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Level 1: Trainee BACoreTBDUnderstanding BA role and responsibilities
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Level 1: Trainee BACoreTBDBasic Agile & SDLC understanding
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Level 1: Trainee BACoreTBDInterviewing and elicitation fundamentals
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Level 1: Trainee BACoreTBDBasic documentation of business/functional requirements
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Level 1: Trainee BACoreTBDIntroduction to tools (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, Lucidchart)
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Level 1: Trainee BACoreTBDAwareness of prompt-based AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Otter.ai)
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Level 2: Junior BACoreTBDWrite basic requirements documents with supervision
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Level 2: Junior BACoreTBDConduct stakeholder interviews and workshops
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Level 2: Junior BACoreTBDCreate user stories, acceptance criteria, process maps
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Level 2: Junior BACoreTBDApply Agile tools (JIRA, Scrum boards), basic SQL and BI tools
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Level 2: Junior BACoreTBDUse AI tools for note-taking and data summarization
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Level 2: Junior BACoreTBDUnderstand Agile roles, MVPs, and backlog grooming
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Level 2: Junior BAOptionalTBDSupport UAT and business readiness
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Level 2: Junior BAOptionalTBDUnderstand data protection and compliance basics (e.g., GDPR)
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Level 2: Junior BAOptionalTBDModel simple data relationships using ERDs or diagrams
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Level 3: Business AnalystCoreTBDLead workshops, write complex requirements independently
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Level 3: Business AnalystCoreTBDCreate BPMN diagrams and process improvement models
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Level 3: Business AnalystCoreTBDApply decision analysis and impact assessment
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Level 3: Business AnalystCoreTBDSupport Agile ceremonies and release planning
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Level 3: Business AnalystCoreTBDUse AI-assisted modeling, summarization, and documentation tools
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Level 3: Business AnalystCoreTBDUnderstand ethics and limitations of AI-generated outputs
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Level 3: Business AnalystOptionalTBDDevelop business cases and benefit analysis
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Level 3: Business AnalystOptionalTBDIntegrate with product teams as proxy Product Owner
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Level 3: Business AnalystOptionalTBDGuide junior BAs, peer review deliverables
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Level 4: Senior Business Analyst
CoreTBDDrive strategic discovery and change analysis
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Level 4: Senior Business Analyst
CoreTBDDesign and recommend requirements strategies
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Level 4: Senior Business Analyst
CoreTBDInfluence director-level stakeholders with insights
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Level 4: Senior Business Analyst
CoreTBDLead BA teams, mentor juniors and coordinate scope
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Level 4: Senior Business Analyst
CoreTBDSelect and implement BA tooling and AI augmentation
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Level 4: Senior Business Analyst
CoreTBDEnsure data ethics, governance, and compliance in analysis
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Level 4: Senior Business Analyst
OptionalTBDDevelop strategic roadmaps and enterprise architecture views
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Level 4: Senior Business Analyst
OptionalTBDChampion automation, RPA and AI-driven solutioning
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Level 4: Senior Business Analyst
OptionalTBDContribute to organisational AI literacy and change programmes
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Level 5: Business ArchitectCoreTBD
Translate strategic objectives into operational capabilities and target state architectures
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Level 5: Business ArchitectCoreTBDDesign business models, value streams, and capability maps
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Level 5: Business ArchitectCoreTBDCollaborate with enterprise architects and C-level stakeholders
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Level 5: Business ArchitectCoreTBDAlign solutions with business and IT strategy
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Level 5: Business ArchitectCoreTBDLead enterprise-level change initiatives using frameworks like TOGAF or BIZBOK
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Level 5: Business ArchitectCoreTBDFacilitate architecture governance and standards compliance
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Level 5: Business ArchitectCoreTBDIncorporate AI, automation, and digital transformation into architecture plans
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Level 5: Business ArchitectOptionalTBDDevelop strategic heat maps and investment roadmaps
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Level 5: Business ArchitectOptionalTBDIntegrate ESG and sustainability principles into architectures
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Level 5: Business ArchitectOptionalTBDDesign architectures for decentralised systems (e.g. DAOs, Web3)
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Level 5: Business ArchitectOptionalTBDMentor senior BAs and lead communities of practice
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Level 5: Business ArchitectOptionalTBDApply advanced scenario planning and speculative foresight methods
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