Hi Murli,

Welcome to this forum!  There are many resources at ModernAnalyst.com which tackle many of the questions that you are raising.

You seem to have 2 goals which might be hard to achieve both rigth away: get a job & become a BA.

Try to figure out which one is more pressing right now and focus on that one first.

My guess is that your first objective is to get a job.  In that case - spread you net wide: look for various opportunities which may be a good fit given your training (at the junior level): programming, database design/administration, quality assurance, technical support, systems analyst, etc.

Once you get that first job then you can focus on becoming a Business Analyst.  Get familiar with the BABOK and the type of skills and competencies a BA must have then make a plan to get there.

Also check out the list of Training Courses posted by the various vendors on our site.

Sincerely,

- Adrian

Hi Murli,

Sure - given that your goal is to become a Business Analyst - you can still take Business Analysis courses while gaining experience in a different role.  They will help you build a base of knowledge as well as would provide you with the necessary skills to apply in your current job when business analysis situations arise.  Once you demonstrate your BA skills you should have no problem moving into that role.

Plus - most of the skills that a Business Analyst has (or should have) are used folks in many other roles, for example:

• Requirements Elicitation - most developers on agile projects perform requirements elicitation
• Process Mapping - many business process owners and operations staff perform process mapping to better understand their organizations and processes
• Functional Specifications - technical writers create functional specification documents
• Diagrams: Class Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, etc. - architects and developers use diagrams to model systems

So taking courses in Business Analysis would be helpful even if you don't ever end up with an actual title of "Business Analyst".

Wishing you success!

- Adrian