Can a Successful Business Analyst be a Successful Manager?

The topic today is more of a general discussion on management track against the business analysis track as in most of the companies project managers do play the roles of both manager and business analyst.

Let's decide on the skills which a manager must possess to be successful in the career.They are 

1. Conceptual Skills
2. Human Skills
3. Technical Skills 

The above image or rather the graph clearly display the skill levels a manager needs to possess to be successful in career.

Conceptual Still is what is mostly necessary by the top management as this term describes the analytic skill and the envisioning still which a manager needs to possess.Further it is the cognitive ability to see the whole system as one and then the relationships between every single small section.It is strategic thinking.A manager always needs to have a long term plan  of fore see the problems. Conceptual Skills for a Business Analyst: Business Analyst or a Business Consultant is the person whose rather walk to the clients office, analyse the business/system , consult the clients and show the better roots and ways of doing things or even provide support to design a effective system which may improve the efficiency of the business.A Business Consultant needs to foresee the future of the client's business and help to grow more and more.So as envisioning becomes an important factor i would say to envision something in a real of proper manner that person definitely needs to have analytical skills as well.Power of Analysis and Envision creates a good manager as well as a good business analyst.

Human Skill is people management skill which is needed by all the managers.A manager needs to be a good communicator, a good human being to understand and lead the team towards the goal.A manager needs to be a good facilitator.Human Skills for a Business Analyst: Business Analyst or a Consultant needs to work close with the clients in order to get a better understanding about the system.Better relationships with the client always make the work easy for a business consultant.So human skills is so much important to a business analyst.

Technical Skills is the understanding of the proficiency in the performance of specific task.Technical skills includes mastery of the methods,techniques and equipment involves in specific function.A manager have its own set of technical skills which are extremely necessary to perform the tasks related to management.Technical Skills for a Business Analyst: Business Analyst or a Consultant  requires a different technical skill set for a manager.So the technical skill of a business analysis differs from management though both needs documentations and organizing skills.

So this match tends most of the companies to convert a business analyst to a manager as the both roles possess mostly common characteristics in their careers.