BA Career Path

Business Analysis itself is a new career and nowadays there is a trend of companies like to have a couple of BAs even if they don't know why they need them .... :)

Business Analyst like other careers once they spend a couple of years as BAs they remember about their career progression and start looking to climb up in the ladder where actually there is no ladder available... lol actually it is a debatable subject regardless of where BAs come from most people forget to think on where the BAs to go..

Definitely yes the next Step we can name as the Senior Business Analyst but after that is it the Product Management Track or the Project Management Track is questionable? Some people say Business Analysis is a Unique role even though u get 10 years experience you still remain as a Business analyst(in an article by Jonathan "Kupe" Kupersmith in www.batimes.com he says he likes to come back as a BA even after he had a PM position) but Some others say that the next Level is either a Product Manager Or Project Manager.

In My Case as a Business Analyst I would not agree on the first option and i would rather like to climb up in the ladder via Product Management or Project Management and also i feel there is another option of selecting consultancy....