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What is a business analyst?

What is a business analyst?

  • – this involves weighing up the benefits against the costs, risks and timescales for a project.

Senior business analyst role

More senior business analysts can be involved in other areas as well, including:

  • Strategic implementation – working closely with senior management to help define the most appropriate business IS systems and processes which help meet the organisation’s strategic business needs;RACI matrix in project management
  • Business case production – defining a robust Knowledge Trainbusiness case19 Feb 2026 to justify the investment. This is often done with experts from finance;
  • Benefits realisationThe RACI matrix is an indispensable tool for project managers. In this article, we’ll show you how to use it to optimise communication and streamline decision-making on your projects.

Knowledge Train; Strategy analysis; Stakeholder analysis; Stakeholder management; Investigation techniques; Requirements engineering; Business modelling; Data modelling; Gap analysis; Facilitation skills;