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Business analysis techniques

Often there are several different methods a business analyst could use to complete a task. Each method for completing a task is called a technique.

Techniques also provide information about the different forms that a task's output might take. For example, some techniques might produce outputs in a form that the business analyst will use to deliver information to stakeholders, such as a status report or a process checklist.

What are The Business analysis tasks

Each of the six business analysis knowledge areas has a purpose. The purpose of the Requirements Analysis knowledge area, for example, is to determine a solution to meet stakeholder needs.

A knowledge area is made up of tasks, each of which also has a purpose. Business analysts perform these tasks to accomplish the overall purpose of the knowledge area.