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CBAP · Question #24

What of the following defines Business Analysis?

The correct answer is B. It's a practice of enabling change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions. The official IIBA BABOK definition states business analysis is 'a practice of enabling change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders.'

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Question

What of the following defines Business Analysis?

Options

  • AIt's practice of enabling change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions
  • BIt's a practice of enabling change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions
  • CIt's a practice of creating change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions
  • DIt's practice of understanding change in a project by defining needs and recommending solutions

How the community answered

(47 responses)
  • A
    13% (6)
  • B
    77% (36)
  • C
    6% (3)
  • D
    4% (2)

Why each option

The official IIBA BABOK definition states business analysis is 'a practice of enabling change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders.'

AIt's practice of enabling change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions

This option omits the article 'a' before 'practice,' making it grammatically inconsistent with the official BABOK definition and technically a different statement.

BIt's a practice of enabling change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutionsCorrect

Option B uses the precise wording from the BABOK Guide - 'a practice' (with the indefinite article), 'enabling change' (not creating or understanding), and scopes the work to 'an enterprise' rather than a project. Each of these word choices is deliberate in the official definition and distinguishes business analysis from project management and other disciplines.

CIt's a practice of creating change in an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions

The BABOK definition uses 'enabling change,' not 'creating change' - business analysis facilitates and supports change rather than being the direct agent that creates it.

DIt's practice of understanding change in a project by defining needs and recommending solutions

This option incorrectly substitutes 'understanding change' for 'enabling change' and narrows the scope to 'a project' rather than 'an enterprise,' misrepresenting both the purpose and the organizational breadth of business analysis.

Concept tested: Official IIBA BABOK definition of business analysis

Source: https://www.iiba.org/career-resources/a-business-analysis-body-of-knowledge/

Topics

#business analysis definition#BABOK#enabling change#needs and solutions

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