<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Business analysis' ' Business Analysis as a practice helps facilitate change in an organization by defining business needs (problems or opportunities) in collaboration with its stakeholders through strategy analysis and requirement engineering (planning, elicitation, analysis, management, and validation). The recommended solution could be an IT or non-IT, minor or humongous and customized or off - the - shelf product .' Alternatively, Business Analysis' ' is a research discipline of identifying business needs and determining solutions to business problems . Solutions often include a software - systems development component, but may also consist of process improvement, organizational change or strategic planning and policy development . The person who carries out this task is called a business analyst or BA . </P> <P>' In addition to the above - mentioned factors, to analyze the current - state, the business analyst will have to study the products, services, operations (how products / services are delivered to the customer, how policies, and regulations, including internal and external regulations, affect the operations, etc .) and business needs . While recommending a solution, the business analyst will have to synthesize the market data before defining future - state . This ensures that the potential solution is suitable for current and future needs . Business analysts do not work solely on developing software systems . Those who attempt to do so run the risk of developing an incomplete solution . </P>

Evaluating business importance and testing the core business cases in an application is called