BA = Corporate Colonoscopy

The perfect gift for the Business Analyst or victims thereof. Requirements Discovery Sessions and colonoscopies are remarkably similar. In both cases, the upfront preparations are unpleasant and conjure up feelings of dread as soon as you start to discuss the possibility. Your discomfort is understandable. I mean, you are preparing to reveal things you have been holding back in the interest of exposing a brighter future. You could say business analysis is a corporate colonoscopy – administered without an anesthetic.