Business Analysis – Part of Strategic or Operational Management?
Business Analysis – Part of Strategic or Operational Management?

Summary/Abstract: Business analysis is one of the management sub-domains related to management consultancy and strictly related to project management theory. In the past years the role of business analysis extends outside the project management team due to the specialization of the people involved in business analysis. It has been also a fact the increasing needs of knowing the own business and document it. The role of the business analyst as a internal counselor also become more important in strategic decision being the key holder of the knowledge about the simple processes and with the integrated vision on company strategic goals. The business analysis tends also to exit the project team and become the internal consultancy activity used in operational decision and process improvement as well in strategic decision making at the company level. The present paper is intended to show both levels – strategic and operational – and the role of business analysis in performance management of the company.

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