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Updated: January 12, 2025
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Business Analysis for Artificial Intelligence
AI is transforming the world, but are we asking the right questions? While many focus on how AI can enhance business analysis (AI4BA), the real challenge is how business analysis can shape AI's responsible adoption (BA4AI).
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The 2026 Global State of Business Analysis Survey Is Now Open
Share your insights and experiences with business analysis in the 2026 Global State of Business Analysis Survey. Your participation helps strengthen and grow the global business analysis community.
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The Process Mapping Toolbox — Part 4: AI-Assisted Process Mapping
With so many process-mapping tools available, it can be hard to know which one is right for you. Join Scott Helmers for this member webinar that compares popular web-based and desktop tools on Wednesday, January 21, at 12:00 PM ET.
What you’ll learn:
- Top process mapping tips
- Live demos of key features
- How to choose the best option for your organization
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Understanding Stakeholder Analysis
Your initiative’s success depends on involving stakeholders that will influence or impact the product. Understand stakeholder analysis what you can do, and how you can do it.
Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide
The Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide is the leading guide for describing the benefits, activities, tasks, skills, and practices required for effective business analysis with an agile mindset.
Guide to Business Data Analytics
IIBA’s Guide to Business Data Analytics provides a foundational understanding of business data analytics concepts and includes how to develop a framework and more.
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Tips
What Mentoring Business Analysts Taught Me About Leadership
Aspiring to grow in my role as a senior analyst, I took on mentoring junior analysts in the team. This article shares lessons learned about documentation, strategic thinking, managing without authority, and teaching analysts to push back constructively.
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Business Analysis Community
Enabling Confidence: Preparing Business Analysis Professionals for What’s Next
IIBA’s 2026 initiative, Enabling Confidence, is a transformative campaign designed to empower business analysis professionals. This blog introduces the initiative’s focus on building confidence through certification, knowledge, connection, and insight.
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Business Analysis Techniques
Common Pitfalls That Make Retrospectives Ineffective
This article explores the key elements of effective retrospectives and highlights common pitfalls that can undermine their value, along with their impact on teams.
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Industry
Top 6 Business Analysis Trends to Monitor in 2026
In 2026, business analysis is moving beyond requirements into strategic leadership. From AI-enabled decision making to outcome-driven strategy and responsible innovation, these six trends reveal the opportunities that await business analysis professionals.
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Business Analysis Techniques
Personas in Practice: The Role of Personas in a Loan System Backed by Machine Learning
Personas aren’t just for UX—they’re a secret weapon for business analysts working with AI and machine learning. In this loan system project, personas gave the model a human face, helping teams understand outcomes, spot bias, and build trust across credit, risk, and compliance.
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Business Analysis
The Best of Business Analysis Live: Top 5 Conversations That Shaped 2025
Season Four of Business Analysis Live wrapped up with milestone moments and meaningful conversations that resonated across the business analysis community. This blog highlights the top five episodes of 2025, covering agile, the rise of AI, and the power of asking better questions.
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