What Does a Business Analyst Do?
A clear picture of a business analyst's week — and the skills that get junior BAs hired.
"Business analyst" covers a wide range of roles. At the core, BAs translate fuzzy business problems into clear, build-ready requirements.
A typical week
Workshops with stakeholders, current-state process maps, future-state proposals, requirements documents, and acceptance criteria for delivery teams.
Skills that get junior BAs hired
Listening, structured writing, basic SQL, comfort with diagrams (BPMN or simple swimlanes), and the patience to ask "why" three times.
Tools to know
Visio or Lucidchart, Jira or Azure DevOps, SQL, Excel, Confluence.
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