In my organisation, the BAs and PMs all sit within the Project Management Office. As we work closely together on projects, this has historically worked well for us. However, I know that in many organisations, the BA and PM teams are separate - just wondered if anyone has any comments on this as an alternative approach? The good and bad!
Hello HannahBBA,
I have worked in both scenarios – BA / PM, both within the PMO and both working in a separate structure. More or less, in my experience there was not much of a difference as the end-goal being project go-live. When both work in a BAU environment with no PMO, at times BAs have to prioritise BAU issues over their current projects which could lead to derailment of project time-lines and pushing milestones. This could lead to temporary chaos which eventually is sorted as all stakeholders are informed and the project time-lines are realigned.
Kind Regards,
Hims
Hi Hannah,
... and sometimes a BA is also a PM and vice versa. I'm currently working on a project and doing both roles. Not for the first time. Feels like a bit of a holiday being a PM for a while. Just ordering people to do stuff rather than having to do all the stuff myself :)
Kimbo
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