Job titles for business analysis practitioners include not only business analyst, but also business systems analyst, systems analyst, requirements engineer, process analyst, product manager, product owner, enterprise analyst, business architect, management consultant, business intelligence analyst, data scientist, and more. Many other jobs, such as management, project management, product management, software development, quality assurance, and interaction design rely heavily on business analysis skills for success.



So the spread of Business Analysis as a profession is very wide and as stated in the definition of Business Analysis in the earlier question, Business Analyst enables change by defining needs (requirements) and recommending solutions to deliver value to stakeholders.



The Business Analyst is an agent of change. Business Analysis is a disciplined approach for introducing and managing change to organizations.



A Business Analyst identifies and defines the solutions that will maximize the value delivered by an organization to its stakeholders.



Business analysts work across all levels of an organization and may be involved in everything from defining strategy, to creating the enterprise architecture, to taking a leadership role by defining the goals and requirements for programs and projects or supporting continuous improvement in its technology and processes.



If we take an example of an IT company and it’s non-IT client, then Business Analyst at the client-side will work to identify the changes, the organization requires in order to achieve its overall business goals along with defining the solutions against changes.



If any change at the Client company’s side requires IT development then the Client company will contact the IT company and will engage with the Business Analyst at the IT company side to elicit the requirements to enable the change.



Business Analyst at IT company side will define the requirement and recommend the IT solution after detailed analysis and deliberation with his IT team and client.