Senior-level requirements and process rigor for UK startups, without the full-time hire
Ambiguous requirements are one of the biggest silent costs in a growing product team: wasted engineering cycles, rework, and features that miss what the business actually needed. Fractional BA brings structured discovery, requirements clarity, and stakeholder coordination in on a part-time basis, so decisions get made once, correctly.
The problem
- Early-stage teams rarely have a dedicated BA: founders, PMs, or engineers absorb the role alongside their own, and requirements gathering happens informally or not at all.
- The cost is invisible until it isn’t: forecasts nobody trusts, budgeting cycles that eat weeks of leadership time, reports compiled by hand that should take hours, and features built against assumptions nobody validated.
- As the team scales past a handful of people, informal requirements gathering stops working, but a full-time BA hire is premature before Series A.
The offer
| Tier | Scope | Time |
|---|---|---|
| BA Audit (one-off) | Current-state requirements review · Documentation gap analysis · Process assessment · Written recommendations | 3–5 days |
| Fractional Lite | Requirements gathering · Functional specification writing · Stakeholder facilitation | 1 day/week |
| Fractional Core | Everything in Lite · Backlog/requirements ownership · Cross-functional coordination · Reporting cadence to leadership | 2 days/week |
| Discovery & Documentation Build (add-on) | Maps up to 3 core business processes · Produces requirements/process documentation set · Additional processes scoped separately | 2–3 weeks |
Pricing available on request, scoped to your team and stage: get in touch for a quote.
Why ITNextGen
- Long-standing programme delivery and requirements experience across large regulated organisations.
- Backed by ITNextGen’s Microsoft AI Cloud Partner Program membership and G-Cloud/DOS6 supplier certifications.
- Pairs naturally with the Fractional QA offer: bring in BA before or alongside QA as needs evolve.
Next step
Book a free 20-minute requirements health check: a short call to spot where ambiguity is costing the most, no obligation to continue.
See also: Fractional QA & Test Management pairs naturally with this service.