I wish to get into IT sector and subsequently progress to being a BA.

Can anyone please let me know, what is it that I should do or study to get into IT sector, considering the competition that I have to face?

And what is it that I should concentrate on to eventually becoming a BA?

Thanks a lot for the help.

Having an MBA does not make you a business analyst nor is it required to become a business analyst..

Also the educational requirements for becoming a business analyst are very specific.

An MBA is a business degree and while a business analyst is also a business oriented career, it is not the same as an MBA.

So, you have to start by acquiring business analysis skills like requirements analysis, requirements elicitation, requirements validation, Use Cases and UML.

Start by finding opportunities to transition to your business analyst career on your current job.

Note that you still may not be able to get a BA job … even with your current business intelligence experience except if you prepare yourself for the opportunity …

Prepare yourself for that opportunity by getting business analyst training because when the opportunity comes, you will only be chosen if you are qualified.

And if you are not qualified, your manager may prefer to hire an external Business Analyst!

So, you have to be more specific in your question.

Yo can start with the following questions:

1. Why do you want to become an analyst?

2. What type of analyst do you want to be?

3. What don’t you like about your current career?

Note: An analyst typically gathers, analyzes and validates requirements.

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Some of the tools or techniques use by business analysts will include Use Cases and UML Diagrams and of course any tool that will assist with the documentaion or generation of these models.

I would be eager to know about the responsibilities of a Business Analyst and the various tools and terminologies that would be needed for a smooth operation of the overall business.

Since I have only had an experience working on the java and J2EE platforms, I would be glad if you could guide me about the basics of the Business Analyst position and help me with the same.

Thanking You

Sincerely

Hariharan Mohan

Since your domain experience is in the ares of banking and finance and sales and marketing, you may consider becoming a “banking and finance business analyst” or a “marketing and sales business analyst”.

Why do I say that?

When you consider business analyst jobs, you would see that they tend to fall into two (2) major career paths:

1.) the domain business analyst career path

2.) the IT business analyst career path

Since you already have some domain experience, i would suggest that you start your job search with companies looking for business analysts with your kind of background before looking at other business analyst jobs

next, get some formal business analysis education or training.

finally do a gap analysis and use it to figure out the additional hands-on experience that you will need for transitioning to a business analysis career.

Since your current background is in the marketing of financial products, you may begin by looking at the financial business analyst career path.