Comments on: The Business Analyst / Project Manager Combo http://mittechnical.com/BOSTON-SEO-WORDPRESS/the-business-analyst-project-manager-combo/2007 Project Management, Systems Analysis, Semantic Web, SEO, and Whatever Else... Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Chris http://mittechnical.com/BOSTON-SEO-WORDPRESS/the-business-analyst-project-manager-combo/2007#comment-250 Chris Sat, 08 Sep 2007 06:15:37 +0000 http://mittechnical.com/BOSTON-SEO-WORDPRESS/the-business-analyst-project-manager-combo/2007#comment-250 It seems you have a very clear perspective on the separation between the PM and BA roles. I was both a Business Analyst and a Systems Analyst before moving to a PM role so the separation was clear in my mind. But I guess it can be less clear to others who moved into a PM role via a differnt route. I remember having to perform the role of PM, BA, SA, and QA in one of my positions so it definitely happens. This is probably why there is so much confusion regarding differnt job roles among so many people. ModernAnalyst.com is trying to remedy this confusion. They are quickly becoming the central site for BAs and SAs. I have never hear of a PM actually creating Requirement Traceability Matices. I don't care for the strict PM role. I do almost all analysis now, managing teams of analysts and mentoring when I can. Keep up the good work. It seems you have a very clear perspective on the separation between the PM and BA roles. I was both a Business Analyst and a Systems Analyst before moving to a PM role so the separation was clear in my mind. But I guess it can be less clear to others who moved into a PM role via a differnt route.

I remember having to perform the role of PM, BA, SA, and QA in one of my positions so it definitely happens. This is probably why there is so much confusion regarding differnt job roles among so many people. ModernAnalyst.com is trying to remedy this confusion. They are quickly becoming the central site for BAs and SAs.

I have never hear of a PM actually creating Requirement Traceability Matices.

I don’t care for the strict PM role. I do almost all analysis now, managing teams of analysts and mentoring when I can.

Keep up the good work.

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