Business Analyst

IT Business Analyst Job Description

The IT Business Analyst plays a pivotal role in delivering value-driven software solutions by bridging the gap between business needs and the development team. The role collaborates closely with Product Owners, Scrum Masters, Developers, QA Analysts, and end-users to ensure that requirements are well-understood, prioritized, and delivered iteratively. The ideal candidate has a strong understanding of Agile methodologies (especially Scrum and/or SAFe), business process modeling, backlog grooming, and user story writing.

To be successful in this role, the Senior IT Business Analyst should be a collaborative team player with excellent facilitation, communication, and analytical skills. They should be experienced in Agile delivery environments and comfortable working within cross-functional Scrum teams.

Key Responsibilities:

Agile Requirements Management

• Collaborate with Product Owners and stakeholders to define Epics, Features, and User Stories with clear acceptance criteria
• Maintain and groom the product backlog, ensuring stories are well-defined, prioritized, and ready for sprint planning

Sprint Planning & Support

• Participate in daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog grooming, reviews, and retrospectives
• Provide clarifications to development teams during sprints and help resolve requirement-related blockers

Stakeholder Engagement

• Facilitate workshops and interviews to elicit requirements
• Act as the voice of the customer within the development team, ensuring business value is consistently delivered

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement in both business operations and Agile delivery practices
• Support the definition and tracking of key performance indicators for business processes and system enhancements

Documentation & Traceability

• Create lightweight documentation such as process flows, user journey maps, and wireframes when necessary
• Ensure traceability from business needs to solution delivery and testing

Testing Support

• Assist in defining test scenarios and acceptance criteria
• Support UAT by coordinating with users and ensuring that delivered features meet business requirements

Senior IT Business Analyst Agile Performance Plan

Objective: Deliver business value through Agile software delivery
KPIs:

• Sprint goal achievement rate
• Velocity consistency across sprints
• Percentage of user stories accepted without rework

Objective: Improve backlog quality and stakeholder alignment
KPIs:

• Groomed backlog readiness (number of sprints ahead backlog is prepared)
• Stakeholder satisfaction with delivered functionality
• Story acceptance on first review

Objective: Enhance Agile team collaboration and responsiveness
KPIs:

• Team feedback score from retrospectives
• Turnaround time for story clarification
• Number of impediments resolved within sprint

Objective: Support continuous improvement and Agile maturity
KPIs:

• Participation in retrospectives with actionable contributions
• Implementation of process improvements identified
• Agile practice adoption score (assessed via internal maturity assessments)

Objective: Ensure quality and completeness of Agile artefacts
KPIs:

• Acceptance criteria completeness rate
• Traceability coverage (stories linked to Epics, Features, and test cases)
• Time to prepare artifacts ahead of planning