Associate Ii

2 - 3 Years
- 1 Opening
- Chennai, Kochi, Trivandrum

**Role description**:
Role Proficiency:
Analyse the business needs of a client or project under some supervision. Ability to perform key Business Analysis activities under supervision

Outcomes:

- Carry out Business Analysis tasks with support from Senior BAs/Senior stakeholders in the team
- Define business needs with support of others
- Understand some but not all of the factors that influence/determine the need for change.
- Assist Leads to create software requirements artefacts and deliverables
- Plan stakeholder meetings when an issue arises and on an as-needed basis
- Plan traceability and requirements reuse approaches based on what has been developed by others
- Identify and develop performance improvement plans for simple challenges with guidance
- prepare for simple elicitation activities; relies on support from others in more complex situations and elicit information relevant to the change
- Capture the outcomes of the elicitation activity
- Validate information with stakeholders with guidance from others
- provide relevant information to stakeholders in a timely manner
- manage stakeholder collaboration in simple situations and rely on support from others in more involved situations
- Maintain requirements throughout the change
- prioritize requirements/designs according to established practices
- Evaluate the impact of proposed changes to requirements/designs
- Obtain approval of requirements and designs
- Follow effective requirements practices such as change control process defined by BAs
- Assist in interpreting evaluating and interrelating research data
- participate in activities to define the necessary conditions to meet the business need with clear direction from seniors
- Perform tasks required to develop and assess alternate approaches to change with assistance

Measures of Outcomes:

- Assistance in Business value addition
- Communication effectiveness - usage of proven methods effectively
- Customer/Senior BA/PM feedback
- Business Analysis processes and tools - effective use of processes and tools set up by Senior professionals in the organization
- Trainings/Learning programs undertaken including certifications

Outputs Expected:
Business Value:

- Identification of business problems
constraints
dependencies

Stakeholder Engagement:

- Good written and verbal communication in and out of the client
specific to the engagement
- Negotiation within the team

Requirements Engineering:

- Use of right set of tools
templates
and/or processes for aligning requirements and design as directed by the seniors
- Working knowledge/ability to learn the use of prominent business analysis tools to elicit
document and manage requirements

Solution Evaluation:

- Be able to assist internal stakeholders in evaluation and recommendation of appropriate solution options to business problems along with guidance from senior BA colleagues

Process:

- Follow processes established by the Lead BA/Project stakeholders as required by the engagement and ensure adherence by the team

BA artefacts maintenance:

- Assist in Documentation of the process plus project artefacts
- Assist in Management and clear communication about project artefacts to the various stakeholder groups
- Assist in Adoption of recommended tools
templates
and processes to help with effective decision making and approval processes

Skill Examples:

- Good analytical organizational and problem-solving skills
- Good oral/written communication skills
- Must be a self-starter and a quick learner
- Ability to speak the language of the customer/Think customer with some assistance
- Should be result oriented and be able to work with some guidance
- Behavioural and interaction skills - learn to use the right mix of competencies to gain and master this skill
- Business Acumen - Ability to quickly learn the area of business under focus

Knowledge Examples:
knowledge of various BA knowledge areas (recommended by IIBA or any other professional organization for Business Analysis). Have a basic knowledge of and can follow instructions for common techniques
- Business Analysis Approach
- Plan a business analysis approach for complex situations with support from others. Plan a business analysis approach by following examples from others for less complex situations.
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Plan stakeholder meetings when an issue arises and on an as-needed basis. Obtain stakeholder feedback and consensus on issues and resolutions as they arise.
- Business Analysis Information Management
- Can plan an approval process based on what has been developed by others
- Can plan traceability and requirements reuse approaches based on what has been developed by others. Can follow pre-determined instructions for storing/accessing information
- Independently identify and develop performance improvement plans for simple challenges with guidance. Execute the improvement plans developed by others
- Requirements Elicita