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Pre-Requisite to be a Business Analyst

Written by Amrutha

Topic: Business ConsultingPublished May 18, 2011
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To become a Business Analyst, there is no rule that the person to have specific knowledge on that domain itself, Rather person who have done his or her bachelors and having technical background or might have been worked as programmer or any engineer can become a BA. Apart from these the person who is interested to be a Business Analyst can move from their actual business Role to BA provided upon having extensive domain knowledge. These individuals are not specific to only IT related projects but, can more often he or she is been into marketing and Financial Service related tasks. There is a program called International Institute of Business Analysis which offers a Business Analyst certification. This certification also called as Certified Business Analyst Professional. BA's must have following skills like must be familiar with Unified Model Language, Workshop easing, Good Consultant and not the least must have good Communication skills. These BA are responsible to conduct meeting and also to contact the client and collect the requirements specific. To acquire more knowledge about BA, can read out the below listed Books, * Client-focused products by Ivy F. Hooks and Kristin A. Farry. * Unified Model Language for the IT Business Analyst: Practical Guide-Oriented Requirements Gathering by Howard Podeswa to Object. * Author effective use Cases by Alistair Cockburn. * Discover Real Business Requirements for Software Project Success by Robin F. Goldsmith. * Business Modeling with Unified Model Language by Eriksson. * Software Requirements, part II by Karl E. * Wingers Bass works in various industries such as finance, Banking, insurance, telecommunications, utilities, software services, and so on. They provide very high level abstraction details of the project to the teams to develop and test. For Example in Telecom Industry, the functional areas has been mapped with Telecommunication Operation Map. BA, mostly involved in all the roles like project scaling, panning, strategy and documentation. They are not defined a regular role. The roles and responsibility of the System Analyst varies form company to company. Thus, BA is responsible for analyzing the business needs of their clients and stakeholders to identify business problems and propose solutions. They must have a Technical Background, and possess a computer degree or should have worked as a Programmer or Engineer technically. So, Interview questions and answers will let to know for the faq related to the Business Analyst, Analysis etc...

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The Author, Mr. Amruth is a ten years experienced Business Analyst for one of the Top finance institution. Author has written many articles on Business Analyst And Business Analysis for various magazines. Visit the author's website at Interview Questions and Answers for more information.