| Location | VA 23219, VA |
Project Initiation: Conduct initiation activities to identify new business challenges, define objectives, and scope out requirements-gathering phases.
Requirements Elicitation: Gather, analyze, and document comprehensive user and system requirements from multiple stakeholder sources for new applications and system enhancements.
SDLC Compliance: Produce clear, concise, and structured Requirements Definition documents that align with established enterprise standards and guidelines.
Process Mapping: Define and document business workflows, assisting with the development of standard templates and repeatable processes for project documentation.
Scrum Representation: Attend application design and development scrum meetings to actively represent and advocate for business needs throughout the development lifecycle.
Decision Tracking: Facilitate project meetings, document key decisions, and foster a collaborative team environment across business and IT units.
Test Planning & Execution: Write and execute comprehensive system test plans to verify that applications meet all functional requirements and design specifications.
Manual Testing: Perform thorough manual testing on web applications to validate feature functionality and ensure high quality before release.
Defect Management: Document bugs and application gaps with precise reproduction steps to enable developers to troubleshoot and resolve issues efficiently.
UAT Support: Develop and structure user testing scripts to support smooth User Acceptance Testing (UAT) cycles.
Analytical Experience: Extensive professional experience in business and systems analysis, requirements documentation, and business process improvement.
Methodologies: Strong background working within structured System Development Life Cycles (SDLC) and Agile frameworks such as Scrum.
Documentation Skills: Proven ability to elicit requirements from diverse sources and synthesize them into complex, clear documents tailored for both business users and developers.
Testing Expertise: Hands-on experience performing manual testing on web applications, designing test plans, writing test scripts, and tracking defects in complex systems.
Soft Skills: Exceptional communication skills (verbal and written) with a demonstrated ability to facilitate meetings, record project decisions, and collaborate effectively within multi-functional development teams.
Technical Exposure: Familiarity with web application software development projects utilizing .NET.
Tooling Proficiency: Experience documenting requirements and managing tasks using platforms such as Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) or Azure DevOps.