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IT Business AnalystKrzysztof Łyczko

(klyczko@jitsolutions.pl)

Agenda

Software development process

The role of IT Business Analyst

Role specification and naming

Responsibilities in the project

Important skills

IT Business Analyst internship at JIT Solutions

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Software development process

Based on waterfall model:

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Role definition

The IT Business Analyst is the professional who is

generally associated with requirements

elicitation/analysis and solving problems using

information technology solutions.

This role is the bridge between business & IT.

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Role naming and separation

Other common titles for this role:

•Requirements Engineer

•Requirements Analyst

•Application Consultant

•Application Analyst

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Business Analyst

Initiate the Software project

(optional) Business domain understanding

Project kick-off

Deliverables: Scope Document

Elaborate the Details of the Software Project

Elciting and analyzing requiremens from stakeholders

Deliverables: Business Requirements Document / High Level

Design Document / …

Support the implementation of the Software Project

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Systems Analyst

Create system(s) design

Designing system(s) based on BRD / HLDD from BA

Deliverables: Functional specification / Functional design /

Software design document / … UML diagrams (UseCase diagram, Activity diagram + other optional)

GUI design

Logic / algorithms

Co-operation with systems architect and developers

Support the implementation of the Software Project

Consultations the developers and testers

Supporting deployment process

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IT Business Analyst

Initiate the Software project

Scope Document

Elaborate the Details of the Software Project

Business Requirements Document / High Level Design

Document / …

Create system(s) design

Functional specification / Functional design / Software design

document / …

Support the implementation of the Software Project

Consultations the developers and testers

Supporting deployment process

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IT Business Analyst skills

General

Communication skills (good questions, listening and absorbing)

Problem-Solving skills

Critical thinking

Core

Systems designing and prototyping

Visual modeling

Documentation and specification skills

Analysis skills / Analytical thinking

Facilitation and elicitation skills

Business Analysis Tools

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IT Business Analyst skills (2)

Soft skills

Relationship-Building skills

Self-Managing

A Thick Skin

Other

Technical skills

Industry and Domain Expertise

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Analitycal thinking

Creative thinking ( new ideas and alternative solutions

genearation)

Decision making (understaning the problem and making

decision, assisting others in making decisions)

Learning (business domains, new methodologies, tools)

Problem solving (defining and finding the real problems)

Systems thinking (understanding the interactions and

relationships between people, processes and

technology)A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide),

International Institute of Business Analyst IIBA

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Other roles

Usability / UX Analyst - refers to the broad category of

professionals who are involved in the interface design or

user experience for software applications and websites.

Common titles: User Interface (UI) Designer, Web Designer,

Usability Professional, User Experience Professional, Interaction

Designer

Deliverables: UI designs, mockups, prototypes (Axure)

„Analyst / Developer”

mixing business analyst, systems analyst and devloper tasks

still popular in the market

not a good idea!

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IT Business Analyst internship

Who are we looking for?

People who know or feel that they want to become analysts or

People who want to find out how Analyst role looks in practice

What do we expect? Eagerness to work in the role of Analyst (not just to earn extra money or put

something in CV) and learn analyst’s working methodology,

Knowledge of software development process and understanding the meaning of

analysis in this process (requirements engineering),

Knowledge of Use Case and UML notation issues,

Document writing and organization skills,

High communication skills, openness, initiative and creativity,

Analytical skills,

Advanced English.

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IT Business Analyst internship

What do we offer? interesting and demanding job, which lets you develop your skills, learn analyst’s

working methodology and specific, work on interesting project involving system specification delivery (GUI,

UseCase, logic), mentor care during the internship, after the internship, the possibility of continuing cooperation.

Organizational details The recruitment process consists of interview, which is partly conducted in

English. The first step of the recruitment process entails sending us an application with an up-to-date CV, full contact data and the clause of consent for processing personal data.

We will only contact the selected candidates, and inform that interviews will take place in October 2013.

Internships will take place between October 2013 and January 2014 and vary as to their time and duration (from 1 to 3 months), as preferred by the chosen internship candidates. Internships are fully paid and realized in agreed working time.

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Questions?

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