What problem does it solve? Starting a Business Analysis initiative without an agreed approach leads to misaligned stakeholder expectations, ad-hoc change negotiations, and no visibility into which BABOK Knowledge Areas have been covered. This Skill structures the Business Analysis Planning & Monitoring Knowledge Area so the BA approach, stakeholder engagement, and governance are defined before elicitation begins. ## Core Features & Use Cases - BA Plan Development: Choose between planned (upfront) and adaptive (iterative) approaches with explicit justification criteria, then map BA activities, deliverables, and timing to BABOK Knowledge Areas. - Stakeholder Engagement & RACI: Build a stakeholder engagement matrix with influence/interest levels, engagement techniques, frequency, and RACI tables for BA activities in both waterfall and agile contexts. - Governance & Progress Tracking: Define decision rights, change request thresholds, and sign-off rules, then create a ba-progress.md file tracking the state of all six BABOK Knowledge Areas. - Use Case: A business analyst starting a mid-size project uses this Skill to produce a BA Plan with an adaptive approach justification, a stakeholder engagement table covering the sponsor and SMEs, a governance model with change request escalation thresholds, and an initialized ba-progress.md tracker. ## Quick Start Ask the assistant to run ba-planning to develop the BA Plan, stakeholder engagement approach, and governance structure for your current work package.
