There seems to be different opinions regarding the role of the business analyst and searching the web one finds countless definitions. IIBA defines 6 key competencies i.e.
- Business Analysis Planning and Monitoring
- Elicitation
- Requirements Management and Communication
- Enterprise Analysis
- Requirements Analysis
- Solution Assessment and Validation
The question is where is the business analyst located in the organization structure? This depends on the role of the business analyst i.e. business architect, business process analyst or IT business analyst. The devil is in the details and when looking at the tasks of the different roles it becomes clearer that although all qualify as “business analysts” there is a difference. The attached class model attempts to explain these differences.
