The Techniques chapter provides a high-level overview of the techniques referenced in the Knowledge Areas of the BABOK® Guide. Techniques are methods business analysts use to perform business analysis tasks.

The techniques described in the BABOK® Guide are intended to cover the most common and widespread techniques practiced within the business analysis community. Business analysts apply their experience and judgment in determining which techniques are appropriate to a given situation and how to apply each technique. This may include techniques that are not described in the BABOK® Guide. As the practice of business analysis evolves, techniques will be added, changed, or removed from future iterations of the BABOK® Guide.

In a number of cases, a set of conceptually similar approaches have been grouped into a single technique. Any approach within a technique may be used individually or in combination to accomplish the technique's purpose.