Business Analyst

Position: Business Analsyt

Duration: 1 year with extension possible

Location: Minneapolis, MN (Onsite)

Sample Tasks/Duties:

BA Related

• Work with the product manager/project sponsor to document the product's vision and the project's scope
• Plan and lead the identification of current- and future-state business processes; define quality attributes, external interfaces, constraints, and other nonfunctional requirements
• Plan and lead the elicitation of requirements
• Plan and lead the decomposition of high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements
• Analyze and document business requirements and required data to deliver work products throughout the project life cycle
• Lead requirements analysis and verification, ensuring that requirement statements are complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible, unambiguous, and verifiable, and that they conform to standards
• Lead requirements prioritization and facilitate the negotiation of requirements amongst multiple stakeholders
• Translate business requirements to System/Functional specifications
• Write requirements specifications according to standard templates, and other work products/documents, and conduct reviews with appropriate team members and Product Owner.
• Coordinate Business Validation to verify that a set of end-to-end business processes function as intended
• Plan and lead System Testing, and User Acceptance testing, and rollout of new system or features.
• Manage requirements traceability information and track requirements status throughout the project
• Manage changes to baselined requirements through effective application of change control processes and tools
• Provide knowledge transfer to DEED and MNIT Team members

PM Related

• Provide leadership for program/project
• Provide strategic vision and thinking with focus on outcomes
• Create clear and attainable project/program objectives
• Create clear and attainable project/program requirements
• Manage program/project constraints of cost, time, and scope
• Form positive interactive relationships with team members, Product Owner, and stakeholders

Minimum Qualifications

Five (5) years' experience Business Analyst role

o A Master's degree substitutes for three years of experience, or a Bachelor's degree substitutes for two years, or an Associate's degree substitutes for one year

Two (2) engagements lasting more than six (6) months in Business Analyst role

Two (2) engagements lasting more than six (6) months in Program/Project Manager role

Desired Skills

Four (4) engagements lasting more than six (6) months in Business Analyst

Experience with all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Agile/Scrum experience

Senior/Lead BA experience, highly skilled in requirements gathering, requirements management.

Bachelor's degree in Information Services

Business Analyst Certification (IIBA certification or equivalent)