Applying the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge in an Agile Way is the topic of an interesting presentation from Susan Block. It lays out in a nicely structured manner a logical framework for aligning the discipline and knowledge base of the BABoK, with the communication and Agility focus of Agile approaches.
I’m a big fan of Agile approaches, and think they get far too much bad press from those that see Agile as a cowboy approach. I think if / when executed well, Agile approaches offer much more immediate and applicable business value. Papers like this one help to demonstrate the theoretical underpinnings of Agile, and it’s alignment with sometimes more respected organisations / bodies / approaches.
We all want pretty much the same thing – good software (the right software, built right) which makes clients and users happy, and which development teams enjoy delivering 
. . . oh, and world peace . . .
