Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring focuses on laying the foundation for successfully defining, planning, and completing the business analysis work that is used as a key guideline for other tasks throughout the project life cycle as it is performed by the business analyst:

Figure 6:1: The Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring knowledge area and tasks
The Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring knowledge area includes the following tasks:
- Planning a business analysis approach
- Planning stakeholder engagement
- Planning business analysis governance
- Planning business analysis information management
- Identifying business analysis performance improvements
These tasks focus on planning how the business analysis team approaches a specific effort.