What is Business Analysis?
Business analysis is both a role and a discipline. Business Analysts and professionals of many different titles use business analysis to enable successful change in an organization.
What is Business Analysis discipline?
Business Analysis is the practice of enabling change in the context of an enterprise by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to the stakeholders. Business Analysis ultimately helps to understand why organizations want to create change, understand the needs of the enterprise, design possible solutions, and describe how those solutions can deliver value. Business Analysis is delivered in a variety of perspectives including, but not limited to Agile, Business Architecture, Business Intelligence, Information Technology (IT), and Process Improvement.
Who is a Business Analyst?
Business Analysts are responsible for analyzing and synthesizing information provided by a large number of people within the enterprise, including customers, end users, subject matter experts (SME), management, and sponsors. A Business Analyst is anyone in the organization that perform business analysis activities, no matter what their job title.
Common job titles for people that perform business analysis activities are Business Analyst, Business Systems Analyst, Requirements Engineer, Agile Team Member, Enterprise Architect, Business Architect, Business Intelligence Analyst, Data Analyst, Process Analyst, User Experience Designer, Product Owner, Product Manager, Change Manager, Change Agent, and many more.
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