For CIOs (Length: 14 pages)

April 8, 2008

The New Business Analyst

Business Technology Analysts Become The CIO's Most Valuable Business Ally

by Carey Schwaber, Rob Karel

with Sharyn Leaver, Norman Nicolson


Executive Summary (This is a document excerpt)

Everyone agrees on the importance of the business analyst role, but few know exactly what it is that business analysts do. In truth, there are two main types of business analyst: business-oriented and IT-oriented. But with the move from information technology (IT) to business technology (BT), the distinctions between these breeds of analyst are blurring. Many business analysts will continue to specialize in one or the other of these domains, but a new breed of business technology analyst will emerge to play a new role implementing changes to business policies directly within supporting software.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTES & RESOURCES

itemToday's Elusive Business Analysts Come In A Multitude Of Shapes And Sizes

itemNew Business Imperatives Call For A Holistic Approach

itemBusiness Technology Analysts Accelerate Cross-Silo Collaboration

itemHow To Build Out Your Corps Of Business Analysts

WHAT IT MEANS

itemThe Business Technology Analyst Is The CIO's New Business Ally

itemSupplemental Material

Forrester surveyed 338 current and former business analysts. We also reviewed more than 29,000 distinct job postings for business analysts from Indeed using data analysis tools from Business Objects, an SAP company.

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