Business Analyst Career Path. Click on the image for a better view This article would definitely raise eyebrows of BA’s who are already in the industry and will have different opinions on it.
However the idea behind writing the article is to make aware the BA’s and BA’s aspirants at what are the possible milestones to be achieved while progressing in your career ladder. When I shared this image with my fellow colleagues and dear friends who are BA’s they had a different opinions altogether which helped me to rethink and refine it. Business Analyst World Conferences and Events. What skills do business analysts need? I surveyed about 100 job postings for business analysts in Australia, the US and UK and came up with this spread of requirements posted.
I have aggregated some things and where jobs asked for technical skills such as oracle, SAP, dot.net and so on I have listed it under "understanding the technical domain. " All of these advertisements were under the title of "business analyst" and not systems analyst, analyst/programmer or anything else. I provide this graph for your information in case you are thinking of applying for a job as a business analyst. The resulst align with many writers on the topic of what is a business analyst - the focus is on communications, consulting and requirements management.
It also highlights the common idea that a BA should have some sort of technical background, often that they have pogramming or DBA skills. Agile Software and Marketing Inc. Job site focusing on business analyst jobs across Canada. International Institute of Business Analysis. Object Management Group. Business Analyst/Business Analysis Community & Resources. Business Analyst Times. ProjectWorld & Business Analyst World.