[dirtboy]

What are your thoughts on having a senior developer also perform a "business analyst" function, versus having a person dedicated to that role?

Depends upon whether you want him designing or having his neurons dying by the millions during endless conference calls. Plus, the job does require writing skills, in which a lot of development people are weak.

[nsc68]

Thanks. When I think of a development team's demographics, I think of several American males in their 30s at least, with a minimum of 10 years of experience in the field.

I get the feeling that's not the type of development team you usually deal with.

[jb6]

How did you convince your bosses to let you transfer to businessanalyst? I'm a developer, though I ran projects in the military worth more then most of the companies I've worked for. Unfortunetly they all look down their ignorant noses at military experience when I try applying for project management roles.

While I'm a good developer, I would much rather do project management. Since I haven't been able to get into it presently, I'm working on my MBA.

Any advice?