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Mention some of the tools commonly used by business analyst?

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Last Update: March 05, 2009 Asked by: RyanJames

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Submitted by: AshishJuwa

There might be various tools that you as a business analyst would be using depending upon the work environment.
The primary tools are:
MS-Office (Especially Word)
MS-Visio (for visualizing the concepts, creating diagrams)

But a lot of bigger organizations have been using Rational Software. Rational software licensing is expensive so you might not find it being used everywhere.
Rational Requisite Pro (for Requirement Management)
Rational ClearCase/ClearQuest (For change management)

I have also found that some places like using MS-Sharepoint, telelogic DOORS and other tools for document collaboration. I would say, keep a working knowledge of MS Sharepoint, at least.

Sometimes you might end up being a BA com QA. As such, it is nice to have a working knowledge of creating Test cases, using Load Runner, QTP etc.

Except for these tools if you have knowledge of RDBMS, Oracle, SQL, different operating systems, some OOP, it is always a plus.

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February 12, 2007 13:34:18

Sam_khan

Member Since: January 2007 Contribution: 13

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It depends from organization to organization.You must know how to use MS Office.( Expert level)Some companies use Rational Rose and Visio. Clear Quest Requisite Pro License for these tools are expensive so most of the companies end up with Ms. Office and Visio only.

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February 20, 2007 00:47:08

Noypi

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A lot of IT companies have that document templates usually in MS word format.

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May 02, 2007 18:17:17

kevin le

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Reational requisite Pro
Rational Rose
Rationa ClearQuest
Rational Clear Case
MS- projet
MS-Visio
Test Director (mercury)

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May 05, 2007 10:10:30

Ziad Sultan

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1) Visio 2) ER-Win and 3) Rational Rose ....

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January 17, 2008 16:57:06

devineni.bhavya

Member Since: January 2008 Contribution: 9

Mention some of the tools commonly used by business analyst?

Microsoft Tools :

Word (to start and paste the Requirements and commonly used!)
Power point ( presentations show flow charts of a textual template( frame work) of the requirements or prototype (simulation) of the Business User Interface)
MS Excel (Tables with Rows and columns variables / used to maintain Data Dictionary).
MS vision (1. Used to make Use cases . 2. Flow charts/ wire frames just b4 sign off from Business Users and PM).

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December 22, 2008 16:20:37

rrouniyar

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EA enterprise Archeitect

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March 05, 2009 11:41:20

AshishJuwa

Member Since: February 2009 Contribution: 2

RE: Mention some of the tools commonly used by business analyst?

There might be various tools that you as a business analyst would be using depending upon the work environment.
The primary tools are:
MS-Office (Especially Word)
MS-Visio (for visualizing the concepts creating diagrams)

But a lot of bigger organizations have been using Rational Software. Rational software licensing is expensive so you might not find it being used everywhere.
Rational Requisite Pro (for Requirement Management)
Rational ClearCase/ClearQuest (For change management)

I have also found that some places like using MS-Sharepoint telelogic DOORS and other tools for document collaboration. I would say keep a working knowledge of MS Sharepoint at least.

Sometimes you might end up being a BA com QA. As such it is nice to have a working knowledge of creating Test cases using Load Runner QTP etc.

Except for these tools if you have knowledge of RDBMS Oracle SQL different operating systems some OOP it is always a plus.

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