Business Analysis
In this era of bare bones operating budgets and increasing pressure to cut costs, the Business Analyst (BA) plays an increasingly vital and strategic role in organisational and project success. The BA is seen as a thought leader that bridges the gap between business objectives and accountable outcomes.
The effective BA should have the capability to :
- Analyse and understand the business problems
- Identify and document requirements
- Communicate effectively
- Manage relationships
- Facilitate discussions
- Negotiate and build consensus
- Model data and processes
- Plan and manage activities
- Understand and manage organisational change
- Promote the improvement of business processes
Developing an excellent BA will enable consistent, repeatable processes, templates and deliverables to be deployed across an organisation. It’s the organisations that have nurtured and developed their BAs who are experiencing huge returns through improved performance and increased quality of systems outcomes by investing increasing the capability of the BA community.
