Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Sometimes you have to depending on the size of the organization but it is always best to have a PM and a BA. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
To your point though Rami, I would say more based on how the organization is structured, and project size. Our organization is 40K plus, but typically I work both roles. I agree though, not always ideal.
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Nov 26, 2016 12:47 PM
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To your point though Rami, I would say more based on how the organization is structured, and project size. Our organization is 40K plus, but typically I work both roles. I agree though, not always ideal.
I agree with you Andrew. Saving Changes...
Mahesh PachhapurkarSr Program Manager| Danfoss Scotland LtdPune, Maharashtra, India
I do think it is possible for PM to be a BA on the project. However depending on complexity, I think its best for BA to be a separate role. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
The article stated above for @Anupam is not exactly right. There are better references outside there. The answer is YES as @Andrew stated above. I am working with this from the genesis of business analysis discipline with the IIBA and now with the PMI. In the begining, most of us that are project managers becomes business analyst. The risk to perform both roles is do not loss focus: business analys focus is solution while project manager focus is the process to create the solution (project). From solution requirements (mainly product requirements) the project requirements are created.
It's best to have a separate role. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Role are totally different. So the best is have,the roles performed by different people. But you will find lot of business analysis implementation where both roles are performed by the same person. Remember that the,role was formally defined in 1999 and the IIBA started in 2003 so the first BABOK was published near that date. In fact the BA role was drastically evolved from 1999 up to date almost each year. In the begining was IT related but quickly it evolved ti strategy related.
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