Agile work environments have long been the go-to for business analysts. Within such models, systems are built in increments via collaboration between cross-functional teams over time. 

A new trend in the form of distributed agile development is hitting even the seemingly stable software development space. As the name implies, the approach is based on the agile framework, but with distributed teams at its heart. So, what exactly is the role of a business analyst when distributed agile processes come into play?