked so hard, I don't know what to do next. But I know I'll use the materials and knowledge from Adaptive US in my career and volunteer work for life. I appreciate Adaptive US for coming true on their promises... and answering my 12 emails before the exam. I had the Self-Guided Study package, by the way, and I found it had way more than I needed. Thank you, Adaptive team!
Just what I needed to pass the CBAP Exam 1st attempt
I purchased the Adaptive US CBAP Self-paced training for CBAP and passed the CBAP exam on the first attempt. The CBAP training package was very helpful. The bite-size videos with solid real live work examples given by the instructor were a plus. In fact, the whole training serves very well for getting more grounded and solid hands-on Business Analysis experience for the workplace. There are also more than enough practice exam-style questions to build the mindset required to succeed in the exam. I am very pleased I went for Adaptive US training and I highly recommend it.
Excellent Course, Extensive Exam Materials, but Dubious Instructors
The Adaptive US virtual CBAP preparation course was very informative and engaging. I learned a lot of valuable information that has enriched my job and prepared me well to pass my IIBA CBAP exam on the first attempt. The course includes an extensive library of study and reference materials for download and to keep. Most of the course instructors, particularly Lara Patton, were very kind, patient, and knowledgeable. However, my classes with instructor (and Adaptive co-founder?) LN Mishra were not pleasant. Some of his behavior included speaking curtly, calling out and putting participants on the spot to quiz us in front of the rest of the class, and belittling us for not paying attention when incorrect or no answers were given. Regardless of Mishra's intentions, his attitude and choice of language were offensive, borderline unprofessional, and antithetical to the spirit of learning. As a principal business analyst who has been in this field for ten years, I did not appreciate spending as much money as I did for this course to be treated like a grade school student. Mishra and his colleagues would do well to remember that we, your students, are your stakeholders. Please adopt a more collaborative and less pejorative approach to your teaching.
IMPROVE BA SKILLS
I particularly liked the practice exam questions and especially the simulations. Compared to other similar learning platforms, the learning platform was extremely helpful for my ECBA certification preparation All skill areas are well explained.I would like him to review the number of templates available.
I did my CBAP training with Adaptive…
I did my CBAP training with Adaptive US. The trainer, LN sir, has extensive real-life experience in business analysis and his teaching and explanation are easy-to-understand real-life examples. The content and question bank provided on their portal are reassuring. I recommend them to anyone preparing for ECBA/CCBA/CBAP. Thank you, Adaptive US.
Highly Simplified Learning Resources
The CBAP course at Adaptive US were highly simplified, easy to understand. The part I loved most is the self paced learning platform, practice exam questions and the simulations. I would highly recommend this course to aspiring and even experienced BAs preparing for the certification examination