Why Add a BA When You Can Deploy an AI Agent?

How Leading Organisations Are Rethinking Resourcing for Strategy and Delivery

In a traditional delivery model, if you need to accelerate discovery, analyse stakeholder needs, or shape early-stage requirements, the obvious answer has always been: “Let’s get a BA on the project.”

For some organisations, especially those managing tight budgets, this might have meant offshoring — engaging a business analyst team overseas to handle the upfront workload.

But today, the most progressive organisations are asking a smarter question:

“Can we deploy an AI Agent instead?”

From Resourcing to Results: A New Approach to Consulting

AI Agents aren’t just tools. At Thresh AI, they’re intelligent, specialised consultants — each built to perform focused tasks like stakeholder interviews, policy analysis, process mapping, or benefit tracking. They work fast, scale instantly, and never get stuck in meetings.

Instead of onboarding a new BA, briefing them, and waiting for manual outputs, AI Agents like our Insight Agent or Interview Agent can be deployed within hours — trained on your documents, aligned to your context, and ready to deliver.

And they don’t just produce documentation — they provide structured, evidence-backed insight that helps teams move decisively.

Traditional BA vs. AI Agent: Why Leading Teams Are Making the Switch

“We were used to flying in a BA for discovery phases. Now, our AI Agent delivers the first cut of stakeholder themes and key risks within 48 hours. The time savings are real.”
— Transformation Manager, Local Government

Think of it Like Offshoring — But Smarter

AI Agents provide the same benefits that offshoring promised:

• Lower cost
• Higher speed
• Flexible resourcing
  

But with AI, there’s no lag time. No lost context. With improved quality and culture alignment.