Business & Leadership
Project Leadership
The Project Leadership standard certifies people who deliver — scope, risk, money and people — and can show what happened when it went wrong.
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The Business Analysis standard recognises people who can find the real problem behind a request and carry a clear evidence trail from need to result. It is assessed on requirements that survived contact with delivery.
Each area is evidenced from your own work. Assessors look for what you decided and why, not for a rehearsed answer.
The same six-level framework, expressed in the terms of this discipline. Experienced applicants can enter directly at a higher level through the portfolio route.
| Level | Post-nominal | What it certifies | Professional Experience | Annual CPD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1BIPS Foundation | BIPS-F | Understands analysis techniques, documentation and the role of the analyst. | 0–1 yr | 10 h |
| 2BIPS Practitioner | BIPS-P | Gathers and documents requirements on defined scope, with review. | 1–3 yrs | 15 h |
| 3BIPS Professional | BIPS-Pro | Owns analysis for a product or domain and is accountable for its outcomes. | 3–6 yrs | 20 h |
| 4BIPS Specialist | BIPS-S | Leads a specialism — process, data, service design — with reviewed evidence. | 6–10 yrs | 25 h |
| 5BIPS Expert | BIPS-E | Sets analysis practice and is recognised across an organisation and beyond. | 10+ yrs | 30 h |
You submit real work against the six capability areas.
An assessor checks provenance and your role in it.
A recorded conversation about decisions and trade-offs.
Your credential is issued and listed publicly.
Turns business need into something a team can build.
Owns the backlog and what value it is meant to create.
Redesigns how the work actually gets done.
Sets analysis practice across the organisation.
Analysts now evidence outcomes, not just requirements.
Surfacing what stakeholders did not think to mention.
Where automated drafting helps, and where it misleads.
The Project Leadership standard certifies people who deliver — scope, risk, money and people — and can show what happened when it went wrong.
The Data & Analytics standard certifies people who can take a question from a stakeholder, get to a defensible answer, and communicate it well enough to change what happens next.
The Digital Transformation standard recognises people who can move an operating model, not just run a programme.