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Business Analyst Titles, Knowledge and Tasks
Strategic Analyst Tactical Analyst Operational Analyst
Titles
 Enterprise Architect,
 Business Architect,
 Enterprise Analyst,
 Enterprise Business Analyst,
 Project Portfolio Manager,
 Research Analyst,
 Market Analyst,
 Market Research Analyst,
 BI Analyst,
 Management Consultant,
 Business Value Manager,
 Product Owner
 Business Analyst,
 Business Systems Analyst,
 Systems Analyst,
 Technical Analyst,
 Requirements Engineer,
 Solution Architect,
 IT Business Analyst
 Agile Analyst,
 Agile Team Member,
 Data Analyst, Decision Analyst,
 User Experience (UX) Specialist,
 Product Manager,
 Change Manager,
 Release Manager.
 Operations Analyst,
 Business Process Analyst,
 Process Analyst,
 Continuous Improvement
Analyst,
 Production Support
Analyst,
 Production Support
Specialist,
 Help Desk Analyst.
Knowledge
Areas
 Enterprise/Business Architecture,
 Enterprise Analysis,
 Business Intelligence,
 Market Research,
 Management Consulting,
 Business Value Management,
 Product Ownership
 IT Business Analysis
 Agile Analysis
 Business Analytics
 Decision Analysis/Business Rules
 User Experience (UX)
 Product Management
 Change Management
 Process Analysis
 Production Support
Tasks
 Organizational Modeling,
 SWOT Analysis,
 Market Research,
 Capability Gap Analysis,
 Feasibility Studies,
 Decision Analysis,
 Business Rules Analysis,
 Surveys,
 Process Modeling,
 Prescriptive Data Analysis,
 Benchmarking,
 Organizational Change Readiness
Assessment.
 Observation,
 Interviews,
 Surveys/Questionnaires,
 Focus Group Discussion,
 Requirements Workshops,
 Document Analysis,
 Interface Analysis,
 Process Modeling,
 Data Modeling,
 Data Dictionary,
 Data Flow Diagraming,
Brainstorming,
 Decision Analysis,
 Business Rules Analysis,
 Prototyping,
 Estimation,
 Risk Analysis,
 Structured Walkthrough,
 Vendor Assessment,
 Solution Scope Definition,
 Product Backlog Grooming,
 Use Cases,
 User Stories,
 Personas,
 Stakeholder Map,
 Organizational Change
 Readiness Assessment,
 Metrics and Key Performance
Indicators,
 Acceptance and Evaluation
Criteria Definition,
 Lessons Learned.
 Observation,
 Process Modeling,
 Document Analysis,
 Root Cause Analysis,
 Problem Tracking