[Sigia-l] IAs vs BAs

[Marc Wendell]

I hate to say it like this, but "a rose by any other name would smell as
sweet." Given the variety of projects and contexts in which IAs and BAs
serve the duties carried out by both roles will undoubtedly overlap and
interplay. I have personally found that under this broad professional "web"
category positions and titles tend to loose their meaning. As previously
touched upon, people working as IAs or BAs (myself included) are
increasingly defined in terms of their specific output, rather than their
title as a whole. I wonder how many IAs out there do ONLY IA related stuff
and vice versa for BAs.
-Marc Wendell
Columbia University

On 6/19/07, Theresa Putkey - Key Pointe <tputkey at keypointe.ca> wrote:
>
> Hi Juan,
>
> In help with differentiating, someone pointed out that it can come
> down to what the company wants the employee to do. I'd also say that
> it comes down to what the employee/consultant wants to do.
>
> I recently took a survey of IA job descriptions and responsibilities
> ranged from business analysis, functional specs, to interaction design
> (and everything in between). http://www.keypointe.ca/?p=68
>
> I don't want to do all that and find it an overwhelming skill set to
> try to develop (I'm still young and can't expect myself to have it
> all).
>
> And sorry, I haven't heard of a WEB BA before, so can't comment.
>
> Theresa Putkey
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