What specific activities should I expect to do?

While a business analyst must possess the skills to handle a broad variety of projects—long, short, complex, or simple—there's really no need to re-invent the wheel for each new project. In fact, experienced analysts find themselves performing essentially the same broad categories of work, again and again, even for projects that may superficially seem quite different:

• Understanding the requirements
• Documenting the requirements and verifying that they've been understood correctly
• Transferring knowledge about the requirements to those who will develop the solution (and those who'll ultimately own and maintain it)
• Making sure the solution meets the requirements and delivers the expected benefits

Because none of these activities happens magically happens, count on rolling up your sleeves—you'll need to invest a great deal of energy in each phase: planning, managing, monitoring, wrapping-up, and transitioning.

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