Business Analyst

Key Purpose:

Understanding the business requirements and structured process documenting, validating, and translating them into functional specifications that are used by developers to craft a technical solution. Testing and validating the functionality of the technical solution against the business requirements. Interfacing between the business client and the development team with regards to the business and functional requirements. Ensuring that the business requirements are delivered in the implemented solution. Working with multiple business areas and multiple teams that require deep integration of solutions. Building and maintaining strong relationships with clients and acting as a consultant on the application

Education & Knowledge:

Relevant tertiary qualification/Informatics degree

Processes: ITIL (Incident, Change, Release, Problem Management), CMMI

Technologies: SQL, UML, XML, OO

Other: Software architecture, facilitating JAD sessions, data modeling techniques, UML Process Design, Industry compliance standards, and legislation

Minimum Required Experience:

More than 3-5 years experience as a Business Analyst

Testing experience

Technical Skills:

Project Management

SQL queries

Business Writing Skills

Presentation and Facilitation Skills

Solution Architecture

Process Mapping

Entity Diagram mapping

Software testing pack design, functional testing

Enhanced:

Advanced UML course

BPMN Course

Business experience & product knowledge is advantageous