The 'Business Analyst' - the future of decision-making for UK business?

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An integral role that sits at the intersection between business, information systems and the outside world, says Dr Debra Paul, Chief Examiner for BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT and MD of Assist Knowledge Development

‘Business Analysis' is one of the newest disciplines in the information systems industry, having really come to prominence in the last decade, but what does a Business Analyst do and why is this pr...

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