[Sigia-l] IAs vs BAs

[Donna Maurer]

Ray Sharma wrote:
> The BA's should not be designing the application but identifying problems
> and approaches the business need fixed (similarly to usability testing)
> -it's up to the IA, designer, development to design the applications.
>
> The issue is the IA needs to have input into these requirements so should be
> somebody the BA includes in defining these requirments.
>
> I know what you are saying though, often the line gets crossed and can both
> be frustrating and detrimental to the project.
>   
This is silly. The person who has the best skill in whichever area 
should do the work in that area. If someone who has been hired with a 
title of BA happens to be great at doing design work they should. If the 
IA is awesome at identifying problems and approaches, they should do that.

Titles really don't matter once you join a team, and they only matter in 
the lead-up to joining a team because of the way the recruiting process 
is structured and the recruiting industries' inability to recognise that 
people don't fall into neat categories.

When you join a team you work as a team and pull together to all do what 
is needed and what you are best at. Anything else is inefficient.

-- 
Donna Maurer
Maadmob Interaction Design
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