1 STRATEGIC CONTEXT

INTRODUCTION

The development of business analysis as a professional discipline has extended the role and responsibilities of the business analyst (BA). Increasingly, BAs are engaged early in the business change lifecycle. They collaborate with a range of different stakeholders and other roles to investigate ideas and problems, formulate options and produce business cases setting out their conclusions and recommendations. As a result, in project-driven change environments, this initial analysis work will often precede the initiation of a formal project and the assignment of a project manager.

The early engagement of BAs places a critical responsibility upon them: the need to ensure that all business changes are in line ...

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