The Evolving Role Of A Business Analyst

The role of a Business Analyst within the organization is changing continuously. Earlier they were a consultant to an organization, but now they are the permanent employees who are entrenched into the organizational structures and have an entrusted interest to make sure that the developed product is accurate, perform the intended work and achieves the business objectives. In any organization, the project plays a critical part. 

The waterfall approach was the traditional method which had been used in most of the companies, but currently, the organizations are moving towards the agile methodology. Due to the popularity of the digital age and the requirement of getting the market speedily the agile method is becoming the most popular framework for project development.

With the introduction of this technique, the organizations are trying to line up themselves with the agile framework. There are different roles and responsibilities which has to be supported by different team members in the project. The business analyst is one of the participants who play an important role and provides support to the agile techniques of working, with diverse goals and deliverable. This article is about the evolving role of a Business Analyst in the present varying project landscape.

The business analyst plays a vital role in moving the organization forward and making it much advanced. Well, the project development process involved different phases, i.e. requirement, analysis and design phase, the implementation phase, testing, and maintenance phase. The business analyst is responsible to bring in line the planned and delivered solutions according to the client’s requirements. The business analyst has to perform the following roles in an organization:

• Comprehend the issues and objectives of the organization.
• Analyze the requirements and solutions.
• Developing the strategies.
• Motivating the change and simplifying the stakeholder relationship

Once the Business Analyst collects and specifies the requirements, the technical team understands them completely and based on these requirements they design and develop the solution.  If the business analyst knows his roles and responsibilities, it will help the organization to constantly enhance and achieve its objectives.