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Summary of the work RoS Agile Business Analysts are a combination of business process analysts, systems analyst and proxy product owner, as necessary. The Agile Business Analyst must have a combination of strong business understanding and a creative yet analytical mindset to solve problems. They must be skilled at interviewing techniques and workshop facilitation. Specialist role Business analyst Latest start date Thursday 28 June 2018 Early Market Engagement n/a Who Speclialist Work With • Work with Product Owners • Work with the Design Authority function to continuously improve our business solution design capability and assisting in ensuring we are adhering to best practice • Engender trust and authority through recurring engagement with the business and IT What Specialists Work On • Propose and seek consensus on innovative business solutions • Work with Product Owners to understand and model the capabilities of the business • Work with Product Owners to elicit and prioritize requirements, define the product roadmap, develop our minimum viable product with corresponding storyboarding and the building and refining of product backlog • Act as a Product Owner ambassador through being a proxy in ensuring business value is being delivered • Support the identification, evaluation and tracking of project benefits Skills & Experience • Ability to elicit requirements to assist in developing product roadmap • Ability to create effective user stories that follow the INVEST principles • Ability to create and refine product backlogs and assist product owners to determine priorities • Experience of working in agile teams using KANBAN and SCRUM delivery process frameworks • Ability to agree effective acceptance criteria in collaboration with product owner • Ability to create lo-fi conceptual wireframes • Should feel comfortable in facilitating Product Backlog Refinement sessions • Support the Product Owner to generate the Product Roadmap/Horizon and keep updated • Work in a collaborative manner with the team to deliver value early and often • Understands the importance of feedback and how to utilise the feedback to improve product quality • Ability to develop excellent working relationships with stakeholders, subject matter experts and the wider team • Effective workshop set up, facilitation and execution • 13. Ability to think creatively and be able to articulate innovative ideas to solving complex business problems • Strong interview techniques and document analysis • Proven oral and written communication skills, with an ability to communicate to and from stakeholders • Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills and a positive approach to problem solving • Ability to evaluate information and present it in such a way that it is easily understood by the target audience • Actively contribute to Product Management community of practice • Demonstrable Value Stream Mapping Experience • Demonstrable experience writing User Stories Nice to Haves • Experience of LEAN UX design principles • An understanding of the implications of system architectures in transition • Experience of Domain driven design and leading edge techniques such as Behaviour Driven Development Work Location MBH-Edinburgh Working Arrangments on site 5 days per week No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • team working with all stakeholders • no blame culture - encorage people to learn from mistakes Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 75% Cultural fit 5% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers No questions have been answered yet.