This post was originally published on Unicom Seminars blog. It is reproduced here in its entirety. It amazes me how often BAs cite a great, thorough, well considered specification as an indication of a job well done. A specification, as beautifully written as it may be, is only an input. A job well done is either a business change that meets a customer need or, perhaps informed by the specification, a decision not to progress a business change. In fact, Business Analysis as a discipline is merely a means to an end (gasp!). As above, the end is a business [&hellip