A business analyst helps businesses improve their processes and systems by analyzing data, identifying problems, and recommending changes. They also work with stakeholders to ensure that new products and services meet business needs.
A Business Analyst with ADM skills is a non-technical domain functional consultant who has a strong understanding and working experience with the SDLC. They excel in requirement gathering, analysis, and documentation. They possess strong impact analysis and gap analysis abilities, effectively managing stakeholders and users while facilitating requirement workshops. Proficient in process and use case mapping, they analyze business cases and guide technical and vendor teams. The cornerstone of their skill set is exceptional communication and analytical skills, enabling them to articulate complex ideas clearly and persuasively, with the ability to liaise between lines of business and the development team.
Analysis: conceptual understanding and getting business insights.
Business: Interpretation of strategic objectives and analysis of business processes.
Testing: Ability to identify and define business and business processes.
Communication: Direct contact with senior business users, written materials designed for work at leadership levels.
Interpersonal: BA and Tech Lead will need to interact seamlessly with IT and provide interpretive information/guidance to the specialist team.
Previous experience in:
Working with users on what models / statistics strive to achieve, trends.
Data driven efficiencies and data initiatives.
Basic technical requirements for test cases.
Experience as Data BA's, proficient users of common data tools (Excel, PowerBI) with perhaps some knowledge of SQL.