The Business Analyst position is uniquely placed in the organization to provide a strong link
between the Business Community and Information Technology (IT). Historically, the
Business Analyst was a part of the business operation who was assigned to work with
Information Technology (or Data Processing as it was once known). The Business
Community was willing to provide these services because of the desire to improve the quality
of the products and services being delivered by the IT organization and because it perceived
this as a way to control the amount of resources being consumed by developmental support
activities.