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...
There is a skill gap emerging in the BA profession right now, and most BAs do not yet know it is happening. You have probably already started using AI to help draft requirements. Maybe you use it to generate user stories from meeting notes, produce a first draft of...
Most BAs I know are working harder than ever. Their calendars are full. Their task lists are long. They are producing artifacts, attending meetings, lots of meetings, and more meetings; facilitating reviews, and responding to an endless stream of requests from...
AI is not just changing what Business Analysts do. It is changing what Business Analysts are for. That is a bigger statement than it might sound. The tools shift, the techniques evolve, the deliverables change shape, these are all expected and manageable. But when the...
Most organizations racing to deploy AI agents have something critical missing from their project teams. It is not technical talent. It is not budget. It is a Business Analyst who actually knows how to do analysis for an agentic system. That gap is going to cost...
