Extended Analytical Skills Needed in the Project

Extending your Skills

Merely analyzing the above data on its own is not necessarily enough. Such analysis will give us intermediate technical, statistical findings. However, these lack meaning without further assessment, interpretation and reporting, as discussed next. There are two major subsidiary tasks needed by the successful and well-rounded business analyst.

Reporting Skills

First among the additional skills is excellent reporting and packaging skills. The consumers of business intelligence and analytics are often non-technical managers, directors, teams, co-workers, or the like. These stakeholders may not be able to digest technical statistical findings, or may not have the time. ...

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