Do most project managers also double as business analysts?

In all of the Dev shops I've worked in, large and small, that's not been true. Many times the Fickle Finger of Fate points to one BA working on the requirements and they become the anointed PM. Other times, the BA needed help, or left the project and as PM, I had to fill in and get things done to keep to the schedule. Either way, BA skills are highly useful as a PM.

@Bob, I lived situations than you stated and others, mainly because when I started as BA the PM perform both roles. So, as my grandmother said "each home is a world unto itself". But please let me say I have the opportunity to be part of role creation working with IIBA and then with the PMI (not role creation in this case and just contributing to standards creation) and no matter that I participated in lot of BA role implementation. When organizations understand that both roles are totally different including the abilities to perform both roles are totally different then the role implementation and its interaction with PM role start to provide benefits. But in the minetime I agree with you that you can find lot of different implementations for the BA role.

Ola -

The roles within a team will be dictated by a company's organization structure and the complexity of the given project. Even in a company where they have defined BA/BSA roles, if the project is small or low complexity, the PM or even Business Owner might perform traditional BA-type work although their acumen might lean more towards gathering requirements than eliciting and analyzing them...

Kiron

From your response, it is quite evident that while the BA and PM specialists know the difference between the two roles and functions, some operating organizations tend to fuse them together, thus the confusion. A lot of organizations advertise the BA role but when you are employed you find out you are actually acting the the capacity of the PM and vise versa..my experience in some cases

From your response, it is quite evident that while the BA and PM specialists know the difference between the two roles and functions, some operating organizations tend to fuse them together, thus the confusion. A lot of organizations advertise the BA role but when you are employed you find out you are actually acting the the capacity of the PM and vise versa..my experience in some cases

Business analysis frequently includes work management, especially when you have a team of BAs. This may look a lot like project management. (Check out IIBA's BABOK.)

In the very begining, myself and others wrote articles about how both roles interacts and performed conferences around the world mainly inside the PMI World Tour. Today, the best description about how both roles interact is inside the PMI´s Practice Guide. (https://www.pmi.org/pmbok-guide-standards/...iness-analysis) mainly inside "Collaboration Points". What you stated is what it changing, in my personal opinion, in the last 5 years. But unfortunatelly to add more confusion a new role is in place: BRM. Just to comment, I am in charge to implement all realted to this type of things in my actual work place.

Business analysis frequently includes work management, especially when you have a team of BAs. This may look a lot like project management. (Check out IIBA's BABOK.)

Hi Abimbola! How are you doing!? Just to clarify... Are you talking about project requirements or product requirements? Must of the time project requirements are set before. Product requirements may be set during the project execution (for example software integration requirements) and in some cases it is done by a project manager. Rgs