Senior Business Analyst

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES | THE WHAT & THE HOW

The Essentials

• Business Case; assist business to articulate the benefits they wish to realize with the solution. Facilitating the development of a Business Case.
• Product Requirements Specification (PRS); design and validate the functional solution.
• This involves interpreting the Customer Requirements Specification (CRS) into a set of Product Requirements Specification (PRS).
• Apply knowledge of the system, interfaces and dependencies to highlight integration aspects that must be considered.
• Identify a set of stakeholders that need to be involved in creating and validating the PRS. Interview business and technical owners, as well as experienced members of the development team (Development Manager, Architect, SNR/ Other BA).
• Design a set of test cases/scripts, test scenarios and test datasets to accompany the PRS.
• Validate the PRS and Testing documentation with the client and identified stakeholders and obtain sign-off.
• Release notes & training material; update and publish release notes related to the current system changes implemented, and notify impacted parties. Maintain and update the PRS with any added content.

Critical Competencies

• Stress management
• Time management and prioritization
• Creative solution approach
• Learning orientated
• Negotiation skills

• Innovative thinking and approach

Technical Skills

• Project management
• SQL queries
• Business rules writing skills
• Presentation and facilitation skills
• Understanding of solution architecture
• Process mapping
• Entity diagram mapping
• Software testing pack design, functional testing