Systems Analysis: Requirements Analysis, Design and Documentation - Strategic

Issued by Insurance Solutions

This badge represents a System Analyst's proficiency of their ADVANCED knowledge in analyzing elicitation results and finding the best possible way to document them in the form of system requirements. Skills include ability to understand future state, identify and recommend solutions, identify impacts of proposed application changes, translate desired state into functional and non-functional system requirements, and write detailed, clear, high quality system requirements.

Type Experience
Level Advanced
Time Years

Skills

Business Process Modeling
Business Requirements
Influencing Skills
Leadership
Mentorship
Software Documentation
Stakeholder Engagement
Systems Analysis
Systems Design
Systems Requirements
Use Case Diagrams

Earning Criteria

They should be able to: 1) Demonstrate an advanced level of understanding of most system applications and external influencers. 2) Provide estimates of system impacts. 3) Consistently recommend and influence design/architecture for medium to highly complex level projects. 4) Consistently identify roadblocks/issues that might lead to a negative impact and recommend solutions. 5) Independently handles multiple complex projects at one time. (CONTINUED)
6) Identifies poor quality documents and will rewrite or reorganize large parts of documents for the good of the document. 7) Make self known as “go to” resource for questions on most systems and all SA processes. 8) Perform analysis to answer complex system questions and solve complex production issues. 9) Train others on tools, recommend new tools, and provide support of existing tools used by SAs. (CONTINUED)
10) Train others how to identify system requirement impacts and identify where to make requirement changes. 11) Train others on types of documentation utilized (use cases, B2Bs, interface diagrams, use case diagrams, process flows). 12) Recommend new ways of documenting requirements. 13) Recommend new documentation standards and SA processes. 14) Interview and evaluate resources to hire as SAs or evaluate performance of entry level SAs.
Measured by the following:
Utilize more than one type of analysis techniques to answer complex system related questions or solve a production issue.
Demonstrate influence of system design and recommendation of a design option on at least 1 project.
Show evidence of being considered a “go to” resources across most applications.
Independently complete multiple (2+) SA assignments for complex projects at the same time, delivering high quality results.
Create new method of system documentation or analysis.
Recommend a new SA standard or process improvement.
Train and mentor at least one resource in all aspects of being an SA (tools, analysis and documenting).
Participate in the interviewing process for at least one candidate.