Product and design

Business Analyst

Bridges business needs and technical solutions by eliciting requirements, modeling processes, and validating outcomes.

Skills

Requirements elicitation
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Draws out real needs through interviews, workshops, and observation.
Course coverage
- Course planned (1)
Process modeling
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Maps current and future business processes and data flows.
Course coverage
- Business Process Modeling
Gap analysis
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Compares current state against goals to identify what must change.
Course coverage
- Business Process Modeling
Data analysis
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Uses SQL and spreadsheets to quantify problems and options.
Course coverage
- Course planned (1)

Requirements documentation
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Writes unambiguous specifications, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
Course coverage
- Course planned (1)
Stakeholder communication
Importance: Essential (5 of 5)
Keeps business and technical audiences aligned in their own language.
Course coverage
- Course planned (1)
Solution evaluation
Importance: Very important (4 of 5)
Validates delivered solutions against requirements and business value.
Course coverage
- Course planned (1)
Change management
Importance: Important (3 of 5)
Supports adoption of new systems and processes across the organization.
Course coverage
- Change Enablement