WP1670 Agile Business Analyst

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Summary of the work Agile BA to support the delivery of technology services review Specialist role Business analyst Expected Contract Length 6 months Latest start date Monday 15 October 2018 Early Market Engagement None Who Speclialist Work With They will be working with a multi-disciplinary team of a Delivery Manager, Tech Arch, Security Arch, Product Manager What Specialists Work On - Support GDS in conducting a technology services review - Analyse complex information and data, supporting GDS in developing findings and recommendations during and post a technology services review. Skills & Experience • Able to represent real world situations to aid the communication and understanding of different scenarios, organisational processes, roles and data models and whether they can be used to represent subjects. • Identifies, defines and manages the objectives of a business. Must be able to specify requirements from both a business and user perspective to enable agreed changes to be implemented effectively. • Identifies, analyses, manages and monitors relationships with and between stakeholders. Able to communicate clearly and clarify mutual needs and commitments through consultation, consideration of impacts whilst focusing on user needs. • Maintains and constantly iterates the structures which make up a business enterprise or architecture. Assesses current capabilities, identifies and interprets business objectives, strategy and inter-relationships with people, data, processes etc. • Ability to identify and pinpoint business opportunities to allow organisations to perform more effectively. This allows businesses to look at new ways of tackling business processes or establish new services. • Understands how the digital economy is changing user behaviour and the government landscape. Is able to make informed decisions based on user needs, available technology and value for money. • Identifies and explores opportunities for service and business improvement. Drives the analysis, identification, prioritisation and implementation of improvements and efficiencies, thereby ensuring that the organisation derives maximum value from services. • The ability to investigate, analyse, visualise, articulate and solve complex problems and concepts, make disciplined decisions based on available information, using data to formulate plans, analysing options to assess impact. • Understands agile methodology and how to apply the agile mindset. Has the ability to work in a fast paced, evolving environment, utilises an iterative/flexible approach to enable rapid delivery. Nice to Haves • Uses the most appropriate methods and tools, ensuring these are adopted and used to plan, develop, test, manage and maintain a system effectively throughout an organisation. • Plans, designs, manages and executes reporting of tests, using appropriate testing tools and techniques and conforming to agreed process standards and industry specific regulations. • Able to plan, design, manage and report business process tests and usability evaluations. This can be done through synthesising test tasks, selecting user samples, analysing performance and sharing. Work Location Government Digital Service, The White Chapel Building, 10 Whitechapel High Street, London, E1 8QS Working Arrangments Working onsite at least 4 days per week with some working locations being across Whitehall Security Clearance Minimum Baseline Personnel Security Standard Additional T&Cs "All expenses must be pre-agreed with between the parties and must comply with the Cabinet Office (CO) Travel and Subsistence (T&S) Policy." "All vendors are obliged to provide sufficient guarantees to implement appropriate technical and organisational measures so that the processing meets the requirements of GDPR and ensures the protection of the rights of data subjects. For further information please see the Information Commissioner's Office website:https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/data-protection-reform/overview-of-the-gdpr/" No. of Specialists to Evaluate 3 Cultural Fit Criteria • Work as a collaborative team member with our organisation and other suppliers • Transparent and collaborative when making decisions • Has experience of and likes pairing and knowledge sharing • Delivering consistently within an agile environment • Have a no-blame culture and encourage people to learn from their mistakes Evaluation Weighting Technical competence 65% Cultural fit 15% Price 20% Questions from Suppliers 1. Can you clarify the day rate budget please? The maximum day rate has been left blank intentionally; we will assess the day rate for suppliers using the evaluation weighting we have disclosed on the requirements. 2. Is this role inside or outside of IR35? This role is outside of IR35 3. Is there a current incumbent in this role? No, this is a new role 4. Please can you clarify how the candidate should respond to the first key competency on the key skills section: "Able to represent real world situations to aid the communication and understanding of different scenarios, organisational processes, roles and data models and whether they can be used to represent subjects." The Candidate should use a real life work example of how they have achieved a successful outcome through demonstrating the skill set explained in the competency. 5. Which all technology services will be part of analysis? This will be disclosed to the winning supplier 6. Will the services have impact on different geography? No 7. Recommendation will include process improved, technology change or both? Possibly both 8. What kind of data will included in analysis? This will be disclosed to the winning supplier 9. Will the project have set communication channel or need to establish one? The project will have clear and set communication channels