Can you write user stories? (It doesn't matter...)
Have you written user stories? Do you know how to write acceptance criteria? Have you developed use cases? These topics might soon be obsolete as part of the introductory interviews for junior business analysts. Let me explain why... The advent of AI tools in the field of business analysis (and not only) means one thing: The role of a business analyst (BA) is shifting towards a more advisory role. The BA is not expected to be an expert in writing user stories properly, since this work will eventually be unrtaken by the AI tools. The BA is expected though to have deep knowledge of the customer and its needs, thorough understanding of the product (the business analysis role was for a long time now moving towards a more product-owner-ish role) and, last but not least, the ability to manage the new resources available. The latter, means that the BA will have a managerial role regarding the AI tools available. Like a manager has resources to use, advise and ...