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Want to Become a Business Analyst without IT Background?

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Introduction

Many successful business analysts today have started their career with a different job role. SO, here is the answer to all those who ask a question quite frequently ‘can I become a business analyst without having prior experience or IT background?’

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Introduction Diagram Brief Description Understand the job role Interact With Experts Optimize your current job role Project Documents Diagram 2.0 Training and Certifications Relevant Experience Conclusion

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Diagram

Knowledge about BA

Focus on all efforts

Participate in BA task

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Relevant Training

Good Network

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Brief Description Bullet Points about Business Analyst

• Business Analyst roles may sound different to you, but it should be emphasized.

• Business analysis has no defined boundaries rather it is diversified.

• You must have strong communication skills and emotional intelligence to perform this role creatively.

• A business analyst is responsible for collecting user requirements and implementing technical solutions to cater to those needs.

• Therefore, we can say that a BA works as a connector between a business team and an IT team.

• Due to this reason, people think that starting a career as a business analyst need good IT knowledge.

Relax, this is not true!

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Understand the job role Understand the job role of a business analyst • • • •

Improving the overall business model by changing the ongoing strategies for the betterment Implementing new technologies and ideas to take the business to the next level, Calculating all the measures that can boost revenue are the key responsibilities of a business analyst.

We all handle the role of BA in some aspects as we are contributing to organizational growth.

Need Identification Elicitation & Collaboration

Business Analyst

Requirements Communication Requirements Modeling Requirements Management

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Interact With Experts Interact with business analysts and learn • Heard business analysis expert’s success stories and implemented their ideas to build a strong career.

• When you communicate to a professional of any domain, they share domain-specific information that helps you a lot in going forward.

• Ask them about the challenges they faced as a business analyst and what strategies applied to address those issues.

• Another important point that you must ask a BA is about all the references or sources from where they learn something to improve skills and perform better.

• You can join various forums, communities or groups wherein business analysts discuss their experiences, job opportunities, tips & tricks, and learning resources.

• You must have the ability to represent your current job as the basic level role of a business analyst to make your entry easy in the business analytics world.

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JOB Role Think of how you can optimize your current job role • If you keep an attitude of improving the process of your daily activities, you are already on the track of becoming a good business analyst.

• Going office, doing the same job in the same style every day will neither add benefit to your growth nor organization growth.

• No matter whether you are at home or office, try to figure out the ways that can improve the results of your job role.

• You can create an excel sheet for yourself or involve other people to check whether or not you are improving the existing process.

• Once you start working on so many projects, you get an idea of all the possible aspects of a BA to handle a case, and it helps you to grow faster.

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Project Documents

Go through some Project Documents

• A business analyst listens to people carefully, convert their words into business requirements, and send it to a team.

• This is a very critical job, and a minor difference in understanding can create a big problem.

• To start a career as a BA, you should first go through some project document write ups • In the business requirement doc, you will find information related to user requirements, project scope and the method of the overall process.

• In the technical requirement document, you will learn about technical things like how user requirements can be implemented.

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Diagram 2.0

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Training and Certifications

Get some training and certifications • To start a career in business analysis, BA training can help you build a foundation.

• Before choosing any business analyst course, make sure you have done a depth analysis, and the institute you have chosen holds a good reputation and can help you get a valuable certification.

• When you take training from a reputable online platform’s, you learn good things and apply your learning to get a job as a business analyst.

• Also, the chance of employability remains high while you have the right skill set and valuable knowledge.

• While joining a training course, prefer those institutes that can provide you some experience or certification so that you can use it as proof of knowledge regarding BA.

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Relevant Experience

Show your experience relevant for the job role

• Sometimes we do a lot but unable to present and it is easy too. But, showing whatever you have done in a ‘bigger form’ is challenging.

• If you want to get success in your career, you must know how to play around it.

• You need to explain the connection and importance of your experience with a BA job • You need to think carefully about your experience and prepare a note of how it is relatable to a business analyst role.

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Conclusion

• If you have no prior experience in the business analyst field, focus on your current role and try to filter out relevant responsibilities from it.

• You can develop an experience for a BA role gradually.

• With your little steps, enter the world of business analytics, work on different projects, gain more knowledge and gain experience in various areas.

• Once you have enough experience, you can easily move to a stable BA position.

I am sure these tips will help you to be a Business Analyst Irrespective of your prior Experience.

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