Business Analyst

Seeking two (2) Business Analyst, Intermediate Level, to work on two (2) MTO Regional Corridor Management software development projects that are enhancing the current functionality of the Highway Corridor Management System (HCMS). The resources will work within the project team including collaboration with the ministry core program area, LTC solution delivery and other stakeholders as required.

• Provide business analysis support within the iterative and agile project delivery phases
• Report progress of assignment on a regular basis to Project and Product Management, raise any issue and concerns and propose mitigation strategies.
• Conduct feasibility analysis, project scoping and provide project work estimates.
• Conduct Joint Requirements Planning and Joint Application Design sessions.
• Analyze and map processes / data for current state and future state.
• Requirements development involving requirements elicitation, elaboration, analysis, specification and validation.
• Use of ministry mandated requirement management tools and templates for requirements (Microsoft DevOps)
• Review and feedback of technical design documents.
• Assist in managing backlog of user stories (epics, features, and story points)
• Conduct and/or participate in walkthroughs for each iteration
• Knowledge transfer to MEAB, MTO clients and I&IT Cluster at all stages of the assignment. The Deliverables include (but are not limited to):
  
• Business requirements / rules
• Business process models
• System Requirements specifications
• Business / Data Glossary
• Business and System use cases
• User epics, stories and themes / Product backlog and sprint plans
• Data requirements / models (conceptual / logical)
• Functional and Non-functional requirements
• Requirements Traceability Matrices\
  
• User Interface specifications, low and high-fidelity prototypes
• Report specifications
• Test plan/strategies, test cases
• Risks and Issues
• Status reports
• Work plans, e.g. requirements management plan
• Artefacts/documents required for enterprise architecture development from a business needs point-of-view (contextual and conceptual), as required for the Architecture Governance Point review process
• Other artefacts as determined by the project

Support to Development and Operations teams in following areas (but are not limited to):

• Building and testing support to development team
• Reviewing test strategy, test plan and cases
• Management of defect logs
• Testing Applications
• Supporting end-user inquiries
• Defining the integration test plan
• Defining the user acceptance test plan
  
• Identification and resolution of problems/issues
• Document and manage risks and liaise with other project teams to coordinate project interdependencies.
• Documentation of all artefacts in a shared project library
• Working with solution vendors (SaaS and COTS) to resolve issues and implement enhancements

  Support to Development and Test teams in following areas (but are not limited to):

• Building and testing support to development team
• Reviewing test strategy, test plan and cases
• Management of defect logs
• Testing Applications
• Supporting end-user inquiries
• Defining the integration test plan
• Defining the user acceptance test plan
• Identification and resolution of problems/issues
• Document and manage risks and liaise with other project teams to coordinate project interdependencies.
• Documentation of all artefacts in a shared project library.

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience working on iterative and agile software development projects utilizing common tools(MS DevOps) and techniques (product backlog)
• Experience with documenting user stories, planning and managing product backlog, planning and managing sprints, and implementing in an iterative manner
• Proven experience with sprint facilitation, interpretation of business needs to technical requirements, facilitation of project meetings for reviews
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and decision-making skills.
• Experience in conducting feasibility analysis, project scoping and providing project work estimates
• Experience with requirements development involving requirements elicitation, analysis, specification and validation
  
• Experience in reporting progress of assignment(s) on a regular basis to Project/Product Management and raise any issues / concerns and propose mitigation strategies.
• Can work effectively independently and in a team environment.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, collaboration, and negotiation skills to work seamlessly in an agile cross-functional team, with clients, vendor(s) and other stakeholders.
• Excellent facilitation, presentation, time-management and problem-solving skills.
• Able to build strong and trusting relationships while liaising effectively with internal and external stakeholders and solution delivery vendor(s).
• Strong leadership skills to provide advice and guidance on all aspects of user experience and design, assessing user characteristics, needs, goals, and opportunities.
• Creative, innovative, and can think outside the box to visualize solutions that meet business needs.
• Knowledgeable in design thinking, have a user-centric mindset and attention to detail.
• Creative, analytical approach and strong understanding of interaction design principles, including ability and experience to deliver mock-ups using advanced tools
• Able to resolve issues on time, provide options and recommendations.
• Able to prioritize change requests from clients and guide the team in determining how best to address them.