This BA Brew is AssistKD’s second BA Question Time. Many of the questions focus on role clarity, a hot topic for BAs. Mike Williams is host, with expert panellists Jo Frances and Jonathan Hunsley providing the answers and insights.

This week’s questions are:

❓What is the difference between a Business Analyst and a Business Architect?

❓What is the difference between a Business Analyst and a Service Designer?

❓How can a growth mindset support change professionals in general?

❓ What are the overlaps between a Business Analyst and a Functional Analyst?

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The following BA Brews and articles are relevant to the topics discussed:

This article on Business Analysis and Business Architecture is based on the workshop run by Victoria Banner and Jonathan Hunsley at the BA Manager Forum in June 2024.

This is an interesting BA Brew on Business Architecture.

BA Brew 22: Business Architecture (Feat. Wouter Nieuwenburg)

This article compares the BA Service Framework and the Service Design Service Framework and addressed the ‘grey area’ between the roles.

This book review is relevant to the growth mindset.

This output from the BA Manager Forum provides some useful information on the growth mindset.

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