Dev Business Analyst

Description Requirements As a member of the Development team the Business Analyst is responsible for gathering analyzing and communicating EDI and business requirements for Trading Partners assigned to product development product maintenance and support activities and for contributing to the design and realization of solutions to agreed requirements The role spans the full product development lifecycle The position involves interaction with customers product management product architects developers other business analysts quality assurance and technical writers The Business Analyst is expected to possess hands-on understanding of the product functionality and needs of users This position operates under moderate supervision Essential Duties Identifies and documents requirements including Works with the Project Lead to understand software system requirements and design specifications for various computer operating systems Represents requirements using alternative views such as analysis models diagrams prototypes or scenarios where appropriate Work Trading Partner EDI and business requirements into a functional design Participates in requirements prioritization release scope control and management Responsible to provide designs and input on coding quality and implementation considerations throughout the development lifecycle Identifies and documents designs and specifications including Writes product designs specifications according to standard templates and in accordance with the system design specifications Participates in breaking down high-level business and user requirements into a functional product design Participates in defining quality specifications external interfaces screen flows constraints and other nonfunctional requirements Identifies user classes documents user class characteristics user patterns Communicates product designs to the assigned development and QA teams and work to resolve issues with the product designs through the design review process Participates in design reviews to ensure that the requirements were interpreted correctly Identifies and recommends resolutions to problems with design processes so as to ensure software quality Ensures that product designs successfully fulfill the needs that are defined in the business requirements Identifies potential technical problems or design flaws so that preventive action can be taken Collaborates on and documents product change orders throughout the software development life cycle Performs research in the form of internet searches client visits reading books attending seminars interviewing industry experts etc to augment understanding of business processes and user requirements Keeps abreast with EDI and Automotive industry trends and practices Provides domain knowledge product knowledge to development and QA teams and as a subject matter expert on products to support groups such as marketing documentation training support field services and clients This includes being an expert on the business processes designs and specifications that are within their respective area Present designs product features to customers internal and external Works with other members of the software development team to plan projects that will require specifications and designs Evaluates incorporates and documents product change orders throughout the software development life cycle Exhibits innovation in the development of new improved methods or approaches to problems May conduct user acceptance tests Ensure that requirement and design documents are appropriately distributed reviewed discussed modified and ultimately approved Review and contribute to product release documentation Help in product training for various departments as required EDUCATIONAL Minimum Qualifications Bachelor s Masters degree in business engineering or related field Minimum of 3 years of prior business analyst experience Formal training in business analysis techniques software Preferred Qualifications Exposure to and understanding of key business processes associated with Automotive Electronic Data Interchange EDI Experience with Enterprise Resource Planning ERP solutions Excellent communication presentation skills Systematic and logical approach to problem-solving analysis and testing Extensible Markup Language XML Use-case modeling and design documentation skills An appreciation of relevant technologies to include application development environments and languages databases networking and client server systems Demonstrate ability to think laterally by recommending innovative enhancements effective solutions to customer requirements faults etc Experience with business object modeling tools and or entity relationship modeling tools A working knowledge of modern software engineering practices and methodologies About Infor Infor is a global leader in business cloud software products for companies in industry specific markets Infor builds complete industry suites in the cloud and 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