WHAT A BUSINESS ANALYST DOES

Imagine you have an idea. Maybe it is driven by a great challenge, a new opportunity, an unexpected change. The answer may be to do a project but you aren't ready to write the project plan. The answer may be organizational change but you don't have a clear scope. The answer may be process change but you don't yet have a charter. This is the place where the business analyst creates value.

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The business analyst navigates ideas and dreams through a complex proving ground of pre-project milestones, such as:

• Business Need Identification

• Business Case Development

• Gap Analysis

• Requirements Elicitation

• Requirements Validation

• Solution Scope and Approach

• Solution Assessment

• Organizational Readiness Assessment

Using the business analyst's work, organization management is ready to issue RFP's, develop complex project plans, initiate technology projects, and charter organizational change initiatives. The competent business analyst helps an organization significantly reduce risks associated with change and exponentially increases the likelihood of project success.