Next Gen BA Blog
Insights, ideas, and practical perspectives on how Business Analysis is evolving in an AI-driven world.
Explore articles on AI, modern analysis, leadership, and what it takes to stay relevant as the role continues to change.
If You Think AI Can Replace Business Analysts, You Don’t Understand What BAs Actually Do
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...
BAs Have Always Been the Bridge. But Nobody Told You the Bridge Just Got a Lot More Important.
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...
The Human Skills That Will Define the Best BAs in the Age of AI
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...
Hey BA: Who Are You Actually Writing That Spec For?
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...
Writing Requirements for AI Development: What Changes?
Software delivery is changing quickly, and one of the biggest shifts isn't just that BAs are using AI to help write requirements. It's that AI is increasingly becoming one of the readers of those requirements. You have probably already started using AI to help draft...
You’re Busy, I Get It – The BA Time Trap Nobody’s Talking About
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...
How AI Is Expanding the Business Analyst’s Role Beyond Execution
AI is changing many aspects of business analysis, but one of the most significant changes has less to do with the tools themselves and more to do with where Business Analysts create value. For years, organizations have naturally associated the BA role with producing...
Agentic AI Is Here. Here’s Where Business Analysis Creates the Greatest Value.
Organizations moving quickly to deploy agentic AI are discovering that success depends on much more than selecting the right technology. As AI systems become more autonomous, they also require a different kind of business analysis to define objectives, establish...
3 Strategic Pivots That Expand Your Influence as a Business Analyst
As organizations explore AI, rethink software delivery, and look for new ways to create business value, the role of the Business Analyst is evolving alongside them. The work itself is not becoming less important. In many organizations, it is becoming more strategic...
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