I’m pleased to say that my most recent blog article has been published on “Bridging-the-gap.com”, where I have contributed as a guest author. I’d love to hear what you think, so please take a look and add a comment on the site.
Excerpt:
Explaining the role of the Business Analyst to those not involved in Change can be a real challenge. I have always found it useful to use analogies, but I’ve never been able to find an analogy that quite fits the BA role.
I’ve heard and used many – from a BA being like a nurse (reading organisational symptoms and proposing treatments) to a BA being like an architect in the building trade (figuring out what the client needs, and engaging with a developer/builder). Whilst these analogies are extremely useful, I’ve always felt they could be improved. The challenge is how to improve them!
Then a chance incident triggered an unexpected thought……
Are BAs like plumbing engineers, following the flow of information around an organisation?
Read the rest of the article by clicking the link below:
http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/business-analyst-the-plumber-of-the-organization/
Yes, BA being like an architect in the building trade (figuring out what the client needs, and engaging with a developer/builder). For this demand of BA are growing rapidly in job market.