Comments on: What does a business analyst do? http://developer2analyst.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/what-does-a-business-analyst-do/ Exploring the business side of software development Thu, 15 May 2008 16:09:06 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: barbarela http://developer2analyst.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/what-does-a-business-analyst-do/#comment-7 barbarela Thu, 15 May 2008 16:09:06 +0000 http://developer2analyst.wordpress.com/2008/01/18/what-does-a-business-analyst-do/#comment-7 Hey Rob - I agree with your analysis! I've BA'd for 15 years now, and my best roles have been where the BA is embraced as an end-to-end lifecycle resource starting pre-project with the business case and continuing all through right to the floorwalking support for the users following implementation and into the project closedown reviews/lessons learned - with all the thorny design and technical bits in between! The worst experiences have been where the BA is treated as just a step in the lifecycle whereby documentation is written then thrown over the wall to the developers to work out what's REALLY needed - what a waste! Good luck in your new role :-) Hey Rob – I agree with your analysis! I’ve BA’d for 15 years now, and my best roles have been where the BA is embraced as an end-to-end lifecycle resource starting pre-project with the business case and continuing all through right to the floorwalking support for the users following implementation and into the project closedown reviews/lessons learned – with all the thorny design and technical bits in between! The worst experiences have been where the BA is treated as just a step in the lifecycle whereby documentation is written then thrown over the wall to the developers to work out what’s REALLY needed – what a waste! Good luck in your new role :-)

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