Business analysis is the practice of enabling change in an organizational context, by defining needs and recommending solutions that deliver value to stakeholders.  Business analysis involves:

* helping different parts of an organization understand each other;

* deciding on the right project for a company;

* defining what is to be delivered;

* and managing the project.

Business Analysis & Leadership focuses on the facilitative leadership that business analysts need to offer. It offers advice on the very tricky role of working with people from the shop floor to board directors and provides the confidence to challenge the easy way forward and point out what will really work in practice. There is one chapter focusing on facilitating groups, although the whole book refers to the facilitative leadership style that business analysis requires.