Heyyy,
Over the last one year, people have asked me one question – What does a Business Analyst do at Infosys. (so now you know the reason behind this post) Here is what I have been exposed to -
A business analyst is seen as a domain expert or a subject matter expert – different from the league of coders/ testers at Infosys. This means, you are expected to do a lot of domain trainings. I have done many in the past and tell you what – the experience has been good. As a trainer you need to do your homework properly and be up-to-date in your chosen domain.
Presales is another stream. As a presales anchor at Offshore – you should be able to handle Client Visits and lend Proposal support. This involves market research/ deck preparation. A deck is a suite of inputs – Value proposition of services, staffing plan, costing etc. As a presales anchor at onsite (or locations abroad), you can be projected as a BDM, and you literally get to acquire clients.
Apart from this, one can be into Delivery. In delivery, you would be expected to carry out user acceptance testing, suggest improvements to the project has been managed and services have been offered to clients. Also, one has to review test cases, even do testing (depends on your luck – manual/automation/performance are the possibilities)
Requirements gathering is yet another path that a BA gets to traverse. A requirements analyst – engineers requirements, gathers and documents them. You get to due-diligence of clients’ applications and interface with them to understand their requirements better.
These are some of the streams that I am able to think of 
Will add more as and when I recollect..Hope this is useful!!!
Chini
Hi,You get caught up with running your business. What about growing your business? Marketing your business is very essential to increase your profits.
Hi Srini… Long time… so looks like you started enjoying your job…. any openings for me in the company??
Hi, do i need to be an mba before i can join infy?
im wrking as a BA as of now with a 200+ people company.
please advice how can i make a career in the business analysis field.
@Markend,
Presales & Marketing take care of the activities that you have mentioned. I agree that it is an important track
@Vijay,
Pass on your resume, I will apply
@!nder,
Its good to have while it is not mandatory. For a BA, domain knowledge is what is madatory.
Hi
I am a developer working with a reputed MNC… hav 2 yrs of experience.
i want to become a BA.
can you please guide me? I hav my B.Tech degree..bot not MBA.
Is it possible to switch my career to BA??? and wats d future growth in that field? is it on par with developers?
Hi Srini,
I am a Business Analyst as well in the Banking domain specifically Risk Management-Basel II…… How good is Infosys doing in the Basel Space? Is it possible to forward my profile… Need ur mail id please…
hello sir/madam
am kiran, right now am persuing my graduation final year and at the same time am also working with one consulting services as a HR manager. so i ld like to work in some difficult situations, becz i ve to improve my skills. if its possible to get any chance plez intimate me….
I am pursuing Post Graduate Diploma in Management (Specialized in Operations and I.T) in Institute of Finance and International Management (IFIM) B School, Bangalore. I am Looking for a job of Business Analyst in I.T companies. Can anyone guide me ?
Hey,
It is possbile. An MBA is a nice to have, however not mandatory in most IT companies. If you do not have an MBA, you may have to showcase your experience in a particular domain.