Business Analyst

• Provide business analysis support within the iterative and agile project delivery phases

• Report progress of assignment on a regular basis to Project and Product Management, raise any issue and concerns and propose mitigation strategies.

• Conduct feasibility analysis, project scoping and provide project work estimates.

• Conduct Joint Requirements Planning and Joint Application Design sessions.

• Analyze and map processes / data for current state and future state.

• Requirements development involving requirements elicitation, elaboration, analysis, specification and validation.

• Use of ministry mandated requirement management tools and templates for requirements (Microsoft DevOps)

• Review and feedback of technical design documents.

• Assist in managing backlog of user stories (epics, features, and story points)

• Conduct and/or participate in walkthroughs for each iteration

• Knowledge transfer to MEAB, MTO clients and I&IT Cluster at all stages of the assignment.

• Business requirements / rules

• Business process models

• System Requirements specifications

• Business / Data Glossary

• Business and System use cases

• User epics, stories and themes / Product backlog and sprint plans

• Data requirements / models (conceptual / logical)

• Functional and Non-functional requirements

• Requirements Traceability Matrices\

• User Interface specifications, low and high-fidelity prototypes

• Report specifications

• Test plan/strategies, test cases

• Risks and Issues

• Status reports

• Work plans, e.g. requirements management plan

• Artefacts/documents required for enterprise architecture development from a business needs point-of-view (contextual and conceptual), as required for the Architecture Governance Point review process

• Other artefacts as determined by the project

• Building and testing support to development team

• Reviewing test strategy, test plan and cases

• Management of defect logs

• Testing Applications

• Supporting end-user inquiries

• Defining the integration test plan

• Defining the user acceptance test plan

• Identification and resolution of problems/issues

• Document and manage risks and liaise with other project teams to coordinate project interdependencies.

• Documentation of all artefacts in a shared project library

• Working with solution vendors (SaaS and COTS) to resolve issues and implement enhancements

• Building and testing support to development team

• Reviewing test strategy, test plan and cases

• Management of defect logs

• Testing Applications

• Supporting end-user inquiries

• Defining the integration test plan

• Defining the user acceptance test plan

• Identification and resolution of problems/issues

• Document and manage risks and liaise with other project teams to coordinate project interdependencies.

• Documentation of all artefacts in a shared project library.

• Demonstrable experience working on iterative and agile software development projects utilizing common tools(MS DevOps) and techniques (product backlog)

• Experience with documenting user stories, planning and managing product backlog, planning and managing sprints, and implementing in an iterative manner

• Proven experience with sprint facilitation, interpretation of business needs to technical requirements, facilitation of project meetings for reviews

• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.

• Experience in conducting feasibility analysis, project scoping and providing project work estimates

• Experience with requirements development involving requirements elicitation, analysis, specification and validation

• Experience in reporting progress of assignment(s) on a regular basis to Project/Product Management and raise any issues / concerns and propose mitigation strategies.

• Can work effectively independently and in a team environment.

• Strong communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and negotiation skills to work seamlessly in an agile cross-functional team, with clients, vendor(s) and other stakeholders.

• Excellent facilitation, presentation, time-management and problem-solving skills.

• Able to build strong and trusting relationships while liaising effectively with internal and external stakeholders and solution delivery vendor(s).

• Strong leadership skills to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of user experience and design, assessing user characteristics, needs, goals, and opportunities.

• Creative, innovative, and can think outside the box to visualize solutions that meet business needs.

• Knowledgeable in design thinking, have a user-centric mindset and attention to detail.

• Creative, analytical approach and strong understanding of interaction design principles, including ability and experience to deliver mock-ups using advanced tools

• Able to resolve issues on time, provide options and recommendations.

• Able to prioritize change requests from clients and guide the team in determining how best to address them.

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