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title: The 29 Competencies You Must Master to Become A CBAP*
description: Mastering the 29 Underlying Competencies not only helps a business analyst to succeed in CBAP, but also to excel in business analysis activities.
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# [The 29 Competencies You Must Master to Become A CBAP*](https://blog.fhyzics.net/certified-professional-in-business-analysis-cbap-ccba-ecba/the-29-competencies-you-must-master-to-become-cbap)

 Written by [Prema Kani](https://blog.fhyzics.net/certified-professional-in-business-analysis-cbap-ccba-ecba/author/prema-kani) | Dec 9, 2019 11:15:19 AM

Each profession has two sets of competencies. One is the core competencies and the other is the underlying competencies. Take the example of a medical doctor. The set of knowledge possessed

by the doctor in terms of human anatomy, diseases and medicines etc. forms the core competency. But this alone doesn’t make the doctor successful. He needs another set of competencies that is the underlying competencies. The skill set of the doctor such as communication, empathy, ethics etc. forms the underlying competencies. In summary, the core competency will make someone as a professional in a given field, but the underlying competencies will help them to succeed in the procession.

Business analysts are no exception. Mastering the knowledge areas and techniques will help them to become a business analysis professional, but the proficiency in the 29 underlying competencies will help them to shine as a business analyst. The 29 underlying competencies are,

1. Creative Thinking
2. Decision Making
3. Learning
4. Problem Solving
5. Systems Thinking
6. Conceptual Thinking
7. Visual Thinking
8. Ethics
9. Personal Accountability
10. Trustworthiness
11. Organisation and Time Management
12. Adaptability
13. Business Acumen
14. Industry Knowledge
15. Organisation Knowledge
16. Solution Knowledge
17. Methodology Knowledge
18. Verbal Communication
19. Non-Verbal Communication
20. Written Communication
21. Listening
22. Facilitation
23. Leadership and Influencing
24. Teamwork
25. Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
26. Teaching
27. Office Productivity Tools and Technology
28. Business Analysis Tools and Technology
29. Communication Tools and Technology
    
     
    
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    which you can use to assess to your current state in the 29 competencies and to set your objective goals. IIBA arrived at this list of 29 competencies in a collaborative exercise with thousands of business analysts across the globe. A business analyst must understand the underlying competencies, then benchmark him or her against a reference and then work towards mastering the underlying competencies. BABoK v3 will help you in achieving the first part, that is understanding the underlying competencies.      

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