Business Analyst 181804

CTI Consulting•Merrimack, NH

About The Position

The Value you Deliver Initiate & lead discovery for Feature/Epic Definition & Key Decision Partners with Squad Leader and Scrum Master to prioritize Epics Ensure Epic/Story artifacts (i.e. use cases and supporting documentation) are updated and available for story execution Write stories and facilitate story grooming/refinement sessions to ensure they meet the Definition of Ready Collaborating with key Business, IT, Legal, Compliance & Risk partners to define product features and monitor trends Establish client meetings to include demos of sprint deliverables and impact analysis results (User Experience Design, Legal, Outside business groups) Engage in organizational readiness activities through the lifecycle of the project to proactively mitigate risks related to product delivery Communicate issues and client feedback to the Squad Leader in a clear, concise and timely manner Participate and /or facilitate the daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings, Release Planning, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives Provide constructive feedback for future process improvements Identify business requirements, document improvement opportunities, share with Scrum Team and at BA Forums Collaborate strategically with the QA team on QA test plan reviews and provides assistance and mentorship to QA with story requirements / acceptance criteria clarifications Perform End to End Business Acceptance Testing in Acceptance Region and ensure the traceability of test cases. Assist either or readiness and deployment activities for each release

Requirements

Basic knowledge (3+ years) of business analyst techniques such as benchmarking, business rules analysis, risk analysis, user stories, user acceptance testing and product documentation.
Good understanding on MS Office Suite: Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint and Outlook
You are a good listener and have strong verbal communication skills
Ability to effectively facilitate successful client meetings or workshops, and comfort speaking publicly to a broad audience
Proven leadership and time management skills to ensure that work is completed on time
Strong writing skills as proven in clear, concise, well organized user documentation to maintain standards and procedures
Problem solving skills with the keen ability to assimilate new information, draw conclusions and communicate ideas
You will keep up to date on agile standard methodologies and trends
Positive demeanor and flexible, with ability to adapt to the changing needs of the squad

Nice To Haves

Experience with Jira, Confluence, Mural or similar Agile backlog management tool preferred
Bachelor’s degree preferred
CSM/CSPO Certification desirable

Responsibilities

Initiate & lead discovery for Feature/Epic Definition & Key Decision Partners with Squad Leader and Scrum Master to prioritize Epics
Ensure Epic/Story artifacts (i.e. use cases and supporting documentation) are updated and available for story execution
Write stories and facilitate story grooming/refinement sessions to ensure they meet the Definition of Ready
Collaborating with key Business, IT, Legal, Compliance & Risk partners to define product features and monitor trends
Establish client meetings to include demos of sprint deliverables and impact analysis results (User Experience Design, Legal, Outside business groups)
Engage in organizational readiness activities through the lifecycle of the project to proactively mitigate risks related to product delivery
Communicate issues and client feedback to the Squad Leader in a clear, concise and timely manner
Participate and /or facilitate the daily Scrums, Sprint Planning Meetings, Release Planning, Sprint Reviews and Retrospectives
Provide constructive feedback for future process improvements
Identify business requirements, document improvement opportunities, share with Scrum Team and at BA Forums
Collaborate strategically with the QA team on QA test plan reviews and provides assistance and mentorship to QA with story requirements / acceptance criteria clarifications
Perform End to End Business Acceptance Testing in Acceptance Region and ensure the traceability of test cases.
Assist either or readiness and deployment activities for each release