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The Information Architecture Group, Inc. (IAG Consulting) is a privately held, market leading, professional services firm specializing in Requirements Definition and Management. Established in 1997, IAG has worked with the majority of the Fortune 500 companies and is best known for its Requirements Discovery Process. Since its establishment, IAG Consulting has also trained more 25,000 business analysts, and completed over 1,200 requirement specification projects. IAG Consulting was founded by Ross Little and Louis Molnar, and has locations in New Castle, Delaware, Buffalo, New York, and Toronto, Canada.

Background
IAG Consulting was established in 1997 as The Information Architecture Group, Inc. and launched 'The Requirements Discovery ProcessTM' later the same year. In 1999, The Information Architecture Group expanded into best practices for Business Intelligence systems publishing courses, and completing engagements in this area. The company would later add additional services in implementing and assessing requirements practices, and integrating requirements definition and management software. In 2003, IAG Consulting helped found and grow the International Institute of Business Analysis.

The Information Architecture Group acquired Digital Mosaic, a main competitor in requirements definition and management services, in 2006. Following the acquisition, The Information Architecture Group re-branded to IAG Consulting.

Services
IAG Consulting is known for eliciting business and software requirements on complex IT development projects in short time frames. The company uses best practices to produce business requirements, software specifications and Request for Proposals. IAG Consulting also trains business analysts in requirements definition and management; does coaching and mentoring; assess the maturity of analyst organizations; and implements process improvement in requirements definition and management. IAG Consulting works with clients in three areas:


 * Requirements Discovery and Management Services: IAG Consulting employs small teams of analysts to facilitate requirements sessions, develop specifications, and occationally manage a client's requirements through the delivery cycle. IAG Consulting also offers a service to constructrequest for proposals.


 * Analyst Professional Development and Best Practices Implementation Services: IAG Consulting employs professional development tools such as analyst training courses, simulations, and an experiential learning approach to develop business analysts.


 * Turn-Key Business Analysis Center of Excellence: A turn-key business analysis function for clients that need immediate support to meet urgent business objectives for the analysis function.

Publishing and Research
In 2009, IAG Consulting released the second edition of the Business Analysis Benchmark Study - a survey involving 550 companies worldwide. The study found that poor requirements definition and management leads to 33% of money spent on IT development being wasted.

International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)
IAG Consulting is a founding member of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA); a non-profit professional association with the purpose of supporting and promoting the discipline of business analysis.