I haven't studied this deeply, but i see a deep irony here. The old school business guys had a plan (or at least a wish) to get rid of programmers. Ironically,

I haven't studied this deeply, but i see a deep irony here. The old school business guys had a plan (or at least a wish) to get rid of programmers. Ironically, I now see the best programs being written by programmers who have no BA's (essentially becoming BA's themselves). It turns out that it was way easier to just get the BA's to talk the language of the computer, rather than the other way around. From what I've read, the same is true in testing. The best BA's are people who are actively interested in testing, and willing to learn the language they need to best help out. You cut out the middleman, not by making translators, but by learning to speak the language natively. As it often is, it's easier to change the people than to change the world.