Hybrid/Local Healthcare BA/Technical Writer

Job ID: CT-59252 (98491007)Hybrid/Local Healthcare BA/Technical Writer with Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint ExperienceLocation: Hartford, CT (DPH)Duration: 12 monthsSkills :Business Analyst 6-8 yrs exp Individuals in this position have demonstrated experience in the standard concepts, practices, and deliverables Advanced (7-9 Years) YesRequired Skills/Experience :· Minimum 6 years of experience in effectively formatting technical and business documents to include writing, editing, illustration, and interpretations· Good understanding of and experience with Health and Human Services· Interviewing skills, to talk with individuals and groups about their needs and ask the right questions to surface essential requirements information· Listening skills, to understand what people say and to detect what they might be hesitant to say· Analytical skills, to critically evaluate the information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a more general understanding, distinguish presented user requests from the underlying true needs, and distinguish solution ideas from requirements.· Facilitation skills, to lead requirements elicitation workshops· Observational skills, to validate data obtained via other techniques and expose new areas for elicitation· Writing skills, to communicate information effectively to internal and external agency stakeholders· Organizational skills, to work with the vast array of information gathered during elicitation and analysis and to cope with rapidly changing information· Interpersonal skills, to help negotiate priorities and to resolve conflicts among project stakeholders (such as customers, product management, and engineering)· Modeling skills, to represent requirements information in graphical forms that augment textual representations in natural language, including using modeling languages already established in the development organization· Database skills, including the ability to create tables, insert data into tables, compose SELECT queries with joins, and to test and trouble-shoot complex queries and stored procedures.· Understanding of contemporary requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, verification, and management practices and the ability to apply them in practice; familiarity with requirements engineering books and resources· Understanding of how to practice requirements engineering according to several software development life cycles in a team environment· Knowledge of product management concepts and how enterprise software products are positioned and developed· Data warehousing and Business Intelligence knowledge is a plus, to have credibility with user representatives and be able to work effectively with them· Advanced computer skills especially Microsoft Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint.1.PROJECT/SYSTEM OVERVIEWThe State of Connecticut’s Department of Health (DPH) is embarking on a project to prepare for modernizing its existing public health systems with focus on predicting, preventing, detecting, and responding to public health threats faster and more efficiently. Under this initiative, agency is committed to achieving this vision by developing and deploying approaches that move the public health community from siloed and brittle public health data systems to connected, resilient, adaptable, and sustainable ‘response-ready’ systems capable of meeting today’s and tomorrow’s health challenges.The project addresses modernization of critical public health systems, interoperability, establishing data governance, standards, addressing Data Quality issues and measurements, bringing public health data in a centralized data repository for data sharing & consumption.2.SCOPE OF WORKThe Business Analyst shall develop the Business Requirements and test plans, conduct Business Data Analysis, prepare and maintain requirement traceability matrix, develop source – 2- target mapping, perform system testing, maintain issues log, and participate in QA Testing working with DPH SMEs, Data Modernization Lead, IT staff, and other designated persons. The roles and responsibilities are outlined below.· Work with DPH Data Modernization Lead, IT Customer Success Manager, IT staff and various Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to refine Data Modernization Initiative vision and project’s scope· Identify project stakeholders and user classes. Document user class characteristics. Identify appropriate representatives for each user class and negotiate their responsibilities.· Elicit requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, storyboards, surveys, site visits, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, event lists, business analysis, competitive product analysis, task and workflow analysis, and/or viewpoints.· Write requirements specifications according to standard templates, using natural language simply, clearly, unambiguously, and concisely.· Decompose high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements and quality, specified in an appropriate level of detail suitable for use by those must base their work on the requirements.· Define quality attributes, external interfaces, constraints, and other nonfunctional requirements.· Represent requirements using alternative views, such as analysis models (diagrams), prototypes, or scenarios, where appropriate.· Lead requirements analysis and verification, ensuring that requirement statements are complete, consistent, concise, comprehensible, traceable, feasible, unambiguous, and verifiable, and that they conform to standards.· Participate in requirements prioritization.· Participate in peer reviews and inspections of requirements documents. Participate in peer reviews of work products derived from requirements specifications to ensure that the requirements were interpreted correctly.· Enter, manipulate, and report on requirements stored in a commercial requirements management tool. Define requirement attributes and facilitate their use throughout the project.· Manage requirements traceability information and track requirements status throughout the project.· Manage changes to baselined requirements through effective application of change control processes and tools.· Establish and implement effective requirements practices, including use and continuous improvement of a requirements process. Assist with the development of the agency’s requirements engineering policies, procedures, and tools.· Implement ways to reuse requirements across projects.CTE-RTR.-3 (6).doc