Responsibilities
- Provides a comprehensive range of I&IT business analysis services for clients with diverse business and technological needs. Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts in order to understand their requirements through gathering documenting and analyzing business needs and requirements.
- Prepares and advises on business analysis policies processes best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice within the organization.
General Skills
- Leads and conducts business analysis in order to assess client s business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined.
- Applies reengineering concepts to promote business improvements through alternative and cost effective service delivery approaches Leads and conducts business analysis at varying levels of detail appropriate to the project and phases of project aligning with OPS Unified Project
- Management Methodology Enterprise Architecture and Gating Process and OPS Standard Systems Development Methodologies Develops strategies prepares business cases and costbenefit analysis and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives Develops sound processes for requirements gathering including but not limited to JAD sessions interviews mockups etc.
- Conducts business modeling; use case modeling; conceptual and logical data modeling; process and data flow modeling; use case surveys; business rules definition and nonfunctional requirements definitions for assigned projects Monitors progress resolves problems and reports regularly to I&IT management and stakeholders Develops performance measures and traceability matrices for business analysis evaluation and conducts followup
- Experience developing strategies preparing business cases and costbenefit analysis
- Experience conducting requirements gathering developing documentation including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement
- Experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools to document conceptual requirements and scope Awareness of emerging I&IT trends and technologies Excellent analytical problemsolving and decisionmaking skills; verbal and written communication skills; interpersonal and negotiation skills
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
Desirable Skills
- Experience in the use of information retrieval packages
- Knowledge and understanding of Information Management principles concepts policies and practices
- Ability to translate business and data requirements into specifications sufficient for designing appropriate technology solutions
- Experience with a wide range of methods tools and techniques for business analysis such as: business functional modelling business event modelling business process mapping
- Experience in structured object oriented and agile methodologies for user requirements
- Experience developing performance measures for business analysis evaluation and subsequent followup
- Knowledge and understanding of Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA) and related regulations and standards
Requirements
Experience and Skill Set Requirements
The Consultant would provide the following support:
Responsibilities
- Provides holistic leadership across business analysis project outcomes and team of business analysts aligning their expertise with agile methodologies and ensuring effective collaboration.
- Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand their requirements through gathering documenting and analyzing business needs and requirements.
- Prepares and advises on business analysis policies processes best practices and standards to promote a comprehensive and consistent business analysis practice.
- Fosters effective communication between the team Product Owner and stakeholders ensuring a clear understanding of goals and requirements.
- Manage / groom product backlog based on user needs / prioritization input
- Single point of contact for business analysis agile leadership and team coordination minimizing communication gaps reducing the risk of misinterpretation and promote more effective project outcomes.
- Prepares training materials training sessions on project delivery methodology in accordance with guidelines.
- Lead presentations / demonstrations of solution design and build for consultation group and stakeholders
- Create & review the user flows and user stories and ensure they meet the overall product vision and consistency across features
- Support QA UAT Architecture and Technical activities to facilitate quality and enterprise standards are met
- Support agile practices and encourage the improvement of service.
- Identify gaps and improvements for enhance process flows/customer experience journeys.
Responsible for the product planning and throughout the product lifecycle working closely with product owner including:
o Gathering and prioritizing product and customer requirements
o Defining the product vision
o Ensuring that the product supports the company s overall strategy and goals
Translate product strategy into detailed requirements and prototypes.
Interacts with the business stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand their requirements through gathering documenting and analyzing business needs and requirements.
Monitors progress resolves problems and reports regularly to management and stakeholders.
Conduct discovery cost benefit analysis and prototyping
Scope and prioritize activities based on business and customer impact.
Work closely with business and IT teams to deliver with quick timetomarket and optimal resources.
Identifies dependencies with other teams and determines how to manage those dependencies without impacting the progress of the team.
General Skills
- Knowledge and experience with Agile Information and Information Technology (I&IT) methods and techniques associated with the development and implementation of enterprise architecture frameworks.
- Communication facilitation negotiation consensus building and problemsolving skills
- Demonstrated commitment and proven ability to effectively manage stakeholder relationships and navigate through organizational approvals.
- Knowledgeable and experience in Agile methodology and ability to educate others.
- Experience facilitating the relationships between the Agile team and product owner and maintaining a safe working environment for the team by helping with conflict resolution
- Experience leading the Agile methodology and development teams in selforganization and identifying and filling in blanks in the framework.
- Experience mentoring and coaching the teams on removing impediments.
- Experience capturing feedback and documenting sprint reviews to administer project goals and improve team performance.
- Leads and conducts business analysis to assess client s business problems/opportunities and documents the business requirements in such a way that I&IT solutions can be determined.
- Develops strategies prepares business cases and costbenefit analysis and conducts feasibility studies for business I&IT initiatives.
- Experience leading requirements gathering developing documentation including presentations and briefing notes and conducting stakeholder engagement.
- A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines managing competing priorities and client relationship management experience.
Required Skills
- Project Methodology certifications such as Agile Coach Scrum Master Lean Six Sigma Black/Green/Yellow Belt etc.
- Knowledge of Ontario Public Service decisionmaking and project implementation processes is considered an asset.
Must Haves:
Knowledge and experience with Agile Information and Information Technology (I&IT) methods and techniques associated with the development and implementation of enterprise architecture frameworks.
10 years of experience with BA