Comments on: Does a Business Analyst Label Themselves as an IT Person? https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/help-a-ba-does-a-business-analyst-label-themselves-as-an-it-person/ We'll Help You Start Your Business Analyst Career Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:21:08 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.2 By: Calvin https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/help-a-ba-does-a-business-analyst-label-themselves-as-an-it-person/comment-page-1/#comment-429457 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 19:21:08 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=2663#comment-429457 In reply to Calvin.

I forgot to mention, my background is in Business Economics and my bias is that I believe a Non-IT Analyst should have both a Business orientation and a pure analytical background, ie Math, Stats, Econ, Accounting or Finance… just my two cents

]]> By: Calvin https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/help-a-ba-does-a-business-analyst-label-themselves-as-an-it-person/comment-page-1/#comment-429456 Thu, 15 Mar 2012 18:08:15 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=2663#comment-429456 I am Performance and Data Analyst in a Business Metrics department (in Canada) and it is very clear to me that the term ‘Business Analyst’ is a huge misnomer in the corporate HR universe. BAs (IT based) are Systems Analysts that work on Business Systems plain and simple. Oh well, that’s fine if we call them BAs. I have found that if what you’re looking for is how to describe someone who knows actual Business practice and can interpret data, create reports, analyze and recommend value based decisions than you’re talking about a Business Intelligence Analyst. The only problem with that is that you run into the problem of being to closely tied to software products labelled Business Intelligence. Keeping in mind that BI products are the bread and butter tools of today and tomorrow’s true non-IT Business Analyzers.

]]> By: sudarsan maddur https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/help-a-ba-does-a-business-analyst-label-themselves-as-an-it-person/comment-page-1/#comment-429455 Sat, 29 Oct 2011 17:38:05 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=2663#comment-429455 The BABOK definition is for a BA in any problem domain. It is the gita for all BA’s henceforth it doesn’t go into various details.
I think BA specializes in IT solutions, so, the hat worn is “ITBA”. If the BA specializes in just process modeling, the “BA HAT” worn is the BPA hat. Getting into a project, the project scope, and the problem statement specifies, the problem domain, so hiring the right BA is critical to a project success or failure. The hat worn, can also be drilled down, to Healthcare BA, Pharma BA, Banking BA, Finance BA, according to their specialities. These can be mapped to the type of metadata tables used according to the type of industry. Henceforth, the JD’s specify, Healthcare experience, Pharma experience, Retail experience, Banking experience etc.

]]> By: J_L_McDermott (Joseph McDermott) https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/help-a-ba-does-a-business-analyst-label-themselves-as-an-it-person/comment-page-1/#comment-429454 Wed, 20 Oct 2010 02:16:32 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=2663#comment-429454 No your right I’m not a developer I’m a #BA http://tinyurl.com/yh2sewt

]]> By: Colleen Chan https://www.bridging-the-gap.com/help-a-ba-does-a-business-analyst-label-themselves-as-an-it-person/comment-page-1/#comment-429453 Sat, 21 Aug 2010 08:15:46 +0000 http://www.bridging-the-gap.com/?p=2663#comment-429453 Hi PB,

Sorry, I have missed this thread. You could become a BA from what I can see in your background. Having good working knowledge of product and forecasting is a good starting point.

Depending what your educational background , whether it is more IT or engineering slanted will depend on how you would approach being a BA not in the IT sphere. I would suggest you start looking at job boards at roles that interest you and see where your skill set fits in the role and where your skills are missing. Then start looking at where you could learn more about the skills you are missing.

Hope this helps.

Colleen.

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