tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15466608.post5748807415226913131..comments2011-03-31T06:37:25.816+11:00Craig Brownhttps://profiles.google.com/112202012347971122168noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15466608.post-39498797923534884062011-03-31T06:37:25.816+11:002011-03-31T06:37:25.816+11:00Great visualization of what BAs do. Love it, thanks!onlineprofessionaleducationhttp://onlineprofessionaleducation.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15466608.post-89824075724555335692007-07-31T20:43:00.000+10:002007-07-31T20:43:00.000+10:00Rajeev<BR/>I agree with you. I just read an article at CIO.com (<A HREF="http://www.b2ttraining.com/page/business-analyst-blog/archives/102/ba-role-hot-job" REL="nofollow">Thanks Angie</A>)talking abut tht issue exactly. <A HREF="http://www.cio.com/article/120154/Hot_Jobs_Business_Analyst" REL="nofollow">Read it here</A>.<BR/><BR/>Gor example, in terms of "degrees as training" I think a Bachelor of Business is mch more suitable than an Bachelor of IT for this sort of job, even though IT degrees are the ones with requirements management in their curriculums.<BR/><BR/>Now there's an idea; a bachelor of business with analysis and IT architecture as your optional subjects.Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913411035783086223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15466608.post-91001646718251358852007-07-30T22:20:00.000+10:002007-07-30T22:20:00.000+10:00Nice work Craig. That seems to be the pulse of the market, no doubt.<BR/><BR/>However, is this really a true spread of the skills a BA needs? It's not a question to you, it's a question to the industry. It bothers me to see that 'Understanding the Business Domain' is one of the thinnest slices of the diagram.<BR/><BR/>The other issue I have observed in the market is the confusion around a lot of these terms. The interpretation of 'Business Process Analysis' and 'Analysis Skills' is so vastly different from person to person and organization to organization. I'd still recommend everyone reading this post to also ready Kathleen Haas' writeup, which is available at: http://bizvalu.blogspot.com/2007/03/glorified-secretary-is-that-what-ba-is.html<BR/><BR/>Overall, I think your spread gives a very useful visual clue of what the job entails. But, I still stand by my rant of unfair share of 'Understanding the Business Domain'Rajeev Singhhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18202707193541079173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15466608.post-67628071528576502812007-07-29T19:52:00.000+10:002007-07-29T19:52:00.000+10:00Thanks Jonathan<BR/><BR/>Very little organised researh ethods were applied. I basically googled, mostered, seeked adn just marked things up in an excel sheet for an hour or so.Craighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04913411035783086223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15466608.post-37522687590584187582007-07-29T00:46:00.000+10:002007-07-29T00:46:00.000+10:00Great work, Craig. <BR/><BR/>Sampling what actual employers are looking for in their BA hires is a great way of finding the breakout of desired skills.<BR/><BR/>I started trying to do a similar exercise, but was probably trying to do too much with it and got bogged down in the weeds of survey methodology and dropped it. Glad you put this out!<BR/><BR/>This will also be an interesting topic to monitor over time to see if and how the mix shifts.Jonathan Babcockhttp://jonathanbabcock.comnoreply@blogger.com