According to the BABOK® Guide, rolling wave planning is a technique that involves creating a high-level plan for the overall business analysis approach, and then creating detailed plans for the activities that are most imminent or have the highest priority or risk. Rolling wave planning allows the business analyst to adapt to changing circumstances and stakeholder needs, and to incorporate feedback and learning from previous activities into the subsequent plans1. References: 1: BABOK® Guide, version 3, section 4.2.5, page 76.