Lead II - Business Analysis

Job Description

Role Proficiency: Level of Proficiency: Analyse the business needs of a client in order to recommend and evaluate solutions to those needs independently. Perform Business Analysis tasks independently and be able to guide junior BAs Outcomes: 1. Use analytical skills and judgment to identify, prioritize, structure and solve complex problems 2. Work closely with customer to understand and define enterprise goals and objectives 3. Immensely contribute to the sprint planning and estimation by highlighting dependencies, constraints, impact from a business standpoint 4. Be the face of the team to the customer and act as a SME for all of the business and strategic needs 5. Understand and use BA knowledge areas appropriately as required by the business problem 6. Analyse business needs and solutions, Devise strategies and Facilitate stakeholder collaboration effectively and efficiently 7. Validate and verify information to identify solution options that meet business needs 8. Align the designed and delivered solutions with stakeholder needs 9. Establish and implement effective requirement creation and management practices, 10. Champion requirements Elicitation using proven techniques like interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, storyboards, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, event lists, , competitive product analysis, task and workflow analysis, and/or viewpoints 11. Define the solution approach, identify business improvement opportunities, allocate requirements across solution components, and develop design options that achieve the desired future state 12. Define software quality attributes, external interfaces, constraints, and other non-functional requirements 13. Monitor the market for technologies/processes to manage business analysis Information 14. Develop training materials and tips that stakeholders can leverage to improve their efficiency in using business analysis tools. 15. Work with large or multiple teams that span functions, issues, locations, and time zones to coordinate roles, responsibilities and interdependencies of all team members 16. Develop a network of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) inside and outside of the organization 17. Develop an innovative approach for using new tools, templates and processes 18. Develop engagement strategies to support organizational transformation 19. Be able to assist in driving transformational program(s) for the organization/customer s enterprise Measures of Outcomes: Measures: 1. Business value addition 2. Communication effectiveness 3. Customer feedback 4. Business Analysis processes and tools 5. Reusable artefacts/methodologies for use across organization 6. Trainings undertaken/given Outputs Expected: Business Value: Pro-active identification of business problems, constraints, dependencies that leads to tangible benefits to the stakeholders Stakeholder Engagement: Champion written and verbal communication in and out of the client, specific to the engagement Negotiation of various options Vs value delivered with stakeholders Requirements Engineering: Develop and drive adoption of tools, templates, and/or processes for aligning requirements and design. Mastery of several business analysis tools to elicit, document and manage requirements Solution Evaluation: Use a combination of metrics plus and strategic analysis to pick and recommend appropriate solution to the business problem Process: Establish processes as required by the engagement and ensure adherence by the team BA artefacts maintenance : Documentation of the process plus project artefacts to the best standards Management and communication about project artefacts to the various stakeholder groups Develop and proactively drive adoption of tools, templates, and processes to help others produce effective decision making and approval processes Team Management : Conduct necessary trainings and workshops within the project team and in the organization to grow and develop the BA community Monitor Junior Bas and suggest/assist with identification of areas of improvement with ways of working, new learning, market needs New Business: Assist the organization/Unit with identification of new business opportunities and solution recommendation proactively Skill Examples: 1. Analytical, organizational and problem-solving skills - Proficiently use Analytical thinking and problem solving skills to analyse problems and opportunities effectively, identify which changes may deliver the most value, and work with stakeholders to understand the impact of those changes. Rapidly assimilate various types of information. Quickly choose effective and adaptable methods to learn and analyse the media, audiences, problem types, and environments. Apply right competencies like Creative Thinking, Decision Making, Learning, Problem Solving, Systems Thinking, Conceptual Thinking and Visual Thinking 2. Behavioural Characteristics Exhibit behavioural characteristics to gain the trust and respect of stakeholders. Continuously and consistently exhibit, practice and preach competencies like Ethics, Personal Accountability, Trustworthiness, Organization and Time Management, and Adaptability. 3. Business Knowledge Have a very good knowledge to perform effectively within the Business, Industry, and Organization, solution or methodology that the business analyst operates in. Demonstrate a good ability to recognize potential limitations and opportunities. Understand the risks involved in the area of work and make suitable decisions to manage risks. Demonstrate very good understanding of Current trends, market forces, market drivers, Key processes, Services, Products, definitions, customer segments, suppliers, practices and regulations 4. Communication Skills adaption of communication styles and techniques to the knowledge level and communication styles of recipients. Well versed ability to speak the language of the stakeholders Proficiency in the use of variety of communication methods verbal, non-verbal, physical and written along with exceptional listening skills. Assist conversations to reach productive conclusions 5. Interaction skills - ability to relate, cooperate, and communicate with different kinds of people including executives, sponsors, colleagues, team members, developers, vendors, learning and development professionals, end users, customers, and subject matter experts(SMEs). Facilitate stakeholder communication, provide leadership, encourage comprehension of solution value, and promote stakeholder support of the proposed changes. Exceptional negotiation and conflict resolution 6. Tools and Technology Good working knowledge of various software application and tools to support communication and collaboration. Create and maintain requirements artifacts, model concepts, track issues, and increase overall productivity. Excellent knowledge of prototyping and simulation tools, as well as specialized tools for modelling and diagramming. Requirements management technologies required to support requirements workflow, approval, baselining, traceability, change control and management. Well versed in the use of required tools and technology including presentation software for communication and collaboration among the team and stakeholders. 7. Business Analysis techniques Advanced knowledge of various BA techniques and the expertise to pick and use the right technique for carrying out the BA tasks as appropriate to the area of work. Listing down all of the techniques commonly used by Business Analysts to execute their tasks. a. Brainstorming b. Business Cases c. Document Analysis d. Business Rules Analysis e. Prototyping f. Data Mining g. Estimation h. Financial Analysis i. Functional decomposition j. Interviews k. Item Tracking l. Lessons Learned m. Process Analysis and Modelling n. Reviews o. Root Cause Analysis p. Risk Analysis and Management q. Survey/Questionnaire r. Workshops s. Mind mapping t. Scope Modelling u. Stakeholder maps v. Metrics and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) w. Benchmarking & Market Analysis x. Interface Analysis y. Data flow diagrams z. Use cases aa. User Stories bb. Backlog Management cc. Estimation dd. Prioritization ee. Acceptance and Evaluation criteria ff. Business Model Canvas gg. Concept Modelling hh. SWOT Analysis ii. Organizational Modelling jj. Vendor Assessment Knowledge Examples: Strategist expertise level in various BA knowledge areas (recommended by IIBA or any other professional organization for Business Analysis),

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use casesroot causelife cyclenew business opportunitiessubject matter expertisesoftware development life cycledata flowsubject matter expertskey performance indicatorsuse caseroot cause analysisdata mining