The core content of the BABOK® Guide is composed of business analysis tasks organized into knowledge areas.

The Business Analysis Core Concept Model™ (BACCM™) is a conceptual framework for business analysis.

Each task includes a list of stakeholders who are likely to participate in the execution of that task or who will be affected by it. A stakeholder is an individual or group that a business analyst

Eliciting, analyzing, validating, and managing requirements have consistently been recognized as key activities of business analysis.

The purpose of Manage Stakeholder Collaboration is to encourage stakeholders to work towards a common goal.

The purpose of Trace Requirements is to ensure that requirements and designs at different levels are aligned to one another, and to manage the effects of change to one level on related

The purpose of Maintain Requirements is to retain requirement accuracy and consistency throughout and beyond the change during the entire requirements life cycle, and to support reuse of

The purpose of Assess Requirements Changes is to evaluate the implications of proposed changes to requirements and designs.

The purpose of Analyze Current State is to understand the reasons why an enterprise needs to change some aspect of how it operates and what would be directly or indirectly affected by the change.

The purpose of Define Future State is to determine the set of necessary conditions to meet the business need.