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The major changes in this release include:
• the inclusion of the Business Analysis Core Concept Model (BACCM),
• the expanded scope of the role of business analysis in creating better business outcomes,
• the inclusion of Perspectives which describe specialized ways in which business analysis
professionals provide unique value to the enterprise,
• new and expanded Underlying Competencies to better reflect the diverse skill sets of the business
analyst, and
• new techniques that have emerged in the practice of business analysis.
This publication supersedes A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge ® (BABOK ® Guide)
version 2.0.
Complimentary IIBA® Member Copy. Not for Distribution or Resale.
The BABOK ® Guide contains a description of generally accepted practices in the field of business
analysis. The content included in this release has been verified through reviews by practitioners, surveys
of the business analysis community, and consultations with recognized experts in the field. The data
available to IIBA demonstrates that the tasks and techniques described in this publication are in use by a
majority of business analysis practitioners. As a result, we can have confidence that the tasks and
techniques described in the BABOK ® Guide should be applicable in most contexts where business
analysis is performed, most of the time.
The BABOK ® Guide should not be construed to mandate that the practices described in this publication
should be followed under all circumstances. Any set of practices must be tailored to the specific
conditions under which business analysis is being performed. In addition, practices which are not
generally accepted by the business analysis community at the time of publication may be equally
effective, or more effective, than the practices described in the BABOK ® Guide. As such practices
become generally accepted, and as data is collected to verify their effectiveness, they will be
incorporated into future editions of this publication. IIBA encourages all practitioners of business
analysis to be open to new approaches and new ideas, and wishes to encourage innovation in the
practice of business analysis.
IIBA would like to extend its thanks and the thanks of the business analysis community to all those who
volunteered their time and effort to the development of this revision, as well as those who provided
informal feedback to us in other ways.
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