Short Description:
The Functional Architect is the functional expert for an application, a defined set of applications or a portfolio of related applications.
Complete Description:
The Functional Architect is the functional expert for an application, a defined set of applications or a portfolio of related applications. The Functional Architect is also responsible for bringing an understanding of the enterprise, business system and industry to the team(s) supporting or interfacing with the application. The primary responsibility of a Functional Architect is to provide expertise in the business process supported by the application, to prepare and review designs, to recommend improvements, and to provide guidance during the testing process. The Functional Architect helps the Programmers establish a clear understanding of the business functional requirements and either creates the functional designs to meet the requirements or reviews and approves the designs written by the Programmers. The Functional Architect must understand all aspects of their specific application(s), and the underlying business process. The more experienced Functional Architect plans, analyzes, and defines high- level software strategies and solutions. Contained in the experienced role is the task of coordinating with other Functional Architects to define technical requirements and long range plans for meeting customer requirements.
Years of Relevant Experience: 2 to 4 years in particular application area
Preferred Education: 4 year college degree or equivalent technical study.
Role Description:
•Analyze, determine, and document functional requirements.
•Provide definition on how the applications will support business requirements.
•Conduct impact analyses of business requirements on the system.
•Work with Technical Architecture Specialist in defining software / hardware requirements.
•Gather and interpret user requirements into design specifications.
•Participate in design of application.
•Participate in design code and test reviews as appropriate.
•Provide inputs to test planning.
•Complete assigned tasks.
•Communicate accurate and useful status updates.
•Follow quality standards.
•Ability to work in a team environment.
•Strong communication skills; both written and spoken
•Act as the application(s) functional expert; providing expertise in the business process supported by the application.
•Provide detailed definition on how the applications will support business requirements.
•Work with Technical Architecture Specialist in planning and delivering technical architecture.
•Provide expertise for defining functional architecture and infrastructure for applications.
•Plan and develop user interface strategy.
•Direct and participate in design of application.
•Interpret and understand user requirements/design specifications.
•Provide detailed definition on how the applications will support business requirements.
•Work with Technical Architecture Specialist in defining software / hardware requirements and in planning and delivering architecture.
•Provide expertise for defining architecture and infrastructure for applications.
•Review and understand team work plan
•Identify and track issues, risks and action items affecting own work and work of team.
•Anticipate and resolve issues specific to the team.
•Determine time estimates and schedule for own work and resolve issues in a timely manner.
Skills:
Skill
Required / Desired
Amount
of Experience
Prior experience conducting analysis
Required
4
Years
Experience working with users and business sponsors to write systems requirements
Required
4
Years
Strong writing skills
Required
Where has the candidate worked in gathering requirements for web design that were NOT purely technical specs?