Has the role of the Business Analyst become redundant on true Agile projects?

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Published on 2010-02-23T12:32:47Z Indexed on 2010/03/25 1:53 UTC
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On a truely agile project where the business is performing the role of the product owner, is there still a role for the Business Analyst? The product owner would do the functional testing as soon as the user story is developed and document and prioritise the user stories.

In this case which I must add I haven't experienced yet and with high performing, self motivated developers I am struggling to see the role of the traditional business analyst?

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