Entry-level Business Analysts are entering the profession at a remarkable time. They have access to tools, information, and learning resources that previous generations of BAs could only imagine. At the same time, organizations are still discovering how to help new...
AI can produce requirements documents. Therefore, the argument goes, what is left for the BA to do? I want to engage with that question seriously, because it deserves a serious answer. Not a defensive one, not a cheerleading one, but an honest look at what business...
We have been saying it for years. Business analysts are the bridge between business and technology. And honestly, it has always been true. BAs translate business needs into something delivery teams can act on. They sit in the middle and make sure the two sides...
There is a lot of conversation in the BA community right now about the technical skills needed for AI. How to analyze agentic systems. How to write machine-readable requirements. How to think about deterministic versus probabilistic design. All of that matters, and I...
Here is a question I have been sitting with lately, and the more I think about it, the more I think it is one of the most important questions in the BA profession right now. When you write a requirements document or a feature spec, who is your audience? For most of BA...
