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Summary of BABOK
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Priyanka V. Chandane
Summary of BABOK:
This book is all about guide to the profession of business analysis. It
describes globally recognised standards for the practice of business
analysis. It also describes techniques for eliciting, analysing and managing
requirements that are in widespread use around the world, and provides a
comprehensive description of the key competencies that business
analysts should have. It clarifies more contentious areas like stakeholder
analysis and scope control, within almost every task within every
knowledge area, the interaction between the business analyst and the
project manager, along with other key stakeholders, is explicitly
described. It also serves as a common denominator across the profession,
setting a consistent standard of what business analysis encompasses.
Since the guide is global, it offers a comprehensive overview of the entire
business analysis profession, regardless of region or industry. It's essential
preparation for the CBAP (Certified Business Analysis Practitioner)
designation.
Business analysis is the set of tasks and techniques used to work as
a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure,
policies, and operations of an organization, and recommend solutions that
enable the organization to achieve its goals.
Business analysis helps organizations to define the optimal solution
for their needs, given the set of constraints (including time, budget,
regulations, and others) under which that organization operates.
Knowledge Area
A knowledge area groups a related set of tasks and techniques. The
knowledge areas within the BABOK are as follows:
Requirements elicitation
Enterprise analysis
Requirements analysis
Underlying competencies
Technique
This explains the approach associated with the planning and monitoring of
business analysis activities. This includes tasks such as identification of
stakeholders, defining roles and responsibilities of stakeholders,
estimating tasks, planning communication with stakeholders, planning
how requirements will be approached, traced and prioritized,
determination of deliverables as well as business analysis processes. It
also describes work involved in monitoring the process.
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