Business Analyst Continuous Learning

1. Soft Skills

1.1. Interviewing

1.2. Meeting Management

1.3. Verbal and Written Communication

1.4. Stakeholder Management

1.5. Negotiation Skills

1.6. Relationship Building

1.7. Leadership

1.8. Attention to Detail

1.9. Active Listening

1.10. Conflict Resolution

2. Agile Methodologies

2.1. Scrum

2.2. Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)

2.3. Kanban

2.4. Extreme Programming (XP)

2.5. Dialogue Driven Development (D3)

2.6. Feature-Driven Development (FDD)

2.7. Adaptive Software Development (ASD)

2.8. Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM)

2.9. Crystal

2.10. Lean

2.11. Agile Unified Process (AUP)

2.12. Test Driven Development (TDD)

3. Analysis Skills

3.1. Enterprise Analysis

3.2. SWOT Analysis

3.3. Capability Analysis

3.4. Feasibility Study

3.5. Value Stream Mapping

3.6. Risk Analysis

3.7. Stakeholder Analysis / Role Matrix

3.8. Requirements/Product Requirements Gathering

3.9. Requirements Management

3.10. Requirement Analysis

3.11. Requirements Tractability

3.12. Change Management

3.13. Gap Analysis (AS-IS and TO-BE)

3.14. Mind Mapping and Brainstorming

3.15. Scenario Analysis and Strategy-on-a-Page

3.16. Pain Points Analysis

3.17. Data Quality Assessment

3.18. Kano Analysis

3.19. PESTLE analysis

3.20. Five Forces

4. Trainings

4.1. Domain specific trainings

4.2. SAFe

4.3. Lean Six Sigma

4.4. Business Process Modelling and Notation (BPMN)

4.5. gherkin acceptance criteria

4.6. Behavioral Driven Design

4.7. Design Thinking

5. Documentation Skills

5.1. UML Diagrams (Use Case Diagrams, Class Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams)

5.2. Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, EPIC, User Stories and Acceptance Criteria

5.3. Wireframes and Mockups

6. Domain Knowledge

6.1. Banking and Capital Markets

6.2. Insurance

6.3. Finance

6.4. Healthcare & Life Sciences

6.5. Real Estate

6.6. Telecommunications

6.7. Media and Entertainment

6.8. Hospitality

6.9. Energy and Utilities

6.10. Automotive

6.11. Retail and FMCG

6.12. Manufacturing

6.13. Education and e-Learning

6.14. CRM

6.15. Consulting

6.16. Food and Beverage

6.17. Agriculture

6.18. Metals and Mining

6.19. Pharmaceuticals

6.20. Engineering and Construction

6.21. Gaming

7. Functional Knowledge

7.1. Sales

7.2. Marketing

7.3. Production

7.4. Human Resources

7.5. Ecommerce

7.6. Purchasing

7.7. Finance

7.8. IT

7.9. Legal

7.10. Regulatory Compliance

8. Technical Knowledge

8.1. Database

8.2. Server

8.3. SQL (Select, JOINS etc.)

8.4. MS Office Suite (Visio)

8.5. JIRA, HP ALM, Team Foundation Server, Rally

8.6. Salesforce, ServiceNow

8.7. SharePoint

8.8. Balsamiq, OmniGraffle, Lucid Charts, SnagIT

9. Certifications

9.1. IIBA Certified Business Analysis Professional (CBAP) - $450

9.2. IIBA Agile Analysis Certification (AAC) - $375

9.3. PMI-Professional in Business Analysis (PBA) Certification - $555

9.4. Certified Scrum Master (CSM)

9.5. Certified Product Owner (CSPO)

9.6. Certified Agile Leadership (CAL)

9.7. SAFe Product Owner/Product Manger (PO/PM)

9.8. SAFe Scrum Master

9.9. SAFe for Teams

10. Technology Trends

10.1. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

10.2. The Internet of Things

10.3. Big Data Analytics

10.4. Cyber Security

10.5. Cloud Computing (AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud)

10.6. Blockchain

10.7. Chatbots

10.8. Robotic Process Automation (RPA)

10.9. Data Quality Management (DQM)

10.10. Data Governance