Tailor-made software solutions

that always measure up.

COMPETENCY PROFILE: Business Analyst

A DVT business analyst is expected to have not only the skills, but also the personality and attitude to enable change
in an organizational context. This is achieved by defining the needs and recommending the solutions that delivers
value to stakeholders.

FUNCTIONAL COMPETENCIES
JUNIOR BA
Project Scope

INTERMEDIATE BA

SENIOR BA

Low Budget
Small Project
Low Risk

Medium Budget
Medium Project
Medium Risk

Large Budget
Large Project
High Risk

Engagement
Level

Working in team and mentored by a

Senior BA

Working in isolation on small projects

or on operational changes

Leading a team
Working independently
Operating on board level

Business Analysis
Planning and
Monitoring

Scoping / Context Diagrams (goals +

objectives)
Requirements Planning

Requirements Review
Stakeholder Analysis
Feature Planning
Release Planning
Identify Business Needs/Problems/
Opportunities
Develop Business Cases
Gap Analysis

Strategic analysis

Requirements
Elicitation

Conducting user interviews

Identifying requirements

Prototype Development
Running JAD sessions
Running Workshops

Functional Requirements
User Interface Modeling
Business Rules Identification
Process Flow Modeling
Determining Assumptions and
Contraints
Determining Non-Functional
Requirements
Determining Reporting Requirements
Scenarios and Use Cases

Event/State Modeling
Data Modeling
Business Process Modeling
Interface Modeling

Business Process Re-engineering

High level Solution Design

Compiling Business Value

Documenting Business Value
Develop Test Strategies and Test
Planning
Training

Product/Package Assessment and

Implementation
Bespoke Solution Assessment and
Implementation
Release Strategy development
Determining Business Value strategy
and criteria

Requirements
Analysis and
Documentation

Solution
Assessmentand
Implementation

Perform Factory Acceptance Testing

Facilitate and Organise User
Acceptance Testing
Designing Test Cases

Enterprise
Analysis

Document Business Architecture

Conduct Feasibility Study
Develop RFPs
Financial Analysis (ROI/Cost Benefit

QUALIFICATIONS
Target Qualifications

Certificate in Business Analysis

CAPE TOWN Tel: +27 (21) 467 5400 Email: info@dvt.co.za

FTI Diploma

FTI Diploma

/ GAUTENG Tel: +27 (11) 759 5930 Email: info@jhb.dvt.co.za

www.dvt.co.za/careers

DVT provides a comprehensive range of solution and resourcing services across the entire software development
life cycle. DVT was founded in 1999 and today, with over 300 staff members, services more than 100 large and
medium sized organisations throughout Southern Africa and abroad.

SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGIES WE USE

Microsoft technologies:

.Net Framework (up to 4.0), ASP .Net, Silverlight, WPF

WCF, Windows Workflow and K2.Net
SQL Server (up to 2008), Reporting (SSRS, SSAS, SSIS)
Sharepoint 2010, TFS Server 2010
Java technologies:

WHAT WE DO

Software solutions & resourcing across the entire SDLC:

Custom Development (Microsoft, Java & Oracle)
Enterprise Mobile Solutions
Model Driven Development

Java J2SE and J2EE (Windows and Linux platforms)

JBoss, GlassFish, IBM WebSphere and Oracle Weblogic
application servers
GWT, Seam, JSF, Rich Faces, Spring, Struts, EJB,
Hibernate, JPA
Open ESB, Open MQ, MQ-Series, JMS, JCA, WebSphere
ESB, Oracle Fusion middleware technologies

Business Intelligence Solutions

Legal Practice Management Solutions

IBM WebSphere Process Server, IBM WebSphere

Portal Server

Project Management Services

SDLC Business Analysis Services

Mobile technologies:

Business Process Optimisation

Windows Mobile, Apple iOS, Android OS, BlackBerry OS

Software Quality Assurance Services

Consulting Services (EA, SOA, Scrum , etc.)

Integration technologies:

Resource Supply

BizTalk, Open ESB, IBM MQ Series, JBoss ESB

DVT Consultants

Model driven development:

Contractors
Indian resourcing

Mendix

Perm Placements

SOME OF THE BEST PRACTICES WE USE

BABOK
PMBOK (PMP), Prince2, RUP, Agile (SCRUM), Iterative

CMMI, ITIL, TOGAF, ISO 9000, Six Sigma, TQM

OUR TEAM
Offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Delhi:
DVT has offices in Cape Town, Johannesburg and Delhi (India)
with more than 300 staff members. Many of them are
certified practitioners and all of them are passionate about
Information Technology.

TMBOK, ISTQB, TMap

OUR CLIENTS
More than 350 professional assignments:
Large and medium sized organisations who demand
reliable and predictable delivery. We work across sectors
as professional delivery specialists, but retain specific
industry knowledge within vertical domains.
Includes Allan Gray, CSIR, DirectAxis, EHU (UK), FNB, Group Five,
Hollard, JP Morgan, Maxiprest, Media 24, Momentum, Old
Mutual, S1 (USA), Santam, Standard Bank and Vodacom.
CAPE TOWN Tel: +27 (21) 467 5400 Email: info@dvt.co.za

/ GAUTENG Tel: +27 (11) 759 5930 Email: info@jhb.dvt.co.za

www.dvt.co.za/careers