Skills and Competencies of a Business Analyst
Business Analysis Foundation
- Instructor-led, Online
- Course Category: Business Analysis, Product Management
GBP
45
Instructor-led, Online
Duration: 2 hours
Course Code: TXV-BAF-31
Skill Level: Beginners
Skills and Competencies of a Business Analyst
Overview
It is beyond doubt that the current times of digital, mobile and social age demand professionals who are versatile, agile, sociable and dynamic. Business Analysts and product specialists are no exception to this. Whether its due to the industry demands, peer pressure, market needs or pure evolutionary tactics, BAs today are far more leading-edge, competitive, assertive and visionary contributors to the products, processes and businesses, at large. From an also-ran team player role, new-age analysts have come a long way. From analytical and behavioural skills to technical awareness and project skills and from people skills to communication and leadership skills, the essential skillset for business analysis professionals have been evolving with the times. To learn and equip yourself with the new-age BA skills, enrol now to the TEXAVI’s course on ‘Skills and Competencies of a Business Analyst’.
Who can attend?
Anybody with or without work experience- IT professionals (eg., Developers, testers) considering a move to BA role
- Non-IT people who want to learn IT skills thinking of a career switch
- Graduates and university students who aspire to get into IT industry
- Students who have just passed their B. Tec, A-Levels or college studies
Anybody with or without work experienceCOURSE OUTLINE
- Overview and setting the context
- Value-add and benefits from BA
- Where does a BA fit in
- Core skills for BA
- Business-related skills
- Behavioural competencies
- Essential knowledge/awareness
- Summary – Q & A
What will you learn?
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
- Elaborate on the various skills and competencies essential for a business analyst
- Describe the similarity between a BA and a Swiss-Army knife
- List the business analyst skills as per Texavi’s framework
- Knowledge – Product/process engineering
- Tools – Change management
- Application – Technology appreciation
- Skills – Business acumen
- Explain the importance of communication skills for a BA
- Describe the concepts, methods, practices and techniques in communication
- The communication process – Sender, receiver, channel, feedback etc.
- Barriers in communication – Physical, psychological, semantic
- Verbal communication – Remembering, reflection, summarising etc.
- Non-verbal communication – Eye contact, mirroring, filtering etc.
- Communication across platforms, channels and teams
- List the key categories of the BA skills and competencies as per BCS:
- Behavioural
- Business knowledge
- Techniques
- Dwell on the key aspects of behavioural skills
- Political (internal) awareness, attention to detail
- Analytical and critical thinking, problem-identification
- Leadership, self-belief, negotiation and documentation
- Relationship (rapport) building, influencing, team working
- Explain the importance of business-related skills for BA
- List and elaborate on BA’s business-related skills:
- Finance and economy
- Business case development
- Supplier management
- Organisation structure and design
- Principles/concepts of Information technology
- Domain knowledge and subject-matter expertise (SME)
- Describe the significance of essential techniques and knowledge for a BA
- List and describe the following techniques and essential knowledge areas:
- Awareness of using digital tools
- Data modelling and analysis
- Prioritisation and scoping
- Connecting the dots
- Benefits planning
- Investigation
- Decision making
- Risk management
- Feasibility analysis
- Quality management
- Training customers, users
- Creation of wireframes
- Estimation – size, effort, time, cost
- User studies and user testing – planning, conducting, analysis
- User experience (UX) – profiling, user studies, information architecture
What do you need?
There are no pre-requisites for this course. There is no need for any prior experience, working knowledge or awareness of software development or projects experience. The course is suitable for experienced professionals working in the industry or academia, aspirants and early stage professionals, as well as students in universities and colleges. Professionals and aspirants from technology, business, operations or sales are all welcome to explore and understand the power of Jira and collaborative working.
WHAT'S INCLUDED?
|
 |
Why Texavi?
Learn real-world, practical skills from practising professionals, not just theoritical knowledge from trainers!
-
TEXAVI is a proven leader in delivering non-coding IT learning, worldwide
-
We are not just trainers, but practising IT professionals with 25+ years of work exp
-
Our courses get you job-ready with practical and real-time insights
-
Qualify for certificates upon completion and complete our assessments
-
Pave way for industry-recognised certifications
-
Access to treasure of Texavi’s high-quality, content-rich resources and materials
-
Get discount voucher to our popular courses on Udemy
-
24×7 access to Texavi’s interactive platform with personalised content
Sample Course Video
TEXAVI Tests
Test Your Knowledge
Take the Texavi Tests and challenge yourself, simply click the below links and start the interactive quiz…
- Quiz on roles, responsibilities, skills and competencies of business analysis professionals
- Analysts come in different forms, roles and shapes – Business, process, change, data, systems and UX analysts. Check out what kind of an analyst you are, take the interactive Texavi Quiz now!
- Quiz on the essential aspects and skills of business analyst
Trainer Profile
Your trainer for this course is Pardha Saradhi Mantravadi. Pardha is a seasoned and well-qualified trainer, coach, mentor, influencer and thought leader. He has rich and varied IT-industry experience of 25 years, working in different roles as an IT professional with blue-chip organisations viz., HSBC, Deutsche Bank, Dyson, Asda, Cambridge University Press, Roche, King’s College London , Royal Society of Chemistry etc. Pardha delivers his training sessions by blending the concepts and principles with practical insights from real-life projects and programs…click here to view the complete trainer profile.
Reviews
“The delivery was consistent, thoughtful and measured. Texavi’s masterclass worked well for me.”
– Louise Caldwell, OMT Group
“I enjoyed the bootcamp and found it very inspiring. I found your description of digital transformation very useful and I liked the examples that were given about successful digital businesses.”
– Dr. Carrie Mowatt, Royal Society of Chemistry
“What I like most about Pardha is the way he easily blends empathy for users within day-to-day software development tasks. This mix of vision and execution is rare and powerful.”
– Sarbajit Sen, Steelwedge Software
“Recently Texavi conducted a workshop on Agile methodologies. The trainer’s knowledge on Agile methodology has its roots grounded in experience.”
– Tazeen Sheikh, Mastek
” The trainer is very well-informed. I learnt a lot of background to digital transformation and artificial intelligence and how businesses can use them.”
– Robert Bowles, RSC
“I attended Texavi’s training on Agile Business Analysis and had a lot of takeaways from the session. Pardha’s effective presentation skills supported with context you can relate to, makes the entire experience exhilarating.”
– Abhijeet Majumdar, Zensar Technologies
“The workshop was quite interesting. I found the exercises we did particularly valuable, as it was useful to discuss with the others present, and to then feedback to the wider group.”
– Holly Sheahan, Cambridge Partners
“Excellent speaker, very knowledgeable. Lovely manner and gentle approach.”
– Linda Clifford, Marketing Success
“Texavi has delivered a fantastic product which was above expectations. The ISBE DataHub will support operational and strategic efforts, at the same time reducing the burden of work for staff at KCL.”
– Christine Manoharan, King’s College London
“The workshop was quite interesting, liked the practical and interactive parts. Texavi’s Digital Business Maturity Model is really helpful and necessary for success.”
– Julio C Garcia, Creanto
“The trainer, Pardha is professional yet very friendly, made everyone feel welcome.”
– Chantal Gilbert, BusyBee Consulting
Related Courses
Texavi Toolkit
Team TEXAVI created relevant videos, podcasts, blog posts, white papers, posters and articles for your use. Check the below content out to understand more about the skills and competencies of a business analyst: