a guide to the business analysis body of knowledge software development core activities processes requirements design engineering construction testing debugging deployment maintenance paradigms and models agile cleanroom incremental prototyping spiral v model waterfall methodologies and frameworks asd devops dad dsdm fdd iid kanban lean sd less mdd msf psp rad rup safe scrum semat tsp up xp supporting disciplines configuration management documentation software quality assurance sqa project management user experience practices atdd bdd cco ci cd ddd pp standup tdd tools compiler debugger profiler gui designer modeling ide build automation release automation infrastructure as code testing standards and bodies of knowledge babok cmmi ieee standards iso 9001 isoiec standards pmbok swebok itil glossaries artificial intelligence computer science electrical and electronics engineering vte a guide to the business analysis body of knowledge babok guide is the globally recognized standard for the practice of business analysis babok guide reflects the collective knowledge of the business analysis community and presents the most widely accepted business analysis practices babok guide recognizes and reflects the fact that business analysis is continually evolving and is practised in a wide variety of forms and contexts it defines the skills and knowledge that people who work with and employ business analysts should expect a skilled practitioner to demonstrate babok guide is a framework that describes the business analysis tasks that must be performed to deliver a solution that will provide value to the sponsoring organization each business analysis task contributes to this overall goal directly or indirectly many elements of a task may vary including the form those tasks take the order they are performed in or the relative importance of the tasks babok guide describes the skills knowledge and competencies required to perform business analysis effectively it does not describe the processes that people will follow to do business analysis according to capability maturity model integration organizations interested in process improvement need to adopt industry standards from business analysis body of knowledge and other associated references to lift their project delivery from the ad hoc to the managed level history babok guide was first published by international institute of business analysis iiba as a draft document version 14 in october 2005 for consultation with the wider business analysis and project management community to document and standardize generally accepted business analysis practices the first formal release was at version 16 in june 2006 version 20 was released 31 march 2009 version 3 was released in april 2015 babok guide is defined and updated by the professionals who use it every day and is under active review and consultation all the time prior to publication babok guide undergoes a full public review where any person can provide feedback and comment on the content professional certification once the body of knowledge was established iiba created the certified business analysis professional cbap designation to recognise senior business analysts who could demonstrate indepth longterm experience in these knowledge areas 510 years in a dedicated business analyst role iiba also offers the certification of competency on business analysis ccba designation that recognises business analysts with 3750 hours business analysis experience including 900 hours experience in two knowledge areas or 500 hours experience in four knowledge areas and 21 professional development hours for both certifications above the applicant must have a minimum high school education or equivalent two references from a career manager client or certified business analyst professional and sign the iiba code of conduct iiba also offers the entry certificate in business analysis ecba that does not require a reference structure and content babok guide includes chapters on business analysis key concepts define important terms that are the foundation of the practice of business analysis knowledge areas represents the core content of babok guide and contain the business analysis tasks that are used to perform business analysis underlying competencies describes the behaviours characteristics knowledge and personal qualities that help business analysts be effective in their job techniques describes 50 of the most common techniques used by business analysts perspectives describes 5 different views of business analysis agile business intelligence information technology business architecture and business process management new to babok guide version 3 perspectives demonstrate the continued evolution of the practice of business analysis knowledge areas babok guide organizes business analysis tasks within 6 knowledge areas each task describes the typical knowledge skills deliverables and techniques that the business analyst requires to be able to perform those tasks competently the knowledge areas logically organize tasks but do not specify a sequence process or methodology the knowledge areas of babok guide are business analysis planning and monitoring describes the tasks used to organize and coordinate business analysis efforts elicitation and collaboration describes the tasks used to prepare for and conduct elicitation activities and confirm the results requirements life cycle management describes the tasks used to manage and maintain requirements and design information from inception to retirement strategy analysis describes the tasks used to identify the business need address that need and align the change strategy within the enterprise requirements analysis and design definition describes the tasks used to organize requirements specify and model requirements and designs validate and verify information identify solution options and estimate the potential value that could be realized solution evaluation describes the tasks used to assess the performance of and value delivered by a solution and to recommend improvements on increasing values bibliography babok 2 2009 isbn9780981129211 babok 3 2015 isbn9781927584026 international institute of business analysis 