Business analyst
Business Analyst (BA) is a position or role in an organization that is involved in performing business analysis . The main work of business analysts consists of listening, questioning, understanding, in order to structure and document the current state of a company (an area, a department, a business process ) as well as to determine and document the requirements of stakeholders . The requirements often relate to IT solutions. A business analyst thus represents the link between the specialist department (request maker) and the IT team (request implementer).
tasks
Typical tasks are:
- Requirements of the stakeholders determine
- Manage requirements and requirement changes
- Communicate requirements
- Assess the reusability of requirements
- Prepare requirements for approval
- Determine the current state of a company (or part of it)
- Analyze existing problems / opportunities, performance potential and skills gaps
- Define goals
- Design approaches and scope of solutions in order to outline possible (IT) solutions
- Create a business case
- Prioritize requirements
- Specify requirements
- requirements model
- Requirements verify (check for content quality)
- Validate requirements (check for compliance with goals)
- Check the proposed or implemented solution to determine whether it covers the requirements identified
Special tasks of business analysts for business processes can be: business process modeling , business process analysis , business process optimization and increase their efficiency, implement new processes.
Job title
People who perform business analysis or related tasks are referred to as:
- Business analyst, English business analyst
- IT coordinator
- (Business) systems analyst
- Requirements Engineer
- Corporate architect
- organizer
education
Business analysis can be studied part-time in Germany at the Steinbeis University and in Switzerland at the Zurich University of Economics . Each degree is a master’s degree. In addition, training providers train and certify in business analysis.
In principle, however, no special training is required for the work of a business analyst, although a degree in economics or business-related vocational training makes sense.
literature
- Ingrid and Peter Gerstbach: Basic knowledge of business analysis - solving problems, seizing opportunities . Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-86881-574-0
- International Institute of Business Analysis (Ed.): Business Analysis Body of Knowledge - BABOK 3.0® Guide . 3rd (German) edition. Giessen 2017, ISBN 978-3-945997-03-1 .
- Clemente Minonne: Business Analysis - Concepts, methods and instruments for optimizing the business architecture . 1st edition. Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-7910-3308-2 .
- Axel-Bruno Naumann: Business Analysis . 1st edition. Giessen 2018, ISBN 978-3-945997-11-6 .
- Götz Schmidt: Organization and Business Analysis - Methods and Techniques . 15th edition. Giessen 2015, ISBN 978-3-921313-93-0 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guide to Business Analysis BABOK® Guide 3.0 (BABOK v3)
- ↑ Your optimal work-study balance: Master of Science Management. In: IOM Institute for Organization & Management. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .
- ^ MAS Business Analysis. Retrieved March 20, 2020 .