In today's business environments, business analysis is essential to the implementation of successful projects that deliver business value and create sustainable benefits. Therefore, the role of business analyst has evolved with the project manager to initiate and implement projects more complex business environments of today.
For an understanding and appreciation of business analysis and the role of business analyst (BA), let's look at some definitions:
"Business Analysis is the process of understanding the business needs to change, to assess the impact of these changes, capture, analyze and document requirements and support for communication and delivery of these requirements with stakeholders."
Source: Business Analyst Solutions Ltd
There are at least four levels of analysis of the company:
1. Strategic planning - Analysis of the organization's strategic needs
2. Definition and analysis of organizational policies and approaches to business market - Operational / Business Model Analysis
3. Process definition and design - The business process modeling
4. Business Analysis IT / Technical - The interpretation of business rules and requirements of technical systems (usually)
"A business analyst (BA) analyzes the organization and design companies, and to evaluate the business models and its integration with technology."