As a Functional Business Analyst (BA), having a basic understanding of technical terms can greatly enhance your ability to communicate effectively with stakeholders, including developers, engineers, and technical subject matter experts. Here are some benefits of knowing technical terms as a Functional BA: 1. Improved communication: Understanding technical terms helps you ask more informed questions, clarify requirements, and avoid misunderstandings. 2. Better requirements gathering: Familiarity with technical terms enables you to identify and clarify technical requirements more accurately. 3. Enhanced collaboration: Knowing technical terms facilitates collaboration with technical stakeholders, ensuring that requirements are correctly interpreted and implemented. 4. Increased credibility: Demonstrating a basic understanding of technical terms can increase your credibility with technical stakeholders and project team members. Some essential technical terms for a Functional BA to know: 1. API (Application Programming Interface) 2. Data mapping 3. Database schema 4. Front-end and back-end development 5. HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) 6. Integrations (e.g., APIs, web services) 7. JSON (JavaScript Object Notation) 8. Microservices architecture 9. RESTful APIs 10. SQL (Structured Query Language) 11. UI/UX (User Interface/User Experience) 12. Web services Intial days would be difficult but once you settledown in the eco system, it would help you to understand the problems easier. While you don't need to be an expert in these technical areas, having a basic understanding of these terms can help you navigate conversations with technical stakeholders and ensure that requirements are accurately captured and implemented.
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