How To Start A Business Analyst Career

    

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dentifying your transferable skills is the first step towards successfully transitioning, changing or starting a new business analysis career.

Though this article is written for those starting a business analysis career after having worked as a computer programmer, the principles presented here are helpful to anyone interested in starting any new career.
The first step in starting a new career is building self-confidence by recognizing that the career you are transitioning to has some relationship or similarity to the jobs you have performed in the past.
It is important to take this first step of identifying your transferable skills because it instills self-confidence, reduces anxiety and helps you bridge the gap to a new career.

We like what we are familiar with and we feel more tense, anxious or uncertain about unfamiliar or new environments because we are not sure that we can cope or succeed in them.
So, taking this first step of identifying your transferable skills will do wonders for your self-confidence and career success.

Identify Your Transferable Skills

Did you realize that the skills you develop as a computer programmer go beyond purely coding skills?
As a computer programmer, you perform a number of tasks or roles at different points in your career which will assist you in starting a new business analysis career.
Start by making an inventory of your current skills and then identify those that will assist you in bridging the gap between your computer programming and business analyst career.
Some of these transferable skills may include:

• Networking
• Requirements gathering
• Requirements documentation
• Technical writing
• Oral and written communication
• Leadership
• Critical thinking and analytical skills

Here are additional pointers to the role of transferable skills in starting a new business analysis career.

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