Business Analyst

Skills Required:The BA reviews federal and state law and policy, program policy and procedure, and any other pertinentdocumentation. Documents current and future state processes to facilitate validation of solutionaccuracy and completeness. Serve as the liaison between the Business and IT departments. Help tounderstand business problems and opportunities and recommends solutions that enable the business toachieve its goals and objectives. Collaborate with developers and stakeholders for requirementsdevelopment, ensuring that stakeholders understand the design capabilities and/or limitations,engaging development staff in the transfer of functional requirements into system design. The BAidentifies, defines, reviews, and documents functional and non-functional requirements. Whenappropriate creates a Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) and the Requirements Definition Document. Documents alternate flows/scenarios in requirements documentation to support design ofworkflow or exception processing. Tests applications for adherence to system requirements and ensurecritical business scenarios can be performed by the product. If QA Analysts are available the BA reviewsthe test plan to ensure critical functionality is included. As development progresses, conduct productdemos to ensure that customer expectations are being met. Facilitates User Acceptance Testing with avariety of user types to ensure critical processes are functioning as recorded in RequirementsDocumentation. Creates training material such as User Manuals and Quick Reference Guides. Facilitatereview, resolution, and approval for final deliverables.