The purpose of Approve Requirements is to obtain agreement on and approval of requirements and designs for business analysis work to continue and/or solution construction to proceed.
When solutions are in part provided by external vendors (who may be involved in design, construction, implementation, or maintenance of the solution or solution components), or when the solution is outsourced, there may be specific requirements in regard to the involvement of a third party.
The purpose of Confirm Elicitation Results is to check the information gathered during an elicitation session for accuracy and consistency with other information.
Role and permission allocation involves identifying roles, associating these with solution activities, and then denoting authorities who can perform these activities.
After identifying stakeholder groups and individuals, you need to Analyze Stakeholders by defining their attributes in order to understand their impacts, influence and needs throughout an initiative.
The stakeholder analysis should be revisited and maintained throughout an initiative. Measure the effectiveness of the stakeholder analysis and current stakeholder engagement.
The Techniques chapter provides a high-level overview of the techniques referenced in the Knowledge Areas of the BABOK® Guide. Techniques are methods business analysts use to perform business analysis tasks.
Interaction skills are represented by the business analyst's ability to relate, cooperate, and communicate with different kinds of people including executives, sponsors, colleagues, team members, developers, vendors, learning and development professionals, end users, customers, and subject matter experts (SMEs).
Business analysts use a variety of software applications to support communication and collaboration, create and maintain requirements artifacts, model concepts, track issues, and increase overall productivity.
A backlog occurs when the volume of work items to be completed exceeds the capacity to complete them.