Skills
Business Analysis and Related Skills
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Business Analysis / Business Solutions Lead Analyst
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Elicit and write requirements of "what" the Business needs in a technical solution.​
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Business Process Analysis and Mapping
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Determine business gaps and opportunities for greater efficiencies, and "day in the life" visual discoveries.
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Functional Analysis
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Analyze and document the "how" of requirement implementation following business requirement delivery.
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SEO and eCommerce Analysis​
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Assess websites for end-to-end for improvement of SEO (search engine optimization) and ecommerce flow. ​
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Application Testing
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Black-box (User) Testing / Test Lead
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Test the behavior of applications to validate readiness for UAT (user acceptance testing).​
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Test Planning
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Write strategy for testing release and sprints.​
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Test Cases
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Create pass/fail repro steps to full test functionality and user-experience.​
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User Testing and UX Scripts
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Draft testing scripts for end-users for use during UAT.​
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Defect Triage Management
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Manage defects through resolution, communicate with stakeholders and tech team on status.​
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Documentation
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Job Aids
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Create written documentation intended to help business teams with day-to-day tasks.​
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User Training
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Write training materials.​
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Custom Course Development
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I have written full coursebooks for a particular niche language.​
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"Day in the Life" Documentation
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Map day-to-day processes as a diving board to process improvements.​
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Systems Documentation
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Write documentation for technical audiences.​
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Wireframes
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Create visual representations of user-interface layouts and explanation of planned functionality.​
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Competitive Analyses
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Assess competitive market for a given software needed, and compare and contrast for review by technical and business teams.​
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Other Technical Skills
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Certified Agile Scrum Master
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​A project-manager like role within a Dev-Ops Team that keeps a project on time and helps knock down hurdles. Although almost as exciting as an actual rugby scrum like this image -- it's less atheletic!​
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Analyst Team Manager​
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Manage small test of business analysts and quality assurance analysts.​
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Former IT Trainer​
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Taught classes for business professionals and developers. Rated in top 5 of 200 instructors consistently by company I worked for. ​
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Former Software Developer​
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Originally a developer, I haven't been in this practice for several years. But my understanding of how a Dev thinks largely influences my approach as an analyst.​
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Former CRM and CMS Admin
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Various roles have included my administration of content and data repositories.​
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