Is Business Analysis the right career option for me or not ?

Choosing the right career option at the right time can do wonders in one’s life. Not only it advances the person’s career but also provide him ample amount of time to learn the things the right way. 

So, if you are someone who is planning to get into the shoes of a Business Analyst or are already working in this profile then there are few things that you need to ask yourself to decide whether you are really a true fit for this role or not. 

You should ideally make the decision of choosing the career path of Business analyst by asking yourself a few questions.

You should ask yourself whether :

1)  you are a people’s person ?

2)  you love interacting with a range of people ?

3)  you want to work in a mainstream IT profile but do not actually want to write the code ?

4)  you have an impeccable English writing/speaking skills ?

5)  you genuinely love solving the doubts of people and guiding them through the right way of doing the things ?

6)  you have an interest in providing solutions and planning the things to steer the project in the right direction ?

7)  you have a general basic idea of how the mobile applications , web applications and other IT processes work ?

8)  you are familiar with the basic terms like client, server, request and response ?

9)  you are familiar with the roles and responsibilities of the different individuals in a project team ?

10)  you understand how different departments of the organisation work with each other and how they are inter-dependent ?

 
If the answer to all the above questions is YES , then you may consider yourself as someone having the ideal traits of a business analyst. Although being a business analyst is much more beyond this, you are surely good to start with as of now.

But one thing that you always need to keep in your mind is that
“when you stop learning, you stop growing“. 

So, even if you get into the profile of a business analyst, make a lifelong habit of keeping yourself abreast with the latest trends & news related to your domain and technology. It will surely help a long way in making a wonderful career ahead.