Rise of the analytical phoenix

Predicted business benefits promised form the implementation of IT more often than not, fall short. This has been a number of times attributed to the trend of outsourcing of IT services, which is said to have added complications to an already complex situation.

The potential exists for organizations to implement information systems that yield competitive advantage, yet this often appears just out of reach. Organizations also want help in finding potential solutions to business issues and opportunities, sometimes where IT may not prove to be the answer, but it has become clear that this requires a new set of skills to support business managers in achieving this. These factors have led directly to the development of a new role – the business analyst – where advice and internal consultancy are provided about the use and deployment of IT in order to deliver business benefits.

Business Analysis

I have been trying to form a definition of what business analysis encompasses. here’s what comes closest – Business analysis is a discipline that promises to offer much more for the alignment of an organization’s business objectives with the possibilities offered by information technology (IT). The basis of this blog is the perception that this alignment is somehow out of reach. its an attempt to move from lack of clarity to a better perception, to create more answers than questions.