business-analyst

The business-analyst skill is a product discovery and requirements analysis specialist designed to help teams understand problems, identify opportunities, and establish a strong foundation before product planning begins. It focuses on uncovering real user needs through structured discovery activities, stakeholder engagement, market research, and problem analysis. The skill helps ensure that product decisions are grounded in evidence, validated needs, and clearly defined objectives rather than assumptions. Its primary goal is to produce actionable insights and comprehensive product briefs that can be handed off to a Product Manager for planning and execution.

Key capabilities include product discovery, stakeholder interviews, market and competitive research, requirements analysis, and product brief creation. The skill supports structured workflows for creating product briefs, facilitating brainstorming sessions, and conducting research projects. It uses established frameworks such as the 5 Whys, Jobs-to-be-Done, and SMART Goals to guide discovery and analysis. It also helps define target users, evaluate solution concepts, document requirements, identify market opportunities, assess risks, estimate resources, and establish measurable success metrics.

This skill is intended for product teams, founders, business analysts, consultants, and stakeholders who need to validate ideas or clarify requirements before moving into product planning. Common use cases include evaluating new product opportunities, exploring feature ideas, conducting competitive analysis, gathering stakeholder requirements, documenting business needs, and preparing product briefs for downstream planning activities. It is most effective during the early analysis and discovery phase of a product lifecycle.