BA Tool Kit: Discover 50 Business Analysis Techniques

50 essential methods listed by The BABOK Guide for carrying out Business Analysis tasks

Erivan de Sena Ramos
7 min readJun 4, 2023

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“BA Tool Kit: Discover 50 Business Analysis Techniques” by Erivan Ramos. Orginal photo by DCP on Unsplash

Greetings, my fellow Business Analysts! I bet you already know about the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge Guide v3 (BABoK), right? Well, this guidebook is a complete game-changer for us. It’s packed with all the best practices that we need to ensure success in our work. And can you believe it? The BABOK (Chapter 10, p.217–366) recommends not one, not two, but 50 essential techniques that we can use to achieve our Business Analysis goals! It’s like having a supercharged tool kit designed specifically for us. With this in hand, we have everything we need to analyze business requirements and offer the best solutions. So, let’s roll up our sleeves and dive into these fantastic techniques. It’s time to take our business analysis game to the next level!

  1. Acceptance and Evaluation Criteria: Establishing the standards and criteria by which a solution or deliverable will be assessed for acceptance. Learn more about this technique here!
  2. Backlog Management: Managing and prioritising a list of features, requirements, or items to be addressed in a project or product backlog. Continue reading about this technique here!
  3. Balanced Scorecard: A…

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Erivan de Sena Ramos

Business Analysis & Requirements Engineering enthusiast. Information Systems & Software Engineering specialist. MBA in PM & HR. CBAP, PMP, CSM, ITIL & COBIT