Business Analysis Task

Context:
- output: Business Requirements.
- It can be performed by a Business Analyst.
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Counter-Example(s):
- a Business Re-engineering Task/Business Process Re-engineering.
See: Systems Analysis, Business Casing.

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_analysis
- Business analysis is the discipline^[1] of identifying business needs and determining solutions to business problems. Solutions often include a systems development component, but may also consist of process improvement, organizational change or strategic planning and policy development. The person who carries out this task is called a business analyst or BA. Those BAs who work solely on developing software systems may be called IT Business Analysts, Technical Business Analysts, Online Business Analysts or Systems Analysts.
- Business analysis as a discipline has a heavy overlap with requirements analysis sometimes also called requirements engineering, but focuses on identifying the changes to an organization that are required for it to achieve strategic goals. These changes include changes to strategies, structures, policies, processes, and information systems.

↑ Kathleen B Hass, Richard Vander Horst, Kimi Ziemski (2008). From Analyst to Leader: Elevating the Role of the Business Analyst Management Concepts, 2008. ISBN 1567262139. p94: "As the discipline of business analysis becomes professionalized"