[Sigia-l] IAs vs BAs

[Adrian Howard]

On 19 Jun 2007, at 12:46, Alexander Johannesen wrote:

> On 6/19/07, Adrian Howard <adrianh at quietstars.com> wrote:
>> Indeed. But BA's cross over into design just as much as IA's cross
>> over into business processes.
>
> That's not always a good thing, although, I have to admit seeing far
> more BA's doing IA that IA's doing BA. I think the reason is how
> people traditionally end up in those roles.

Sorry - not being clear. I wasn't talking about BA's stepping outside  
of their domain.

What I meant was that many business analyst decisions are, by their  
nature, acts of design. Just as some acts of design affect business  
processes. You can't draw a sensible line to separate the two.

Adrian