The document outlines the various roles and responsibilities of a Business Analyst over the course of a project's lifecycle. This includes assisting with opportunity identification, elaborating user stories, owning requirements management, identifying business rules and data, confirming design meets requirements, communicating with clients, and more. The Business Analyst acts as a liaison between technical and business aspects of a project from pre-sales through support.

1. Opportunity
Management
Pre-Sales Discovery
Low Level
Design
Development
and Testing
Head of
Business
Analysis may
be asked to
provide
advice to the
Delivery
Partner on
potential
opportunities
on the
account
Elaborating User
Stories ensuring
all alternatives
are covered
Owning of
requirements
management and
traceability
Identification of
business rules,
data & messages
Confirming design
meets
requirements
Communicating
detailed
requirements to
Client/project
team
Acting as the
guardian of the
requirements
Supporting,
collaborating
and responding
to requirements
and design
queries and
defects from the
Client and the
project team
Consulting and
managing the
business
requirements
aspects of
change
requests
SummaryroleoftheBusinessAnalyst
Role of Business Analyst over the project lifecycle
Pilot
Release
(Implement)
Support
Client may
request
Business
Analysis
Support for
the Client to
in producing
the scope
and High
Level
Business
Requirements
or statement
of business
need
Collaborating
with Project
Manager and
Architecture
in production
of Analogous
Estimate
Validating project
Scope, High
Level Business
Requirements/
Business
Requirements
Producing the
Solution
Overview
including Outline
User Stories
Supporting
Architect in
producing the
High Level
Technical Design
Collaborating with
Project Manager
to produce
Indicative Quote/
Detailed Estimate
Validating
scope of pilot
Confirming pilot
design meets
requirements
Liaising with
Client to ensure
common
understanding
of pilot
objectives
Supporting,
collaborating
and responding
to pilot
requirements
and design
queries from the
Client and the
project team
Responding to
queries and
defects from
release team
Helping to
identify
resolution to
issues
Consulting and
managing the
business
requirements
aspects of
Change
Requests
Responding to
queries and
defects from
Support team
(post warranty)
Helping to
identify
resolution to
issues
Consulting and
managing the
business
requirements
aspects of
Change
Requests
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