DMSi is a software product development company, and our Business Analysts are instrumental in our team processes to translate customer/market needs to solutions provided through our core product, Agility. Do you have a love of learning? Do you enjoy helping to solve problems? Are you a team player with great communication skills? Look no further than DMSi! We are looking for a skilled Business Analyst who wants to learn something new every day and help develop software solutions within a cross-functional, agile development team.
RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
- Write concise and compelling user stories. Define user story acceptance criteria for developers, quality analysts, and product owners to ensure that the product owners’ intent is effectively captured.
- Collaborate with customers, stakeholders, and design teams to discover, define, and design features to meet user needs and enhance the user experience.
- Gather requirements through various methods, including customer interviews, questionnaires, surveys, workflow, process analysis, observation, and other methods. Distinguish user requests from user needs.
- Actively engage in all aspects of an Agile development team, including planning, retrospecting, product demonstrations, and daily stand-ups.
- Collaborate with the product owner to understand and share product goals and vision within the team.
- Develop expert knowledge of our customer base, industry, and products.
- Arrange and perform user acceptance testing or customer reviews with internal and external stakeholders.
- Review test plans to verify they meet the acceptance criteria and intent of user stories.
- Write or review supporting documentation for the software, such as release notes, help documentation, articles, and features.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES:
Excellent listening, written, and oral communication skills.
Ability to facilitate customer interviews.
Strong knowledge and application of agile methodology.
Great analytical, critical thinking, and creative problem-solving abilities.
Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
Cross-functional member of agile development team.
Expert knowledge of decomposing product needs to agile user stories.
Superior presentation and negotiation skills; able to exercise independent judgment and take action on it.
Logical and efficient, with keen attention to detail.
Strong adaptability and capacity to work on multiple projects.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Analysis, Business Administration, MIS, or related fields.
Two to five years Business Analyst experience.
Strong background in software design lifecycle, project managemen