At it's core business analysis can be thought of as the process by which the business need for change can be identified and clearly articulated. It facilitates this change ensuring that proposed solutions stay aligned to addressing specific business needs and maximise the value delivered to stakeholders. The scope of Business analysis can be broad encompassing changes to organisational structure, business processes as well as new or improved technology implementations. 

The delivery of predicted business value has never been as important as it is today's highly competitive market where ever dollar/pound/euro needs to be stretched to provide the maximum benefit. The pace of technological change and the opportunities this presents for companies to gain unique advantages only enhances the need for fast, efficient and agile change.  Ensuring effective and evidence based return on investment is the yard stick by which all change is measured and this is where effective business analysis is crucial. Business analysis ensures that from the outset change programmes fully understand the business need, how these needs align to an organisation's strategic goals and how well  placed proposed solutions (technical or otherwise) are in addressing these needs and providing promised value.

Business analysis is often overlooked when it comes to Agile transformations. However, the role of the business analysis within an Agile team has never been so important. In a fast moving environment it absolutely essential to ensure that an organisation's knowledge collateral is kept up to date. So often with the advent of Agile comes the perception that documentation is no longer needed. The inevitable consequences of this error in thinking usually start to materialise after about 6 months. As people leave/join/move around the organisation and it quickly becomes apparent that nobody can explain how the business or systems actually work.

Having a pool of highly experienced and talented career business analysts who have worked in both Waterfall and Agile frameworks allows us to respond to your business change needs. We partner with organisations to provide specialist business analysis services, owning deliverables on both large and small scale change programmes. Please get in touch to learn more our recent successes and about how we can help your business manage change.