Business Analyst Techniques

In BABOK® Guide v 3.0 there is a dedicated chapter for almost all techniques needed for a business analyst to perform his/her business analysis tasks.

Here i am going to list those techniques in alphabetical order and  will cover details for some of those techniques later on in other related posts.

1. Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria
2. Backlog Management
3. Balanced Scorecard
4. Benchmarking and Market Analysis
5. Brainstorming
6. Business Capability Analysis
7. Business Cases
8. Business Model Canvas
9. Business Rules Analysis
10. Collaborative Games
11. Concept Modelling
12. Data Dictionary
13. Data Flow Diagrams
14. Data Mining
15. Data Modelling
16. Decision Analysis
17. Decision Modelling
18. Document Analysis
19. Estimation
20. Financial Analysis
21. Focus Groups
22. Functional Decomposition
23. Glossary
24. Interface Analysis
25. Interviews
26. Item Tracking
27. Lessons Learned
28. Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
29. Mind Mapping
30. Non-Functional Requirements Analysis
31. Observation
32. Organizational Modelling
33. Prioritization
34. Process Analysis
35. Process Modelling
36. Prototyping
37. Reviews
38. Risk Analysis and Management
39. Roles and Permissions Matrix
40. Root Cause Analysis
41. Scope Modelling
42. Sequence Diagrams
43. Stakeholder List, Map, or Personas
44. State Modelling
45. Survey or Questionnaire
46. SWOT Analysis
47. Use Cases and Scenarios
48. User Stories
49. Vendor Assessment
50. Workshops