Prezentacja przeprowadzona w ramach wykładu Nowoczesne Technologie Przemysłowe na Politechnice Gdańskiej, w dniu 08.10.2013. Prowadzący: Krzysztof Łyczko

1. © 2013 JIT Solutions
JIT Solutions Sp. z o.o.
Sportowa 8 | 81-300 Gdynia
www.jitsolutions.pl
IT Business Analyst
Krzysztof Łyczko
(klyczko@jitsolutions.pl)

2. Agenda
 Software development process
 The role of IT Business Analyst
 Role specification and naming
 Responsibilities in the project
 Important skills
 IT Business Analyst internship at JIT Solutions
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3. Software development process
Based on waterfall model:
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4. Role definition
 The IT Business Analyst is the professional who is
generally associated with requirements
elicitation/analysis and solving problems using
information technology solutions.
 This role is the bridge between business & IT.
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5. Role naming and separation
Other common titles for this role:
•Requirements Engineer
•Requirements Analyst
•Application Consultant
•Application Analyst
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6. Business Analyst
 Initiate the Software project
 (optional) Business domain understanding
 Project kick-off
 Deliverables: Scope Document
 Elaborate the Details of the Software Project
 Elciting and analyzing requiremens from stakeholders
 Deliverables: Business Requirements Document / High Level
Design Document / …
 Support the implementation of the Software Project
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7. Systems Analyst
 Create system(s) design
 Designing system(s) based on BRD / HLDD from BA
 Deliverables: Functional specification / Functional design /
Software design document / …
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UML diagrams (UseCase diagram, Activity diagram + other optional)
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GUI design
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Logic / algorithms
 Co-operation with systems architect and developers
 Support the implementation of the Software Project
 Consultations the developers and testers
 Supporting deployment process
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8. IT Business Analyst
 Initiate the Software project
 Scope Document
 Elaborate the Details of the Software Project
 Business Requirements Document / High Level Design
Document / …
 Create system(s) design
 Functional specification / Functional design / Software design
document / …
 Support the implementation of the Software Project
 Consultations the developers and testers
 Supporting deployment process
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9. IT Business Analyst skills
 General
 Communication skills (good questions, listening and absorbing)
 Problem-Solving skills
 Critical thinking
 Core
 Systems designing and prototyping
 Visual modeling
 Documentation and specification skills
 Analysis skills / Analytical thinking
 Facilitation and elicitation skills
 Business Analysis Tools
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10. IT Business Analyst skills (2)
 Soft skills
 Relationship-Building skills
 Self-Managing
 A Thick Skin
 Other
 Technical skills
 Industry and Domain Expertise
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11. Analitycal thinking
 Creative thinking ( new ideas and alternative solutions
genearation)
 Decision making (understaning the problem and making
decision, assisting others in making decisions)
 Learning (business domains, new methodologies, tools)
 Problem solving (defining and finding the real problems)
 Systems thinking (understanding the interactions and
relationships between people, processes and
technology)
A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge® (BABOK® Guide),
International Institute of Business Analyst IIBA
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12. Other roles
 Usability / UX Analyst - refers to the broad category of
professionals who are involved in the interface design or
user experience for software applications and websites.
 Common titles: User Interface (UI) Designer, Web Designer,
Usability Professional, User Experience Professional, Interaction
Designer
 Deliverables: UI designs, mockups, prototypes (Axure)
 „Analyst / Developer”
 mixing business analyst, systems analyst and devloper tasks
 still popular in the market
 not a good idea!
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13. IT Business Analyst internship
 Who are we looking for?
People who know or feel that they want to become analysts or
People who want to find out how Analyst role looks in practice
 What do we expect?
 Eagerness to work in the role of Analyst (not just to earn extra money or put
something in CV) and learn analyst’s working methodology,
 Knowledge of software development process and understanding the meaning of
analysis in this process (requirements engineering),
 Knowledge of Use Case and UML notation issues,
 Document writing and organization skills,
 High communication skills, openness, initiative and creativity,
 Analytical skills,
 Advanced English.
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14. IT Business Analyst internship
 What do we offer?
 interesting and demanding job, which lets you develop your skills, learn analyst’s
working methodology and specific,
 work on interesting project involving system specification delivery (GUI,
UseCase, logic),
 mentor care during the internship,
 after the internship, the possibility of continuing cooperation.
 Organizational details
 The recruitment process consists of interview, which is partly conducted in
English. The first step of the recruitment process entails sending us an
application with an up-to-date CV, full contact data and the clause of consent for
processing personal data.
 We will only contact the selected candidates, and inform that interviews will take
place in October 2013.
 Internships will take place between October 2013 and January 2014 and vary as
to their time and duration (from 1 to 3 months), as preferred by the chosen
internship candidates. Internships are fully paid and realized in agreed working
time.
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15. © 2013 JIT Solutions
JIT Solutions Sp. z o.o.
Sportowa 8 | 81-300 Gdynia
www.jitsolutions.pl
Questions?

16. © 2013 JIT Solutions
JIT Solutions Sp. z o.o.
Sportowa 8 | 81-300 Gdynia
www.jitsolutions.pl
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