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    Business analyst

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    A business analyst is someone who analyzes an organization or business domain (real or


    hypothetical) and documents its business or processes or systems, assessing the business model
    or its integration with technology.

    The International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA) describes the role as "a liaison among
    stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and
    to recommend solutions that enable the organization to achieve its goals."[1]

    The role of a Systems Analyst can also be defined as a bridge between the business problems and
    the technology solutions. Here business problems can be anything about business systems, for
    example the model, process, or method. The technology solutions can be the use of technology
    architecture, tools, or software application. So System Analysts are required to analyze,
    transform and ultimately resolve the business problems with the help of technology.

    Roles of the Business Analyst


    “…Business analysis is the set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among
    stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization, and
    recommend solutions that enable organizations to achieve its goals…”

    The first thing you should notice in the above definition is that the business analyst works in
    the context of an organization (not necessarily a business).  The term "business" implies the
    ultimate goal of making money.  But there are other types of organizations whose primary
    objective is not to make money.  Such organizations include:  not for profit organizations,
    government agencies, community groups, associations, etc.  All these groups, including
    businesses use business analysts in the quest to achieve their respective goals.

    So a better term for the business analyst would be "Organizational Analyst" as analysts are
    involved in identifying problems, needs, and opportunities for improvement at all levels of an
    organization.  Now, we are not proposing to change the name by which business analysts are
    called but just wanted to provide you with more insight into how broad the role of the BA can be.

    The second thing you should notice in the above definition is that the role of the business
    analyst is NOT confined to just business solutions or just IT solutions; the BA's task is to
    define the solution which helps the organization achieve its goals.  There is a widely spread
    misconception among many which believe that every business analyst is involved in the
    development of IT systems.  That is not the case!  There are many business analysts who help the
    business improve the operational procedures, or business processes, or financial structure.
    This makes it obvious, once again that the role of the BA can encompass a wide variety of
    responsibilities.

    The following is an oversimplified diagram which shows what the business analyst might be
    tasks to do:

    As you can see, the business analyst, depending on the organization, is expected to perform a
    variety of activities at various different points in time.

    The reality is that there are very few people who can do it all – from cradle to gave. Most
    analysts are specialized and their specialization (focus) depends on the type of project,
    organization, skills, tools, etc.

    This will probably always be a murky subject but we are beginning to see some very
    distinct variations in the roles (and titles) commonly associated with business analysis.

    Here they are:

    * Business Analyst

    * Business Process Analyst

    * IT Business Analyst

    * Systems Analyst

    * Data Analyst

    * Usability/UX Analyst

    Here is a graphical view of these roles and titles:

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