Trend Report

The Role Of The Business Analyst In The Age Of Agile Development

Dec 21, 2012

Summary

With the advent of Agile development, business analysts (BAs) have to prove their worth in a developer-centric environment where their role may be seen as nonessential. BAs need to navigate the waters between waterfall, Agile, and popular mixes of hybrid methodologies to stay effective and valuable and to avoid becoming mere order-takers. This report outlines how the disruption of Agile and hybrid methodologies can be used to BAs' advantage and discusses the skill sets and tactics that BAs can utilize to survive this rapidly changing world.

Log in to continue reading
Client log in
Welcome back. Log in to your account to continue reading this research.
Become a client
Become a client today for these benefits:
  • Stay ahead of changing market and customer dynamics with the latest insights.
  • Partner with expert analysts to make progress on your top initiatives.
  • Get answers from trusted research using Izola, Forrester's genAI tool.
Purchase this report
This report is available for individual purchase ($1495).