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what are skills required for business analyst?

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Last Update: July 14, 2009 Asked by: b_gopinath

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Submitted by: nehasahu

Skills required for business analyst:
1)Analytical skills
2)Technical skills
3)Manegerial skills
4)Negotiation skills
5)excellent communication and writing skills

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January 04, 2009 10:14:40

nehasahu

Member Since: May 2007 Contribution: 13

RE: what are skills required for business analyst?

Skills required for business analyst:
1)Analytical skills
2)Technical skills
3)Manegerial skills
4)Negotiation skills
5)excellent communication and writing skills

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January 17, 2009 05:26:58

niteshrs

Member Since: January 2009 Contribution: 1

RE: what are skills required for business analyst?

Analysis Requirement gathering translate high-level user needs into detailed use cases. The candidate should have a detailed understanding of the software development life cycle and the role played by an analyst. The candidate will help to define test and document software solutions to assure quality of the final product and will provide training on the implementation of the new and enhanced processes.

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January 22, 2009 00:20:06

raghavan.janakiraman

Member Since: January 2009 Contribution: 1

RE: what are skills required for business analyst?

These are the Skill Required :

Primary Skill :
• Business Requirement gathering
•At least 5-10 RFP Response and validation
• Carried out infra assessment and analysis
• Preparation of Road Map Gap Analysis
• Defining Framework
• Infra Solutioning ( Sr Candidates must have /Jr Candidates good to have)
• Strong alignment to business goals /measurement index
• ITIL foundation certified and conceptual understanding of the ITIL stacks Secondary Skill :
• Willingness to short notice travel for Customer meetings and assignments
• Ability to interface with Top level Customer Executives
• Good Documentation Capability
• Strong Presentation skills

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February 25, 2009 17:36:42

decisionhelper

Member Since: February 2009 Contribution: 1

RE: what are skills required for business analyst?

I'd like to add to this list an essential skill for most analysts which is the ability to facilitate groups.

Most business analyst activities require the input of groups principally through team meetings and workshops. An effective business analyst has or develops good group facilitation skills. The larger the project the more likely an analyst will need to lead a group or retain one for his/her meetings and workshops. Whether the need is a project charter a project strategy requirements gathering or data modeling inputs and decisions by groups are involved.

Inasmuch as facilitation is a life skill a solid training program and regular practical experience are essential.

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June 11, 2009 11:46:07

jaskanwar

Member Since: June 2009 Contribution: 6

RE: what are skills required for business analyst?

Well to add on to the list Most of the BA's work for certain specific industry and hence the domain understanding of that industry is certainly very helpful. To understand the business processes and the industry specific jargons used the BA is expected to have the Industry know-how

Also the BA is expected to have a techno functional role where he is expected to understand the business equally good as he understands the technology of how the requirment is gonna be structured in the system. The BA should be proficent enough to seperate the Business requirements with the System requirements during the requirement elicitation.

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July 14, 2009 04:03:27

feverx4u

Member Since: January 2009 Contribution: 8

RE: what are skills required for business analyst?

Meeting management.

Presentation skills.

Decision-making skills.

Facilitation skills.

Communication skills.

Conflict resolution.

Negotiation skills.

Relationship skills.

Questioning skills.

Escalation skills.

Cultural awareness.

Leadership skills.

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