Since version 1 of the Agile Extension was released, the state of practice has advanced. Version 2 of the Agile Extension taps into the latest thinking and presents ideas and techniques representing good agile business analysis practices.

The primary purpose of the Agile Extension version 2 is to describe the link between business analysis practices applied with an agile mindset, defined here as agile business analysis, and A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide ) version 3. BABOK® Guide version 3 reflects the evolution of the business analysis discipline and its most common practices, and this Agile Extension version 2 demonstrates the evolution of agile business analysis practices and common techniques.

The Agile Extension introduces a multi-level, rolling planning model to help practitioners, teams, and organizations manage business analysis work, so they can quickly leverage learning and discover what provides the most actual value. This rolling wave planning model is presented using three horizons which provide context and scope for lower levels. The three horizons are: the Strategy Horizon, the Initiative Horizon, and the Delivery Horizon.

There are a wide variety of techniques, processes, and tools that can be applied to agile business analysis. There is no single approach that should be applied to every context, and part of the skill of the agile business analysis practitioner is to select the most effective techniques for the specific context; the Agile Extension does provide some advice for practitioners on the applicability of different techniques to different contexts.

IIBA® and The Agile Alliance® would like to thank the following contributors to the Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide. Without their efforts and commitment, the Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide version 2.0 would not be possible.

• James King
• Jas Phul, Product Owner, IIBA
• Kent J. McDonald
• Paul Stapleton, Editor, IIBA
• Ryland Leyton
• Shane Hastie, Team Facilitator, The Agile Alliance
• Stephanie Vineyard
• Steve Adolph

The following industry experts generously provided IIBA® and The Agile Alliance® with advice and guidance on the scope and content of version 2.0 of the Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide during its planning and development, and helped to shape the content and direction of this release.

• Ellan Young
• Linda Cook
• Angela Wick
• Mary Gorman
• Chirs Matts
• Ali Mazer
• Luiz Claudio Parzianello
• Zoya Royblat
• Tim Coventry
• Mindy Bohannon
• Ellen Gottesdiener

• Ali Mazer
• Brian Hemker
• Carol Scalice
• Chris Matts
• David C. Cook
• David Morris
• Dennis Stevens
• Ellen Gottesdiener
• Kevin Brennan
• Luiz Claudio Parzianello
• Marsha Hughes
• Pascal Van Cauwenberghe
• Paul Stapleton, Editor
• Peter Gordon
• Shane Hastie
• Steve Erlank
• Susan Block

• Irena Duniskvaric: Technical illustrations
• Lynda Sydney, Ignite Writing Services: Copy editing
• Vic Bhai, Technical Writer/Editor, IIBA: Layout and design

The Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide (Agile Extension) has be entirely re- thought and re-architected for version 2. There is no direct mapping of changes for Agile Extension version 1 to Agile Extension version 2. This appendix provides details into the rational for the changes and results of these changes.

The Agile Extension to the BABOK® Guide (Agile Extension) version 2 describes the benefits, activities, tasks, skills, and practices required for effective agile business analysis with a constant focus on delivering business value.

The Agile Extension version 2:

• positions agile business analysis beyond software development. The thinking and practices found in Agile Extension version 2 can be applied in any domain operating in an agile context.
  
  
• places a increased focus on agile business analysis practices and thinking as a means to helping business analysis practitioners and organizations realize the value delivered by effective agile business analysis.
  
• embraces and incorporates the
  
  
• Business Analysis Core Concept Model™ (BACCM™).
  
  
• builds on values established in the Manifesto for Agile Software Development by describing and ingraining the seven principles for agile business analysis.
  
  
• introduces the concept of rolling planning horizons that, from an agile perspective, represent a view of work within an organization with a level of granularity appropriate to the planning time frame and the nature of the feedback loops.
  
• places increased emphasis on the importance of feedback and learning to the continuous delivery of value.
  
• rethinks, updates, adds, and removes techniques that support agile business analysis practices. Some techniques found in

Agile Extension version 1 have be included in BABOK® Guide. Unless there is a significant difference to the technique in an agile context, these techniques are not included in the Agile Extension version 2..