Why is the BA emerging as the central IT competency of the future?  Because requirements play a vital role in engineering IT systems, and sixty to seventy percent of IT project failures are tied directly to inadequate requirements management.  It is the BA who manages the entire IT Systems Requirements Life Cycle from understanding the business need to ensuring the delivered solution meets that need and adds value to the bottom line.  Clearly, the BA has a critical role throughout the IT Product Development Life Cycle, not simply during the Requirements phase.

Whether outsourced or in-house, every IT development project, COTS purchase and integration, outsourcing agreement, and systems integration needs exceptional requirements management.  To form the new Project Performance Partnership, Business Analysts align themselves with professional project managers, the best developers and business visionaries to determine the most appropriate, cost-effective, innovative solution.

This session describes the emerging leadership role played by the Business Analyst.  Learning objectives include examining:

• The Past – Challenged Projects
• The Future – High Stakes
• Combining Disciplines Leads to Success: the Project Performance Partnership
• The Professional Business Analyst
• Business Analyst Development Program
• Requirements Engineering Considerations

Skill level: Everyone