Associate Iii

Role Proficiency:
Analyse the business needs of the stakeholder(s) across the engagement. Understand and use the various BA tasks required to be performed as required by the engagement usually with a good assistance from senior BAs.

Outcomes:

- Assist Leads to understand and define enterprise goals and objectives
- Tailor the business approach based on the audience’s known preferences/needs
- Adapt the preferred verbal & non-verbal communication style to the needs of the situation and the individual
- Assess the complexity and size of the change and the overall risk factors for the change/solution/problem area/methodology etc.
- Use a holistic view of people processes and technology to understand the enterprise
- Assist to ensure requirements traceability throughout the project
- Identify appropriate stakeholder communication needs to support the change. Ensure key stakeholders understand and agree to the business analysis approach.
- Plan and execute effective processes for definition and approval of requirements and designs
- Determine the appropriate level of abstraction for business analysis information for each stakeholder
- Plan for requirements reuse and traceability
- Follow effective requirements practices such as change control process defined by senior BAs
- Ensure use and continuous improvement of a requirements processes
- Learn about developing process flow diagrams use case current/future state diagrams functional and technical requirements
- Assist in interpreting evaluating and interrelating research data
- Successfully complete straight-forward tasks and smaller well-scoped challenges independently

Identify appropriate actions and modify guidelines that have been provided to address a challenge.

Measures of Outcomes:

- Assistance in Business value addition directly or indirectly
- 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 early in the engagement

Stakeholder Engagement:

- Strong 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 agreed
- Working knowledge of prominent business analysis tools to elicit
document and manage requirements

Solution Evaluation:

- Be able to assist right stakeholders in evaluation and recommendation of appropriate solution options to business problems
- Be able to influence and get a buy in for right solution options

Process:

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

BA artefacts maintenance:

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

Team Management:

- Assist Senior Business Analysts with mentoring Junior BAs in the organization/Portfolio on a need basis like preparation of training artefacts
assistance in logistics and execution of the mentoring programs

Skill Examples:

- Behavioural Characteristics - Use of right set behavioural characteristics like Ethics Personal Accountability Organization Time Management and adaptation to gain the trust and respect of stakeholders.
- Business Knowledge - Have a good understanding of the Business Industry and Organization solution or methodology that the business analyst operates in. Good ability to recognize potential limitations and opportunities. Understand the risks involved in the area of work and make suitable decisions to manage risks. Good understanding of Current trends market forces market drivers Key processes Services Products definitions customer segments suppliers practices and regulations
- Communication Skills - Able to learn the art of different communication styles and techniques to suit the knowledge level and communication styles of recipients. Ability to speak the language of the stakeholders. Ability to use variety of communication methods - verbal non-verbal physical and written along with listening skills. Assist conversations to reach productive conclusions

Business Analysis techniques - Understanding of various BA techniques. Ability to use the right technique for carrying out the BA tasks as appropriate to the area of work with some guidance from senior colleagues. Listing down all of the techniques commonly used by Business Analysts to execute their tasks. An Associate III - Business Analysis is good enough if they can understand the frequently