Architectural Thinking for BAs: Seeing the Forest AND the Trees
Date:
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Time:
9:25 am
Track:
Summary:
Business Analysts often bridge the gap between strategy and delivery, but too often, the architectural vision stops above them. The result is that teams build beautiful trees that don’t add up to a forest. This session explores why BAs should think like architects to improve consistency, flows, reduce redundancy, and help teams build more cohesive, scalable solutions.
We will explore how architectural alignment boosts team velocity, how to spot when work is being scoped too narrowly, and how to translate architecture into actions that empower the entire team.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Architectural impact of Business Analysis
Align feature decomposition with system and enterprise architecture
Practical ways to connect business, product, and technology