Project Analyst

## Project Analyst Apply locations: AZ Phoenix time type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Yesterday job requisition : R
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* ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS:

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* • Elicits requirements from stakeholders to determine desired business process impact through interviews, data collection, questionnaires and other project management tools to ensure that a technology application is the solution.
• Critically evaluates information gathered from multiple sources, identifies system constraints and other issues which do not meet desired application needs. Prioritizes and distinguishes user requests from underlying needs.
• Collaborates with stakeholders, subject matter experts, and managers to establish the technical vision.
• Facilitates an evaluation and brainstorming meeting to effectively analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance with appropriate systems and developers/engineers to ensure technology application can meet the stakeholder’s needs.
• Prepares and delivers business requirements documents and functional requirement documents for stakeholder approval and may be involved in documenting use cases and test scripts.
• Schedules and participates in stakeholder decision meetings to determine if project is approved.
• Facilitates team-working sessions to elicit accurate information, capture requirements, and document project accomplishments.
• Ensures team projects are on schedule, meets departmental standards, and requestor’s expectations.
• Develops project plan utilizing standard/best in class project management techniques, e.g., change control process.
** SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES**:
None
** QUALIFICATIONS**:
The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required to successfully perform the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
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* Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

**** Core

Skills:

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* • Ability to listen and document client requirements to be able to share with project team.
• Ability to ask succinct, clarifying questions to demonstrate solid understanding of clients’ needs and requirements.
• Solid communication and relationship building skills for interacting with a diverse group of stakeholders.
• Solid planning and organization skills.
• Proficient with the Microsoft Office suite including Word, Excel, Visio, One Note, and Outlook
• Ability to document requirements using tools such as flow charts or graphic models.
• Ability to work on simultaneous projects and manage timelines.
• Ability to work alone and as a team member.
• Ability to brainstorm, identify issues, and formulate cogent recommendations to clients.
** Level I:*
* • Participate in client information gathering sessions and document requirements for project team.
• Lead client meetings during the project life cycle that provide information about the project timeline and stages.
• Demonstrate ability to communicate to stakeholders about technical requirements in an understandable manner.
• Demonstrate solid understanding of product life cycle.
• Ability to communicate with a variety of people holding different organizational roles to identify operational and application requirements.
** Level II:*
* • Ability to facilitate all client meetings.
• Handles escalated client issues about project.
• Selects project lead and team.
• Ability to manage the entire project life cycle through all stages.
• Possess business and technical knowledge to review workflow, documentation and user information/surveys, and analyze data to identify a solution to a business issue.
• Thorough knowledge of multimedia applications
• Technical writing skills including requirements, design, use cases and test script creation
• Strong understanding of the development process including specification, documentation, quality assurance and production support
** Level III:*
* • Manage highly complex customer project plans.
• Works with minimal supervision.
• Manages cross departmental meetings.
• Manage all soft and hard costs of project for reporting to senior management.•
** Level IV:*
* • Serve as mentor and coach to junior project team members.
• May coach and observe other members…