The Standard for Business Analysis – First Edition is a new PMI foundational standard, developed as a basis for business analysis for portfolio, program, and project management. This standard illustrates how project management processes and business analysis processes are complementary activities, where the primary focus of project management processes is the project and the primary focus of business analysis processes is the product. This is a process-based standard, aligned with A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Sixth Edition , and to be used as a standard framework contributing to the business analysis body of knowledge.
This book is an extremely detailed version on how to perform a business analysis. It has structured pattern on the description of each topic. The first few pages mentions the Instructions on how to read and use this book for detailed reading or reference purposes. Must-have for the business analysts or other related roles.
An excellent book, every HR should read it to understand who is the business/product analyst. Your business is your product! Just to make it clear if you are a consulting company, your product is your knowledge!