Community OCEB readiness is improving
After my previous post about how BPM Exchange community members performed against the sample tests we decided to give for free, I would like to disclose the updated results we have collected since then (after April 20th, 2009).
- Business Basics: 2 questions. Average = 66.67% (substantially increasing from the previous 48.08%)
- MBA Basics: 5 questions. Average = 67.00% (slightly improving on the previous 60.00%)
- Business Process Goals: 2 questions. Average = 47.73% (slightly improving on the previous 40.63%)
- Sample BPMN: 2 questions. Average = 83.33% (barely decreasing from the previous 85.71%)
As the OCEB exams require a minimum of 60% for each section, there is still room for imporvement in the Business Process Goals section.
These new results are promising and we hope all the community of BPM practitioners and future OCEB certified professionals will really benefit from this new certification. It is really a honest and rigorous test of the minimal knowledge required to deal with BPM projects at different levels. Once you go through the effort of certification, you will feel more and more comfortable in your daily activities, even if you have a rich professional background in BPM.
If you come from a more technical background, I would suggest you dive deeper on these two sections:
- Section 1: Business Goals, Objectives
- Section 7: Process Quality, Governance, and Metrics Frameworks
Spend time on these points. And in any case, do not forget about the OMG BMM and BPMM models. OMG are proud of these frameworks, so you will certainly have questions on that matter.
In terms of hours you may need to prepare for the certification, it really depends. You should allow 20 hours if you focus on what I pointed out (sections 1 and 7). If you have 10 hours more, read the complete “MBA in a Day”, it brings back to business basics, and this is where the scores are low so far.
Keep on going and happy OCEB certification!
