"For a Business Analyst that is certainly true. We are members of a profession like law and journalism, where success is built on asking the right questions, in the right way, at the right time. I’ve spent most of my professional life consciously trying to improve my ability to ask questions. " ~ Anthony "Tony" Robbins, American self help author and motivational speaker.
If you are aiming to be a business analyst (BA), then probably you must be aware of the mental hard work you have to do to meet the demands of your firm. For business analysts, every day brings with it hosts of challenges and responsibilities. Brainstorming on every business problems and coming up with effective solutions forms the key of business analyst job description.
The need to involve business analysts as an integral part of business firms stemmed from the failure of including the developments of IT in the business world. In the 1980s and 1990s when system analysts were hired by firms for straightforward repetitive administration tasks from paper works to electronic documents, the IT projects were not able to achieve expected success.
The reasons for failure in incorporating technological advancements in IT and applying them for business solutions in the firms were lack of focus, conflicting demands from various business department and unrealistic developments of business cases. Firms had no idea of exactly how to troubleshoot their problems and they just tried to be a part of technological development, though they failed to apply them properly.
This failure of identifying problems and deciphering new business requirements thereby fusing them with business requirements as well as technological expertise led to the growth of system analysts, now popularly known as business analyst. Let us know more about business analyst job description.
Job Description of a Business Analyst
While most of us who are not aware of the technicalities of business analyst jobs, we may end up being confused about the job profile of a business analyst. If you look out for job opening in various firms, you may find that the term "business analyst" covers a wide range of job profiles and you may hear of systems analyst, requirements engineers/analyst and various other titles.
Basically, there are dozens of business analyst role and it depends on the firm's requirements that how it may use the skills of the BA as per its need in fields related to IT solutions and business needs. In many firms, the system analyst work in IT departments of the firm whereas, the business analyst look after business requirements. The IT business analyst job description is to ensure that they manage and provide solutions to the new business ideas and concepts through the technological paths. Read more on business process workflow.
Another integral part of business analyst job description is that business analyst are responsible for identifying areas where changes are needed in business plans and then monitoring the impact of the change as per business profit of the firm. The system analyst job description also includes doing research and documenting requirements and later meeting those requirements by working in collaboration with the IT department of the firm. Business analyst are the professionals who can bring about changes in the technology and impart them more accountability and easily operating features. Here are some more features of business analyst job description.
* Understanding business process management and business requirements of the customers and translating them to specific software requirements.
* Making sure that the solution recommended is commercial yet competitive.
* Documenting and analyzing the required information and data.
* Understanding the technical designs as well as the specifications.
* Evaluating the information gathered through workshops and surveys, business process description and task analysis.
* Effectively communicating with internal teams and external clients to deliver functional requirements like GUI, screen and interface designs.
* Very strong technical skills coupled with business intelligence and a deep understanding of customer's needs so that they can be transformed into application and operational requirements.
* Acting as an interface between business units, technology teams and support teams
You can read more on:
* System Analyst Job Description
* Business Analyst Interview Questions
An MBA degree is considered to be a mandatory requirement for becoming a business analyst. However, strong background in computer programming and technical knowledge is also important. Firms prefer candidates with good work experience. According to reports, business analyst or IT business analyst have great career opportunities for moving up the ladder of organizational hierarchy at the designations of executive level as BAs understand the business and they also know technological skills needed to overcome the limitations. These were some facets of business analyst job description, that is definitely a rewarding, exciting and challenging career choice for management aspirants.
By Kundan Pandey
Published: 4/7/2010
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