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Foundational competencies are the basic skills, abilities and characteristics that are necessary to perform effective business analysis.

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Strategy analysis should be performed as a business need is identified. It provides context to requirements analysis and design definition for a given change.

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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 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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