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Business Analysis Profession
What makes up a business analyst
Most large and medium enterprises will have at least a few business analysts on staff, and even an entire department. What do they do? What value do they add? And could an organization function without their services?
A business analyst is a professional trained to apply analysis and modelling tools and techniques to identify what is required to solve business problems or satisfy business needs, with the goal of achieving specific business objectives.
The key components of the business analysis profession are the same as for any other profession:
- Skills and capabilities
- Education and training
- Tools and techniques
Using these together with on-the-job experience, a business analyst will perform specific activities to produce required deliverables and to achieve outcomes that will help solve business problems and satisfy the needs of the enterprise.
To elaborate on this model, we will start with the end in mind — with the outcomes.
