BA Core Sub-Skill
Parent: faion-business-analyst Focus: Core BA practices - planning, elicitation, lifecycle management, strategy, evaluation
Context Discovery
Auto-Investigation
| Signal | Check For | Why |
|---|---|---|
.aidocs/ | Requirements docs, stakeholder lists | BA artifacts present |
docs/ or requirements/ | Existing requirement patterns | Documentation standards |
STAKEHOLDERS.md | Stakeholder registry | BA governance exists |
requirements.md | Requirements format (user stories, use cases) | Elicitation approach |
Discovery Questions
questions:
- question: "Do you have existing requirements documentation?"
options:
- label: "Yes, user stories (agile)"
description: "Agile BA approach needed"
- label: "Yes, formal requirements docs"
description: "Traditional BA approach needed"
- label: "No documentation yet"
description: "Start with elicitation"
- label: "Mixed/inconsistent"
description: "Requirements lifecycle management needed"
- question: "What's the current state of requirements?"
options:
- label: "Planning phase"
description: "Use ba-planning, stakeholder-analysis"
- label: "Gathering requirements"
description: "Use elicitation-techniques"
- label: "Analyzing/prioritizing"
description: "Use requirements-prioritization"
- label: "Validating/refining"
description: "Use requirements-validation"
- question: "Are you working in an agile or traditional environment?"
options:
- label: "Agile/Scrum"
description: "Apply agile-ba-frameworks"
- label: "Waterfall/traditional"
description: "Apply traditional BA lifecycle"
- label: "Hybrid"
description: "Mix methodologies as needed"
Methodologies (21)
Planning & Governance (2)
- ba-planning.md - Define BA approach and deliverables
- stakeholder-analysis.md - Identify and analyze stakeholders
Elicitation (1)
- elicitation-techniques.md - Interviews, workshops, surveys, observation
Requirements Lifecycle (6)
- requirements-traceability.md - Track requirement relationships
- requirements-lifecycle.md - Manage requirements over time
- requirements-prioritization.md - MoSCoW, RICE, Kano, value/effort
- requirements-documentation.md - Formal requirements documentation
- requirements-validation.md - Validate against business goals
- ba-requirements-mgmt.md - Maintenance, change impact
Strategy Analysis (3)
- strategy-analysis.md - Current/future state, gap analysis
- strategy-basics.md - Risk, change strategy fundamentals
- strategy-methods.md - Solution options, 50 techniques
Solution Evaluation (1)
- solution-assessment.md - Measure, assess, improve
Governance & Support (2)
- ba-governance.md - Governance, communication, prep
- ba-strategic-partnership.md - Innovation leadership
Modern Practices (6)
- agile-ba-frameworks.md - Scrum, scaled agile
- ai-enabled-business-analysis.md - GenAI, agentic AI
- process-mining-automation.md - RPA, automation
- data-driven-requirements.md - Analytics-informed prioritization
- modern-ba-framework.md - BA Framework 2025-2026
- ba-trends-summary.md - Current trends
When to Use
| If you need... | Methodology |
|---|---|
| Define BA approach | ba-planning |
| Map stakeholders | stakeholder-analysis |
| Gather requirements | elicitation-techniques |
| Track requirement links | requirements-traceability |
| Prioritize backlog | requirements-prioritization |
| Manage requirement changes | requirements-lifecycle |
| Analyze current vs future state | strategy-analysis |
| Evaluate delivered solution | solution-assessment |
| Work in agile environment | agile-ba-frameworks |
| Leverage AI for BA work | ai-enabled-business-analysis |
BA Core Sub-Skill v1.0