In this episode of Business Analysis Live!, host, Susan Moore talks with functional consultant and guest, AJ Hawley, about the role and work of functional consultants and how it relates to business analysis.

Functional consultants, or functional analysts, have a mix of business analysis skills and technical expertise, allowing them to be a full service provider of solutions for their tech stack.

We discuss:

• The Role of Functional Consultants: We discuss what a functional consultant does, including how their skills and responsibilities may overlap with or differ from those of business analysts.
• Skill Sets and Competencies: We identify specific skills that make functional consultants effective in their roles, such as their ability to not only elicit requirements, technical expertise and domain knowledge.
• Relationship with Business Analysis: We talk about how functional consultants often come from business analysis backgrounds and how this helps them to be better at delivering their outcomes!
• Real-World Applications: We talk about what functional consultants do daily.

Resources:
• Connect with AJ on LinkedIn
• Listen to the Analysts After Dark podcast

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