What is the Role of Business analyst in SharePoint?
Matthew is definitely correct, it definitely depends on your organisation. In my experience, some companies focus heavily on SharePoint’s collaboration tools, while others treat search as king, and others still are all about BI.
More to the point, the role of the SharePoint BA depends on the size of the SharePoint team and the breadth/depth of the SP environment. I can sympathize with Matthew on the all-rounder front, I have fallen into that role more often than not in my past 9 years with the product.
The BA must liaise between the business and IT. That entails different things at different companies.
One more item to add to the list:Â
The SharePoint BA must consult the business on what SharePoint cannot do (or rather, doesn’t do well or feasibly or without extensive customization etc.).
