The Pivotal Role of the Business Analyst In a Service-Oriented World

Abstract:

As more organizations incorporate Web Services into their strategic plans, the value of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) continues to grow. The Business Analyst will play a pivotal role in an organization’s success when they transition to SOA projects – a move that can drive significant business advantage.  But, the Business Analyst role is one that must be expanded through new SOA skills to ensure that companies realize the results and ROI they expect.

Authored by Jack Hilty, Founder and Managing Principal of SentientPoint, and Gil Laware, Associate Professor at Purdue University, new thinking is presented about the role of the Business Analyst in the SOA world. They offer important insights about the demands placed on the Business Analyst that drive the need for specific training, coaching and mentoring in order to rise to the challenges of SOA initiatives.  The white paper discusses new skill requirements and the demands placed on the Business Analyst in a successful transition to a Service Oriented Enterprise and offers approaches to step up these new challenges.