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Context in, formal artifact out, human validates: elicitation plans, requirements with acceptance criteria, business cases, KPI sheets and stakeholder briefs, built from how BAs describe the loop in IIBA case studies.
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Workflows for this work
The job in 5 areas. Each part is a workflow: open it for its steps and the tools that do each one. Built from occupational data and the field's own body of knowledge; sources at the end.
Business analyst176 skill packs · 31 MCP servers · 7 pluginsEach part is a workflow. The number beside it is how many tools help with it
1Understand the business problem
Study how the business works today, where it should go and the options to get there.
2Work with stakeholders
Plan who to involve, draw out what they need and keep them informed.
3Define requirements
Write, check and manage requirements from first draft to approval.
4Analyze data and measures
Define the measures of success and pull the numbers behind decisions.
5Test and evaluate the solution
Check the solution works for users and delivers the value promised.
Sources for this tree, 4
- Body of knowledgeA Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge (BABOK Guide): knowledge areas and tasksInternational Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
- Occupational dataBusiness analyst: role description and skillsGovernment Digital Service (UK), Government Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework
- Occupational dataManagement Analysts (13-1111.00), summary report: tasks and detailed work activitiesO*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
- Occupational dataBusiness Intelligence Analysts (15-2051.01), summary report: tasks and detailed work activitiesO*NET OnLine, U.S. Department of Labor
O*NET occupations consulted: 13-1111.00, 15-1211.00, 15-2051.01. Read on 2026-10-04.
Stage by stage walkthrough, 10 stages, with what practitioners keep for themselves
Elicitation planning and stakeholder mappingshared with PM
What you do
- Map stakeholders and what each one needs to decide
- Choose the elicitation technique
- Draft the question bank per role and phase
DeliverableStakeholder map, elicitation plan, question bank
Stays with youFacilitation and stakeholder trust. Give the agent the project brief, stakeholder types and phase, and it returns BABOK-shaped questions to start from.
“Generate five probing questions to uncover potential risks in a loan approval workflow.”Adaptive US example prompt (training vendor) ↗
Industry notes for Healthcare, Fintech and payments. Pick an industry above to read them.
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Sessions and transcripts to requirementsshared with PM
What you do
- Capture the workshop or interview
- Turn the transcript into candidate requirements with timestamps
- Log decisions and open questions
DeliverableSession notes, candidate requirements list, decision log
Stays with youRunning the room. One health plan cut documentation effort by about three quarters with an agent on the transcripts; the facilitation stayed human.
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Requirements: BRD, stories, acceptance criteria, traceabilityshared with PM
What you do
- Write formal requirements grouped by functional area
- Break into stories with Given-When-Then criteria and negative cases
- Trace requirements to goals and to tests
DeliverableBRD or FRD, story backlog, traceability matrix
Stays with youValidation. Agents hardcode limits that should be configurable and write weak validation scenarios; organize the context and review the output.
“AI won't replace business analysts, but automation will replace the ones who only write requirements.”Susan Yu, via IIBA ↗
“AI collaboration quality depends more on how you organize context than how much context you provide.”Maksim Matlakhov ↗
Industry notes for Fintech and payments, Healthcare, SaaS and B2B software. Pick an industry above to read them.
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Process mapping and gap analysis
What you do
- Map the as-is and to-be journeys with swimlanes
- Find the gap and the bottleneck
- Write the SOP or RACI for the new flow
DeliverableProcess maps (Mermaid), gap analysis, RACI
Stays with youValidating the map against reality. Open-source coverage here is thin: journey maps and diagrams are packaged, a proper BPMN generator is not yet.
“The 'What' is a commodity. The 'Why' is your paycheck.”BA Times ↗
Industry notes for E-commerce and retail, Healthcare. Pick an industry above to read them.
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Business case and validationshared with PM
What you do
- Pressure-test the premise
- Model costs, benefits and payback
- Review the case against a standard and present the recommendation
DeliverableBusiness case with a clear ask and a risk list
Stays with youThe recommendation and the estimate. Agents can flag scope creep and size complexity, but that is not a substitute for an estimation process.
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Market sizing, options and vendor evaluationshared with PM, DA
What you do
- Size the market top-down and bottom-up
- Lay out the competitive landscape and alternatives
- Score options with a weighted matrix
DeliverableMarket section, options paper, decision matrix
Stays with youThe weights. Research agents find options beyond internal knowledge; the scoring criteria are a stakeholder decision.
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KPI definition and reporting requirementsshared with DA, PM
What you do
- Define KPIs with owners, formulas and sources
- Specify the reports, their grain and cadence
- Hand over to analytics with a dashboard spec
DeliverableKPI sheet, reporting requirements, dashboard spec
Stays with youAgreeing the formula with the people who will be measured by it.
Industry notes for Fintech and payments, Healthcare. Pick an industry above to read them.
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UAT and test artifacts
What you do
- Generate test scenarios from requirements with traceability
- Write UAT scripts in plain English
- Triage defects against requirement IDs
DeliverableUAT plan, test cases, sign-off record
Stays with youExecution with end users and the sign-off.
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Stakeholder narrative and governanceshared with PM, DA
What you do
- Write the brief once and tailor it per audience
- Prepare the decision memo
- Run the AI risk review before rollout
DeliverableStakeholder brief, decision memo, risk review
Stays with youDecision architecture: who decides what, on which evidence. Facilitating the AI risk review is now part of the role.
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Preview stakeholder and customer reactionshared with PM
What you do
- Simulate segments from records
- Compare options before the steering meeting
DeliverableReaction comparison for the decision memo
Stays with youReading the disagreement between segments rather than the average.
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