I may be a business analyst by profession, but my learning will never stop. Everyday, I learn something new which helps me grow both professionally as well as personally.
There are thousands and thousands of articles on the skills a Business Analyst (BA) should have etc. The best and most compiled book that I would recommend to everyone is International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA)'s A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide) (link is provided below)
[I don't own this image. Copied it from IIBA's website]
This guidebook covers everything is great detail and is easy to understand. There are still some skills (in my opinion that are over-looked by people) and these skills include those referred to as soft skills (some like to call them professional skills):
- Communications both written and oral
- Problem Solving - Analytical Thinking
- Systems Thinking
- Business Knowledge - practices and principals
- Knowledge of information technology structures, data base structures etc.
- Leadership
- Creativity
Other skills:
- Process modelling
- Data modelling
- Wireframing
- User Experience designs (UX)
- Use Cases (other UML models)
- Knowledge of software development life-cycles
- Meeting Management
One cannot expect to learn all these skills at once, it takes time, patience, and exposure/experience to learn and perfect all of them. And once you perfect them, you can then call yourself a master BA 😊
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