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How to Develop and Grow a Business Analysis Practice

An excellent BA practice doesn’t grow by itself

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A business analysis (BA) practice is a group of business analysis professionals organized to maximize opportunities for mentorship, knowledge and skill sharing, and requirement reuse across the enterprise.

An excellent BA practice doesn’t grow by itself — it must be nurtured. Without good business analysis, projects fail, arguments and misunderstandings poison the project atmosphere, and money is wasted.

If you struggle regularly with project delivery, it will pay to invest more in your practice. Business analysis is not easy, especially when dealing with multi-system changes, complex business processes, or problems that have more than one root cause. Here are some of the frequently mentioned reasons for failing to understand business requirements on a project, which leads to a lot of waste or even complete failure of the initiative.

Business analysis can also be hard because of a lack of understanding on the part of stakeholders about the importance of…