Originally posted by hgllgh
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I'm in the throes of doing the BCS ISEB diploma in Business Analysis. My plan is to become what's known as an 'Agile Analyst': this is where you concentrate on getting the requirements nailed down for the next iteration. The role mainly exists so that the developers can code all day without having to do the requirements gathering themselves. Since I'm used to doing requirements gathering as a developer I think I'm well placed to do it full time. For instance, as a developer you know the level of precision necessary to convert requirements into code without solutioneering (which is probably a temptation if you're still in the developer mindset). I'd have thought that'd put us at an advantage over someone who's never written a line of code.
Although the BCS ISEB diploma is a superset of this, and focusses more on the role of a traditional BA, it's the closest qualification I can find---and I'll try anything so I don't have to be permie BA first. A few hours into the first BA module (Business Analysis Practice) I pretty much decided that traditional business analysis wasn't for me.
On the plus side, the BAs attending the course are pretty upbeat about their careers, and don't seem particularly worried about offshoring. In contrast most of the developers I've worked with hate their jobs now, and wonder when they're going to be 'best-shored'.
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