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BA – A Career Option Analysis
Sanjay Kumar June 2015
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BUSINESS ANALYST
A Business Analyst (BA) is someone who analyzes the existing or ideal organization and design of systems, including businesses, departments, and organizations. BAs also assess business models and their integration with technology.
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ANALYST - TYPES
Analyst
Business
Business Environment
IT EnvironmentData/Analytics
Process
Operations
Research
Corporate
Sector
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Core Skill Sets - Business Analyst
Analysis Business, Data and Operations
Process Domain Knowledge Technology Awareness Requirement Management (Tools) Testing – Functional
Communication Verbal and Written
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Building Capable BAs - BA Skill Sets
Decision Analysis Focus Groups Metrics and Key
Performance Indicators
Root Cause Analysis
SWOT Analysis
Data modeling Interface Analysis Sequence Diagrams Requirements
workshop Risk Analysis
Data flow Diagrams Functional
requirements Organization
modeling
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BUSINESS ANALYST – A rich future … 1
Principal
Domain BusinessSpecialist Architect
Program Manager
Transition Mgmt
ProcessArch
BA
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BUSINESS ANALYST – A rich future … 2
Principal
Domain BusinessSpecialist Architect
Program Manager
Transition Mgmt
ProcessArch
BACONSULTING
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Business Analysts – Career Progression
Business Analyst
Domain Specialist
Sr. Business Analyst
Consultancy (an engagement)
Business Analyst
Business Practice Head
Project Management
Program Management
Business Analyst
Solution Designer
Business Architect
Business Analyst
Business Devt /Sales / Acct Mgmt
Stream 1 Stream 2 Stream 3 Stream 4
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Skill Sets – Domain Specialist
Core Process Knowledge Domain Knowledge
Additional Domain In-depth Multi flavours of process across organizations Understanding the business drivers
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Business Analysts – Career Progression
Business Analyst
Domain Specialist
Sr. Business Analyst
Consultancy (an engagement)
Business Analyst
Business Practice Head
Project Management
Program Management
Business Analyst
Solution Designer
Business Architect
Business Analyst
Business Devt /Sales / Acct Mgmt
Stream 1 Stream 2 Stream 3 Stream 4
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Skill Sets – Project / Program Management
Core Domain Knowledge Technology Awareness Communications
Additional PM Skill Sets Better technical knowledge People Management
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Business Analysts – Career Progression
Business Analyst
Domain Specialist
Sr. Business Analyst
Consultancy (an engagement)
Business Analyst
Business Practice Head
Project Management
Program Management
Business Analyst
Solution Designer
Business Architect
Business Analyst
Business Devt /Sales / Acct Mgmt
Stream 1 Stream 2 Stream 3 Stream 4
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Skill Sets – Business Architect
Core Domain Knowledge Technology Awareness
Additional Multi-domain Inter-domain interaction Understanding technical architecture
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Business Analysts – Career Progression
Business Analyst
Domain Specialist
Sr. Business Analyst
Consultancy (an engagement)
Business Analyst
Business Practice Head
Project Management
Program Management
Business Analyst
Solution Designer
Business Architect
Business Analyst
Business Devt /Sales / Acct Mgmt
Stream 1 Stream 2 Stream 3 Stream 4
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Skill Sets – BD / Sales
Core Domain Knowledge Technology Awareness
Additional Communications Marketing Skill sets / Influencing Skills Negotiation skill sets
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Data Science
Currently becoming a Data Scientist for a BA would be a challenge
Required: Love of Statistics / Data / Trends /… However BA has a role in various other areas
Analytics Performance Metrics Dashboard / Presentation Design IOT
This is an evolving field … so open for exploration & experimenting
How we can impact IOT: BA Convention 2015, BangaloreJuly 23 & 24
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