Business analysis is distinct from financial analysis, project management, quality assurance, organizational development, testing, training and documentation development. However, depending on the situation or client, Ridgewood may perform some or all of these related functions.
Our business analysts work in different industries and have diverse expertise in this area. Some of these include:
· Business Consulting - working at a high level to analyze the stakeholder’s business objectives, recommend and develop solutions to address their business problem
· Business Process Analysis - analyzing and defining business processes both “As Is” and “To Be”
· Data Analysis – defining and developing logical data models
· Business Architect - modeling the whole business in terms of goals, data, process, organization
· Requirements Analysis - working at a lower level to identify, analyze and document the business requirements and deliver work products through the project life cycle
· Systems Analysis - translating the business requirements into System/Functional requirements, which are then passed to Application Developers
· Management Consulting - assists stakeholders with understanding their strategic goals and how best to accomplish them.




