I think this is essential, and it will progress a bit further. As infrastructure has become automated, and QC has been rethought in response. The developer has been able to acquire those roles for improved development time. However, as coding becomes easier, and more people learn to code. I think another role, the product manager, will acquire the developer role (and all the positions previously acquired underneath that). So ultimately the roles of analysts and product managers will be extremely tech-savvy people who understand their respective businesses extremely well.

Today, a business analyst has a small idea. She presents it, then gets approval. A product manager works with her on the details to integrate it into the product or operation, and a project manager inserts the idea into the development backlog and prioritizes it. In a few months a developer gets around to the task, spends a day building it, and deploys right away, and then the analyst can measure if it has value. In the future, the process could be, a business analyst has a small idea. She presents it, with a plan on how to integrate it, and get's approval. Then she spends a day or three building and deploying it and then measures if it has value.

We've been optimizing Development -> deployment, but in reality what the business cares about is Idea -> Deployment.