Business Analyst
The Business Analyst (BA) is the primary contact with the business users. The BA meets with users to understand their needs with the aim of casting those needs as project requirements. The BA then translates the requirements into the technical terminology that will be needed by the development team.

A Business Analyst needs to be capable of serving as liaison between the business and the technical resources. For example, as technical issues arise, the BA can assist in helping the business users to understand the issues so effective remediation decisions can be made. As a consequence, the BA must have excellent written and interpersonal communication skills.