Tools to perform business analysis
It is essential for a business analyst to have hands-on knowledge of basic tools to perform his/her analysis effectively. Here is a list of some popular tools:
- Office Suite - MS Office (word, excel, powerpoint), Open Office, Google Sheets
- Requirement Tracking & Management – JIRA (Atlassian Suite), Rally, Mingle, Assembla, Rational Suite, TFS (Team foundation server), IRIS, iPlan
- Wireframing/Mockup – Axure, HotGloo, Balsamiq, Adobe XD, Proto, Sketch
- UML Diagrams – MS Visio, Smartdraw, Lucid Chart
- Databases – MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle, Postgre
- BPMS - Bizagi Modeler, BPMN.io, PEGA, Oracle BPM, Zoho, TIBCO
- Data Analysis – Excel, R, Python, SAS, Splunk
- Data Visualization - Tableau, Qlikview, FusionCharts, PowerBI
Knowledge of at least one tool from each category can give you an edge over other analysts in the industry.
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