Bridging the requirements engineering and business analysis toward a unified knowledge framework

Abstract

Several similar but different disciplines have evolved in the arena of requirements engineering and business analysis, including business analysis, BPM (Business Process Management), and business architecture. Yet, they are forming bodies of knowledges in each discipline. Each discipline has its raison d’etre. However, such diversity of the bodies of knowledge causes a confusion. This article is intended to review the bodies of knowledge, and proposes a unified knowledge framework of the bodies of knowledge across the disciplines.