Build, mentor and develop a team that functions autonomously and reliably to a set of well defined standards.
Ensure all BA team deliverables are achieved to agreed timescales to a high level of quality so that clients are delighted.
Develop and Manage Career Path for BA team members with well defined roles and expectations set for junior through to senior level BAs.
Review and take responsibility for all BA team members’ performance.
Set standards and take responsibility for delivery of Acceptance Criteria documentation from BA team members.
Set standards and take responsibility for User Story definition and project Backbone from team members.
Mentor senior BAs to lead requirement solicitation sessions using various methods including but not limited to: interviews, document analysis, requirement workshops, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios.
Mentor senior BAs to research, elicit, and synthesize business and architectural requirements into feature requirements using feedback from technical and business stakeholders.
Mentor senior BAs to design adaptable and scalable solutions that meet current business needs and that can be leveraged to address future needs.
Monitor projects (to Identify Risk).
Identify Risk from Technical Requirements.
Set standards and take responsibility and feedback on Scope Changes delivered by team members.
Mentor senior BAs to support the presale team and produce Ballpark costings (Work Breakdown Structure, Technology Assumptions)
Interpret the Functional Specification documentation from a technical point of view.
Research and master new BA Techniques to train team members.
Introduce new approaches to develop technical Acceptance Criteria.
Mentor team members to assist in design and creation of training material and to conduct internal training sessions about the application for business users.