Lead Business Analyst

The Lead Business Analyst knows that business analysis occurs throughout the project with an initial high-level picture of the overall scope, followed by more detail on specific features when they are delivered vs. performing all analysis work to develop detailed requirements at the beginning of the project. They understand the sufficient amount of business analysis necessary to understand the problem and the aspect of the solution currently being delivered while still keeping the project moving forward. Collaborates with other team members to determine how much analysis is needed at the beginning of the project to establish the big picture, and during each iteration in order to establish a shared understanding without creating an extensive requirements inventory. Collaborates with other team members to decide what is needed to best deliver the solution. Grooms the backlog Analyzes the business domain Generates examples Transfer knowledge Determines how much documentation is needed. Hold the team accountable to all the work necessary to go from a story/requirement to a running, tested feature that could be delivered to production. Coaches other team members on analysis techniques and the appropriate stakeholders to contact, understanding that allowing multiple team members to perform analysis prevents handoffs that occur in phased base approaches, and prevents the BA from becoming a bottleneck to overall team progress.