Business analysis is the practice of enabling change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders.

The core content of the BABOK® Guide is composed of business analysis tasks organized into knowledge areas.

The Business Analysis Core Concept Model™ (BACCM™) is a conceptual framework for business analysis.

Each task includes a list of stakeholders who are likely to participate in the execution of that task or who will be affected by it. A stakeholder is an individual or group that a business analyst

Eliciting, analyzing, validating, and managing requirements have consistently been recognized as key activities of business analysis.

The purpose of Manage Stakeholder Collaboration is to encourage stakeholders to work towards a common goal.

The purpose of Maintain Requirements is to retain requirement accuracy and consistency throughout and beyond the change during the entire requirements life cycle, and to support reuse of

The purpose of Assess Requirements Changes is to evaluate the implications of proposed changes to requirements and designs.

The purpose of Specify and Model Requirements is to analyze, synthesize, and refine elicitation results into requirements and designs.

The purpose of Validate Requirements is to ensure that all requirements and designs align to the business requirements and support the delivery of needed value.