The Business Analyst / Project Manager - 9780470767443

The skill profiles of the Business Analyst (BA) and Project Manager (PM) have considerable overlap. Every Business Analyst must have some proficiency at managing projects and every Project Manager must have some proficiency at business analysis. While this overlap has often caused friction and competition betwween the two positions, one goal remains clear: both the BA and PM must be fully vested in maximizing business value. In The Business Analyst/Project Manager, author Robert Wysocki draws on his forty-five years ofprofessional experience as a PM/BA to shed light on the similarities and differences iof the roles and responsibilities of these two positions, the need for greater collaboration, and how to staff a project with one or both of these professionals.

The first book to take a critical look at the two professions, and to propose the hybrid position BA/PM, The Business Analyst/Project Manager demonstrates why and how the roles of the Business Analyst versus the Project Manager need to be more clearly defined so that they are matched effectively on a Project-by-project basis. Wysocki provides a clear-cut model to show you how diferent kinds of projects have different skill set requirements and hwo to make sure the right skill sets are matched to all of your projects. The book also helps you define the conditions when the merged assignment should be used to maximize business value and how to staff a project on the complexity and undertainty of the Job, available staff skills profile, internal organizational environment, and market conditions.

Learn how to harness the power of the PM/BA relationship with Robert Wyosikii's The Business Analyst/Project Manager.