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Preface
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Business Analysis Task Navigation
Understanding the Task Cards Plan Business Analysis Approach Plan Stakeholder Engagement Plan Business Analysis Governance Plan Business Analysis Information Management Identify Business Analysis Performance Improvements Prepare for Elicitation Conduct Elicitation Confirm Elicitation Results Communicate Business Analysis Information Manage Stakeholder Collaboration Trace Requirements and Designs Maintain Requirements and Designs Prioritize Requirements and Designs Assess Requirements and Designs Changes Approve Requirements and Designs Analyze Current State Define Future State Assess Risks Define Change Strategy Specify and Model Requirements and Designs Verify Requirements and Designs Validate Requirements and Designs Define Requirements Architecture Define Design Options Analyze Potential Value and Recommend Solution Measure Solution Performance Analyze Performance Measures Assess Solution Limitations Assess Enterprise Limitations Recommend Actions to Increase Solution Value
6. Summary
Preface
10. Techniques
Introduction 10.1 Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria 10.2 Backlog Management 10.3 Balanced Scorecard 10.4 Benchmarking and Market Analysis 10.5 Brainstorming 10.6 Business Capability Analysis 10.7 Business Cases 10.8 Business Model Canvas 10.9 Business Rules Analysis 10.10 Collaborative Games 10.11 Concept Modelling 10.12 Data Dictionary 10.13 Data Flow Diagrams 10.14 Data Mining 10.15 Data Modelling 10.16 Decision Analysis 10.17 Decision Modelling 10.18 Document Analysis 10.19 Estimation 10.20 Financial Analysis 10.21 Focus Groups 10.22 Functional Decomposition 10.23 Glossary 10.24 Interface Analysis 10.25 Interviews 10.26 Item Tracking 10.27 Lessons Learned 10.28 Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) 10.29 Mind Mapping 10.30 Non-Functional Requirements Analysis 10.31 Observation 10.32 Organizational Modelling 10.33 Prioritization 10.34 Process Analysis 10.35 Process Modelling 10.36 Prototyping 10.37 Reviews 10.38 Risk Analysis and Management 10.39 Roles and Permissions Matrix 10.40 Root Cause Analysis 10.41 Scope Modelling 10.42 Sequence Diagrams 10.43 Stakeholder List, Map, or Personas 10.44 State Modelling 10.45 Survey or Questionnaire 10.46 SWOT Analysis 10.47 Use Cases and Scenarios 10.48 User Stories 10.49 Vendor Assessment 10.50 Workshops
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The Business Analysis Standard

Since its release in 2022, The Business Analysis Standard has set the foundation for the profession. To maintain the clarity and guidance business analysis professionals rely on, we have refined its content and structure. This update strengthens its foundation, ensuring it remains the definitive guide for business analysis.

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1.1 Defining the Standard
The Standard serves as the foundation of professional business analysis, summarizing concepts and proven practices as the benchmark for discovering business value and creating enterprise outcomes. It is the result of work with hundreds of expert volunteers from the business analysis community and has been rigorously tested and tailored to be relevant for professionals seeking to gain a deeper understanding of proper analysis.
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1.2 Contributions to the Standard
Aligned with the key principles for standard development outlined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the Standard was co-created with IIBA’s global business analysis community through a multi-stakeholder process.
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1.3 Why the Need for the Standard?
The Business Analysis Standard provides the direction for the future of the Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge®.
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1.4 Summary of Changes
Elaboration This revision enhances readability, alignment with standards, and practical application, incorporating community feedback and simplifying complex ideas.
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1.5 How to Gain the Most from the Standard
The Business Analysis Standard serves as an excellent starting point for exploring our detailed knowledge sources, which provide practical examples (accessible via embedded links within the Standard).
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1.6 Glossary and Key Terms
Where concepts are introduced within The Standard, the sections containing them are designed to be self-descriptive, providing sufficient context for immediate understanding.
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1.7 Beyond the Standard
The Business Analysis Standard uses examples to illustrate how the 30 business analysis tasks are applicable across IIBA’s suite of intellectual property and products

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2.1 Defining Business Analysis
Business analysis is the practice of enabling change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders within a given context.
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2.2 A Model for Effective Analysis - BACCM™
The six core concepts highlighted in the definition of business analysis — Change, Need, Solution, Value, Stakeholder, and Context — form a powerful model for effective business analysis, the Business Analysis Core Concept Model™.
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2.3 Using the BACCM™
The BACCM™ is a “thinking model” and an “organizing model” for effective business analysis.
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2.4 Importance of Business Analysis
Business analysis is used to identify and articulate the need for change in how organizations work, and to facilitate that change
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2.5 Outcomes and Value Creation
Every organization strives to create desired outcomes that deliver important benefits. Value is discovered throughout the initiative when benefits are delivered as efficiently and effectively as possible.

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4.1 Who Performs Business Analysis
People in various roles use business analysis concepts, practices, and tasks to create high-value deliverables or results.
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4.2 Approaches to Your Work
Business analysis professionals can perform their work in different enterprises, organizations, and environments.
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4.3 Foundational Techniques
The following techniques were identified by the global community as applicable for many different types of initiatives and are a good starting point for new business analysis professionals.
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4.4 Understanding Requirements and Designs
Requirements and designs are harmonious tools for crafting effective solutions that address organizational needs.
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4.5 Organizational Considerations
Organizational considerations encompass topics influencing how all organizational members perceive their impact on the world around them.
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4.6 Managing the Delivery of Business Analysis
Organizational considerations encompass topics influencing how all organizational members perceive their impact on the world around them.

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5.1 Business Analysis Tasks
It is vital to recognize that the business analysis skillset encompasses a broad spectrum of tasks applicable in various organizational contexts. These 30 tasks, detailed in the BABOK® Guide, serve as foundational components of effective business analysis.
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5.2 Task Card Structure
In today’s complex business environment, effective business analysis is crucial. To support this need, we created the Business Analysis Task Cards. These cards provide a structured, user-friendly tool for business analysis professionals and stakeholders to streamline workflows, ensure consistency, and improve analysis quality.
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5.3 Business Analysis Knowledge Areas
The Business Analysis Standard intentionally does not include information on the knowledge areas defined in the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK® Guide). For comprehensive details on these knowledge areas, please refer to the BABOK® Guide.

The Business Analysis Task Cards

The tasks are structured into easy-to-reference, one-page cards and align with the BACCM™

Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring

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Elicitation and Collaboration

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The Business Analysis Standard provides a simplified, inclusive view of business analysis and includes the foundational concepts in an easy-to-use format.