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Business Analyst
Bridges the gap between business needs and technical solutions — translates problems into requirements.
Did you know?
Getting requirements right matters: when the US HealthCare.gov site launched in 2013, by some estimates only 1% of interested people could enroll in its first week.
How subjects help
- Business Studies: Map out how orders flow through a company and find where things get stuck.
- Mathematics: Analyse sales and cost figures to show whether a new system is worth paying for.
- Computer Science: Turn what the business wants into clear instructions developers can build from.
- Communication: Run workshops that get managers and tech teams to agree on what is needed.
A famous name
Peter Drucker: Management thinker whose 1946 study of General Motors showed how a big company really works.
Try it yourself: Run a mini survey
- Ask one clear question with a few choices, like "Which fruit do you like best?"
- Tally the answers as you go.
- Draw a bar chart of the results.
- Write one thing the data shows, and one thing it can't tell you (would a different group answer differently?).
Data scientists and statisticians ask good questions, count carefully and are honest about what the data can't show.
Also try: Ask customers before you make it.
Known for it in
USA, UK, Australia, India, Canada