What _do_ we need from our professional organisations?

Matt Hodgson worries about about the BA community repeating the mistakes of the project management community by taking a narrow definition of the role and formalising it.  Embedding itself in a position from which it will be challenged to evolve.

His questions wrap around the ideas of community, discipline and roles.

If you are interested in the ongoing formalisation of the BA (and PM) roles and are wondering/worried about the directions they are headed, read his post and offer your comments.