Business Analyst Qualifications

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To be able to understand users, needs, system requirements and improve suggestions, a good Business Analyst should be involved. The Business Analyst must have the majority of the following skills:

Technical Skills

• Engineering systems concepts and principles
• Technical computer knowledge
• Complex modeling techniques
• Technical writing

Analytical Skills

• Analytical and conceptual expertise
• Planning, documentation, analysis and business requirements management techniques
• Object-oriented analysis
• Evaluation of profitability/risk
• Testing, verification and validation techniques
• Administrative and reporting abilities

Business Skills

• Knowledge of business processes
• Ability to have a business-oriented vision
• Improvement of business and engineering processes
• Strategic planning
• Case development
• Business writing

Management Skills

• Decision-making
• Fundamentals of project management
• Management of customer relationships
• Time management and personal organization skills

Communication Skills

• Ability to formulate concepts
• Communication of technical information to a non-technical audience
• Communication of business information to a technical audience
• Negotiation
• Tact

Conclusion

Continuous effort to improve the quality of software development activities

There is no silver bullet, no one answer, no perfect approach method or technique to requirements gathering. Developing a good requirements document is about giving your project the best chance of success. To do so, you must reduce the risk of common mistakes that arise from a lack of communication or understanding. Keep this in mind as you gather your requirements, and the documentation - and project as a whole - will have the best chance of success.