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The Pivotal Project Role
The talents, competencies and heroics of project managers and technologists alone cannot drive value into the organization. For business needs and goals to be converted into innovative solutions that truly bring wealth to the enterprise, a stronger bridge must be built between the business and the technical communities. Enter the business analyst.
This is an abridged version of a white paper by Management Concept. The complete white paper, including a detailed discussion of business analysis in practice and a list of the references cited, can be accessed in our Resources—White Papers archive under the headline The Business Analyst: The Pivotal IT Role of the Future.
Every IT project, whether in-house or outsourced, COTS purchase or custom development, or complex systems integration, needs exceptional requirements management. In the spirit of high-performing teams, business analysts align themselves with professional project managers, the best developers, and business visionaries to determine the most appropriate, cost-effective, and innovative solution. As this core team forms, a project performance partnership emerges that rivals the world’s great teams, (e.g., tiger teams, special operations teams, professional sports teams, and parametric teams). At the center of the team is the dynamic twosome: the project manager and the business analyst. One …
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