The Community Blog for Business Analysts

“Who is the project manger?” “Who is the developer?” “What is a business analyst?” I received a business card at an Agile event one time, and I wish I could find the card or remember the gentleman’s name to give proper credit, but he listed his title as Agile Evangelist. If the role of business analyst is new to your company, and sometimes even if it isn’t new, then you not only need to be a business analyst, you also need to be business analyst evangelist.

In the role of the business analyst you will ask questions and get responses, those responses hopefully being the foundation of requirements. But you also must be prepared to answer a series of questions that may be asked of you. “What exactly do you do?” “Why are you here?” “What value will you bring to the project?” If you cannot answer those questions then you should not expect (nor do you deserve) a warm welcome to the project team. Before you can explain who you are, you may first have to explain what you are.