Traits of a Business Analyst - (original question answered by the author on Quora)

While skills are learned and developed abilities, traits could be natural or inherent.

 Both skills and traits are important in personal and professional development, and they can complement each other to enhance an individual's overall effectiveness and success. Examples of traits could be patience, adaptability, leadership etc. Here we will focus on traits of a business analyst.

1. Business Oriented
2. Technology Savvy
3. Excellent communicator (written and oral )
4. Speedy Consensus builder
5. Tireless networker
6. Ability to straddle between big picture and finer details
7. Team Player
8. Listener
9. Positive and can’t be over critical
10. Honest but not brutal in feedback
11. And for sure a leader.

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Vijay Shekhar Shukla has been training IT Business Analysts since 2010. A business analyst and business consultant himself since 1997, he takes pride in his student success stores. Check the Student Feedback here : ​https://bit.ly/2PuFMRC