Nextgen Forestry Business Analyst

A St. Paul, MN Client seeks a BA to support development of business analyst artifacts, training, and testing for the NextGen Forestry application project currently under development. The output of this work will be used to build out modules for the NextGen application, and provide further detailed estimates to be used by governance teams in their prioritization and decision-making process. At a high level, the resource will develop requirements, initial project documentation (project plans, risk plans, stakeholder management plans, etc.), and other relevant documentation produced in conjunction with the assigned Business Analysts for projects currently on the pending project list as assigned. The output of this work will be used to provide further detailed estimates for each project to be used by the governance teams in their prioritization and decision-making process. Sample Tasks Work under the general direction of the PMO supervisor and/or manager as a Business Analyst on assigned projects. Meet and work with business subject matter experts, system users, product owners and technical staff to elicit project requirements and any necessary supporting documentation. Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, storyboards, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, event lists, business analysis, competitive product analysis, task and workflow analysis, and/or viewpoints Write requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language simply, clearly, unambiguously, and concisely. Represent requirements using alternative views, such as analysis models (diagrams), prototypes, or scenarios, where appropriate Decompose high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements specifying an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those must base their work on the requirements Identify the current- and future-state business processes; define quality attributes, external interfaces, constraints, and other nonfunctional requirements 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 Participate in requirements prioritization and facilitate the negotiation of requirements amongst multiple stakeholders Analyze and document business requirements and required data to deliver work products throughout the project life cycle Translate business requirements to System/Functional specifications, and pass them on to Application Developers Coordinate Business Validation to verify that a set of end-to-end business processes function as intended Work with the product owner or project sponsor to document the product’s vision and the project’s scope Participate in peer reviews and inspections of requirements documents and work products derived from those documents to ensure that the requirements were interpreted correctly 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 Record and capture hours that accurately reflect time spent on assigned work. Participate in the PMO / BA group meetings. Provide knowledge transfer Must Have: 4 years’ experience working directly with application end-users eliciting requirements for technology projects. Ability to direct & manage the elicitation of requirements from beginning to end Strong ability to effectively communicate expectations, updates, progress, and issues in a timely & clear fashion, when necessary, with all business and IT staff Experience with all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) Lead BA experience Bachelor’s degree in Information Services Demonstrated leadership abilities Business Analyst Certification (IIBA certification or equivalent)