A Business Analyst or BA is an individual who practices the discipline of Business Analysis. A Business Analyst is responsible for analysing the business needs of clients and stakeholders and identifying any business problems and in turn, proposing the solutions. Within the systems development life cycle domain, the business analyst will typically perform a vital link function between the business side of an organisation and the service providers of that organisation. Some alternative descriptive role titles are Business Analyst, Systems Analyst and Functional Analyst, although some organisations may differentiate between these roles and responsibilities.
The International Institute of Business Analysis (www.theIIBA.org) defines the role of a BA with the following words: "A business analyst works as a liaison among stakeholders in order to elicit, analyze, communicate and validate requirements for changes to business processes, policies and information systems. The Business Analyst understands the business problems and opportunities in the context of the requirements and recommends solutions that enable the organisation to achieve its goals."
The British Computer Society (www.bcs.org) defines a Business Analyst this way: "An internal consultancy role that has responsibility for investigating business systems, identifying options for improving business systems and bridging the needs of the business with the use of Information Technology."
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