Analyst Catalyst
A blog to empower and inspire the business analysis community.
Share your real-world perspective on AI in business analysis and help others build confidence through insight.
Latest Blogs and Articles
Enabling Confidence: How We Lift Each Other in Business Analysis
In this International Women’s Day reflection, Susan Moore explores how investing in one another strengthens both individuals and the profession. When women thrive in business analysis, the entire organization benefits.
In Fast-Moving Times, the Fundamentals Still Matter
This edition of BA Digest reinforces three fundamentals: influencing without authority, using AI responsibly as it shapes decisions, and keeping analysis aligned through clear intent and outcomes.
Business Analyst Certification Guide: From Foundation to Strategic Leadership
Not sure which certification fits your career stage? This guide walks through ECBA, CCBA, CBAP, and specialized credentials, showing how each strengthens capability, credibility, and professional confidence in real-world business analysis roles.
Beyond User Stories: A Multi-Model Approach to Requirements
Good requirements aren’t created through user stories and acceptance and evaluation criteria alone. They emerge when business analysis professionals model needs from multiple perspectives.
Reframing and Reshaping Business Analysis—Part 2: Making Business Analysis a Core Strategic Function
In this installment of The Corner, Angela Wick argues that AI transformation demands a shift from siloed, phase-gated business analysis to a continuously integrated, cross-functional capability. To stay relevant, business analysis must embed systemic thinking across the change lifecycle and align modernization efforts with C-suite priorities.
AI for Business Analysts in Europe: Governance, GDPR, and Practical Use Cases
What if AI could make your work as a business analyst faster, smarter, and even more creative, without breaching compliance or losing your human touch? Drawing on field experience from the European banking sector, this article shows how business analysts can choose compliant AI tools, avoid “shadow AI,” and run safe, structured experiments.
Business Analysis Blueprint — Nathan Diamond
Nathan Diamond reflects on his journey from IT infrastructure to business analysis, earning his CCBA, applying BABOK Guide principles in real-world enterprise environments, and navigating AI’s growing influence on the profession.
AI Governance at the Crossroads: Why Business Analysis Is Essential for Responsible AI
These days, AI governance is an organizational challenge. Learn why business analysis professionals are essential to managing AI risk, regulatory exposure, and responsible AI adoption in today’s enterprise environment.
Why Enterprise Software Documentation Needs Clear Ownership
Enterprise software documentation often lacks clear ownership and sustained investment. This article explains why business analysis professionals are uniquely positioned to lead documentation as a strategic capability—and how to demonstrate its value, secure funding, and sustain it over time.
Call for AI Insights: Confidence Through Experience
Ongoing change raises the bar for accurate, practical insights. From AI to new ways of working, experience-based insights allow professionals to recognize shifts early and act with confidence, instead of responding after the fact.
In 2026, Analyst Catalyst will feature community-driven AI content in support of IIBA’s Enabling Confidence initiative, focused on how business analysis professionals are engaging with AI in real work environments. These articles will help lay the foundation for future IIBA guidance by surfacing grounded experience, thoughtful concerns, and usable strategies.
This is your chance to become an AI thought leader in business analysis.
We’re looking for articles that explore questions such as:
- How is AI showing up in your business analysis work today?
- What opportunities or risks are you navigating?
- How is business analysis influencing how AI is applied—or governed—within your organization?
What We’re Prioritizing
- Practical, experience-based insights
- Clear examples and usable takeaways
- Thoughtful perspectives that help others make better decisions with confidence
What We’re Avoiding
- Generic or speculative commentary
- Overly broad or overly narrow use cases
- Bullet-heavy or AI-generated content
If your experience can help the community better anticipate what’s coming, your voice belongs here.
How to Participate
- Write your blog, following the Analyst Catalyst Blog Template and focusing on how you use AI in your business analysis work
- Email your draft to brand@iiba.org with the subject line “How I’m Using AI in Business Analysis”
- Don’t forget to include your social handles (preferably LinkedIn) so we can tag you if your blog is published!