BUSINESS ANALYST: Onsite Location: Tallahassee, Florida, USA
Must relocate
The Contractor must provide all services and deliverables pursuant to the FWC requirements identified in this SOW. Theselected applicant(s) will be expected to occupy the role and perform some combination of the following tasks:
1. Serve as a liaison between business units and IT resources to help develop and deliver technical solutions that
meet user and business needs. Must be familiar with Agile Project Methodologies.
2. Help analyze business operations to understand systems and capabilities and provide expertise to determine
opportunities to improve processes and functions. Where appropriate, assist in the business process redesign
and documentation.
3. Assist with project coordination and documentation responsibilities, including assembling product
backlogs, prioritizing and monitoring work, managing scope and requirements traceability, escalating
functional, quality, and timeline issues; tracking key project milestones and recommending
adjustments to project plans and/or resources based on requirements and performance, providing
coordination of the change management process for IT projects.
Purpose
Calendar of Events
Scope and Qualifications
4. Facilitate collection, validation, and documentation of functional and system requirements from business
program(s), technical staff, and stakeholders. Perform requirements analysis and create Business Requirements
Specifications documentation.
5. Support communication and coordination for effective stakeholder management from initial requirements to
final implementation. Lead Joint Application Requirements (JAR) sessions with stakeholders, and Joint
Application Development (JAD) sessions with the development team.
6. Develop and provide reports on IT project status and stability, including coordinating communication about the
impact of changes on scope, budget, risks, and resources.
7. Assist with Quality Management (Quality Assurance (QA) & Quality Control (QC)), Develop and track test plans.
Schedule and conduct User Acceptance Testing (UAT). Create user manual and train the trainers from the user
community, and support staff.
8. Document rationale for escalating functional, quality, and timeline issues.
9. Support the change management process as necessary.
10. Assist with compliance with IT projects and activities subject to Florida Administrative Code
11. Work with agency staff to maintain an understanding of technological trends to help identify solutions and
acquire IT vendor support and services as required. May contribute to Buy vs. Build analysis.
12. Comply with and enforce all FWC agency policies, procedures, and security policies.
13. Remote work for this position is contemplated but must be available for initial on-site set-up and regular
meetings in Florida. Preference is for local/Regional (Tallahassee, Florida, or North/West/Central Florida) candidates.
The deliverables and performance standards associated with each task identified in this scope of work are further
defined within the Standards and Specifications table below.
Services Deliverable and Acceptance Criteria
Business Analysis Interact with Project Teams and stakeholders to understand the business and help develop solutions that address needs and challenges. 1) Support intake, review and evaluation of IT Project Requests. 2) Leads the engagement of stakeholders to gather, validate, and document project business and functional requirements. 3) Interpret business requirements and break down technical details to simplify them for analysis, communication, and decision-making. 4) Support the creation of solutions based on requirements and deliver correct elements of system design, business rules, and other relevant deliverables.
5) Create change management proposals based on changes (new, altered, etc.) to the documented specifications. |
