Short Description:
The Business Analyst is responsible for the set of tasks and techniques used to work as a liaison among stakeholders in order to understand the structure, policies, and operations of an organization.
Complete Description:
The selected resource may be assigned one or both of the following projects depending on the length of the engagement and key stakeholder/SME availability during the candidate’s engagement.
State Surplus Inventory Control System
Bureau of Procurement Invitation to Qualify (ITQ) Web Application
Anticipated Tasks:
• Conducting Facilitated Workshops for requirements analysis.
• Creating workflows using formal notation such as the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN).
• Developing business goals and outcomes - project initiation document, what the needed achievements will be, and the quality measures.
• Developing Functional requirements - describe what the system, process, or product/service must do in order to fulfill the business requirements.
• Developing User (stakeholder) requirements - are a very important part of the deliverables, the needs of the stakeholders will have to be correctly interpreted. This deliverable can also reflect how the product will be designed, developed, and define how test cases must be formulated.
• Developing Quality-of-service (non-functional) requirements –requirements that do not perform a specific function for the business requirement but are needed to support the functionality. For example: performance, scalability, quality of service (QoS), security and usability.
• Developing Report Specifications - define the purpose of a report, its justification, attributes and columns, owners and runtime parameters.
• Developing Requirements Traceability Matrix - a cross matrix for recording the requirements through each stage of the requirements gathering process.
• Detailed “As Is” and “To Be” process maps (preferred format is Visio, but narrative process outlines may also be necessary).
• Comprehensive requirements (categories listed above)s associated with mapped processes.
• Agendas, meeting minutes, status reports for varying stakeholders and sponsors at varying intervals during the assignment.
• Draft Project Plans/Project Charters, if required.
Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Solid experience working as a Business Analyst
Required
3
Years
Experience creating workflows using formal notation such as the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN).
Required
2
Years
Experience conducting Facilitated Workshops for requirements analysis
Required
2
Years
Experience developing Functional, User, and Quality-of-Service requirements
Required
2
Years
Experience creating detailed “As Is” and “To Be” process maps
Required
2
Years
Experience developing business goals and outcomes - project initiation document, what the needed achievements will be, and the quality measures.
Required
2
Years
Experienced developing graphic representations of complex business processes.
Required
2
Years
Experience preparing agendas, meeting minutes, and status reports
Required
2
Years
Experience developing Requirements Traceability Matrix
Required
2
Years
Working knowledge of project management methodologies.
Required
2
Years
Knowledge of formal requirements gathering methodologies
Required
2
Years
Strong organization and writing skills.
Required
2
Years
4-year college degree or equivalent.
Required
Solid communication skills
Required