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Project Management & Agile · Foundational

Business Analysis Knowledge Areas

The six BABOK v3 groupings of business analysis tasks, from planning and elicitation through strategy, design definition, and solution evaluation.

Definition

They are Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring; Elicitation and Collaboration; Requirements Life Cycle Management; Strategy Analysis; Requirements Analysis and Design Definition (RADD); and Solution Evaluation. Each contains tasks with inputs, elements, guidelines, techniques, stakeholders, and outputs. They are not sequential phases.

Example

Tracing requirements belongs to Requirements Life Cycle Management.

Exam tip

Know which task belongs to which knowledge area.

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