Business Analyst Task Descriptions
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Defined and wrote scope document and business requirements document, system specifications
and use cases documents capturing the business, functional and non-functional requirements….
Worked with designers and developers to develop system specifications, design the system
processes and business rules to extract data and information from various systems and
consolidate these into monthly and quarterly reports.
Facilitating Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with the various key project
stakeholders to identify and define new and existing business processes, future business process
improvements and functional requirements;
Developing the business requirements specification including use-case models and narratives as
well as defining business processes, business rules, functional and non-functional requirements,
work-flows and user roles;
Analyzed, defined, and transformed strategic goals and business needs as well as each individual
program area goals and business needs into business requirements.
Led Joint Application Development (JAD) workshops with the various key project stakeholders to
identify and define new and existing business processes, business process improvements and
user and functional requirements.
Developed the business requirements specification including use case models and descriptions
as well as defining business processes, workflows and actors through the use of Enterprise
Architecture (UML).
Translated and documented strategic business requirements and business processes into
technical and functional and non-functional requirements.
Created, executed, and presented to the client, the User Acceptance Test Plan including
specification-based test scripts, to test the functional requirements of the application against the
signed-off business requirements specification.
Business Analyst Task Descriptions
Worked with the other Business Analysts to analyze and define a common set of business
functions and translated those functions in to business requirements for development.
Prototyped potential solutions, initiated business process improvements, and suggested
recommended course(s) of action to both senior management and various stakeholders.
Led the analysis by working with the key project stakeholders and identifying, defining, and
refining business processes, business requirements and functional requirements.
Tracked the project progress against the project schedule through the use of MS Project, and
created and presented status reports to both senior management and the client which outlined
the status of the project, areas of risk, and risk mitigation strategies.
Created, executed, and presented to the client, User Acceptance Test Plans which included
specification-based test scripts, to test the functionality of the application against the signed-off
business requirements specification.
Ensured that all applications adhered to CLF 2.n as defined in the business requirements.
Analyzing current business processes as well as identify and proposing business process,
workflow and performance improvements based on business problems to the project
stakeholders;
Analyzed the current business processes in order to identify and propose business process, and
workflow performance improvements to correct business problems to the project stakeholders.
Analyzed current business processes and identified and proposed business process and workflow
performance improvements to the project stakeholders.
Ensured application components were defined and developed according to the business
requirements specifications and the defined UML use cases with quality, scalability, and
performance as primary objectives.
Provided recommendations to improve performance of the eBusiness environment.
Business Analyst Task Descriptions
Facilitated Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with the various key project
stakeholders to identify and define new and existing business processes, business requirements,
and functional requirements. He analyzed and introduced to senior management business
process and workflow performance improvements and recommended specific courses of action,
as well as designed, developed, documented and implemented [name of application]
Ensured application components were defined and developed according to the business
requirements specifications and the defined UML use cases with quality, scalability, and
performance as primary objectives.
Defined, developed, and led the execution of User Acceptance Test Plans which included
specification-based test scripts, to test the functionality of the application against the signed-off
business requirements specification.
Developing the business requirements specification including use-case models and narratives as
well as defining business processes, business rules, functional and non-functional requirements,
work-flows and user roles;
Led Joint Application Development (JAD) workshops with the various key project stakeholders to
identify and define new and existing business processes, business process improvements and
user and functional requirements.
Translated and documented strategic business requirements and business processes into
technical and functional and non-functional requirements.
Created, executed, and presented to the client, the User Acceptance Test Plan including
specification-based test scripts, to test the functional requirements of the application against the
signed-off business requirements specification.
Facilitated Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with the various key project
stakeholders to identify and define new and existing business processes, future business process
improvements and functional and non- functional requirements;
Business Analyst Task Descriptions
Reviewed and analyzed the existing process documentation in order to evaluate, define and
document the current business functions.
Developed the business process document including diagrams, to define business processes,
work-flows and participants using Visio, PowerPoint and Word.
Developing the business requirements specification including use-case models and narratives as
well as defining business processes, business rules, functional and non-functional requirements,
work-flows and user roles;
Analyzed the current business processes in order to identify and propose business process, and
workflow performance improvements to correct business problems to the project stakeholders.
Developed the business requirements specification including use case models and descriptions
as well as defining business processes, workflows using UML tools.
Translated and documented strategic business requirements and business processes into
technical and functional and non-functional requirements.
Created, executed, and presented to the client, the User Acceptance Test Plan including
specification-based test scripts, to test the functional requirements of the application against the
signed-off business requirements specification.
Defined, developed, and led the execution of User Acceptance Test Plans which included
specification-based test scripts, to test the functionality of the application against the signed-off
business requirements specification.
Developed business process models to document current business processes and revised or new
business processes.
Developed and documented business process model for the [enterprise online web application].
Business Analyst Task Descriptions
Evaluated legacy applications for process improvements and documented process and workflow
interfaces.
Performed business analysis of functional requirements and determined business problems,
identified flawed processes, business process and procedure weaknesses and identified areas for
business process improvement.
Evaluated existing application, procedures and methods, and identified, defined and
documented business rules, decision points, interfaces, database content, structure, and
application subsystems. Performed business analysis and identified problem areas.
Defined and analyzed business functional specifications/requirements and identified information
(data), workflow, procedures and decision points for memberships, donations, tax receipts, event
management and task management module.
Provided recommendations to Project Manager and other management, to modify the existing
application processes and make changes to business processes to enable more cost effective
operations.
Created/developed project documentation in accordance with the Project’s documentation
standards, and industry best practice. Documents included the following: Business Use Scenario
documents, Functional Analysis Specifications documents, Requirements Matrix, Use Case
Diagram, and Process Maps.
Elicited, confirmed and documented user and technical requirements in Joint Application Design
sessions/workshops, and one on one user interviews with a diverse audience.