Lead Business Analyst

The Case Management Modernization (CMM) Program is an initiative to support the Administrative Office of the US Courts (AO) develop a modern cloud-based solution to support all federal courts across the United States which are grouped into three types namely, Appellate, District, and Bankruptcy. This modernized case management system will eventually replace the current Case Management and Electronic Case Filing (CM/ECF) system.   

The Lead BA will work as part of an agile development team to build and support the modernization of enterprise-class software applications.   

RESPONSIBILITIES:  

• Lead a team of BA’s spread across multiple scrum teams to build the product backlog and business objectives.  

• Take ownership of the Backlog decomposition strategy and consistent implementation across the entire Product backlog.  

• Work closely with the customer to ensure alignment with their expectations while ensuring strict control of Scope.   

• Provide transparency throughout the backlog decomposition process using metrics and automated dashboards.   

• Provide a clear Definition of Done and Definition of Ready and ensure strict compliance across Development teams.   

• Take complete ownership of the product backlog for the entire product scope.   

• Ensure a healthy prioritized backlog of work items ready for sprint (4 sprints ahead) for each development team.    

• Take a leadership role in PI planning and provide guidance on deliverables, dependencies, milestones, timelines and sequencing.   

• Work closely with BA’s and Product Owners to promptly resolve impediments and clarify requirements with the customer in a timely manner.   

• Conduct periodic retrospectives and/or CoP meetings with BAs to collect feedback, identify areas for continual improvement and cross-train staff.  

• Tirelessly pursue opportunities for streamlining and improving the efficiency of the end-to- end process as it pertains to product quality, alignment with requirements and most importantly customer satisfaction.  

• Proactively identify and manage risks.   

• Promptly identify and communicate mitigations plans.   

• Address issues promptly and follow up diligently until they are resolved.   

• Collaborate closely with the Architects, Testers, PO’s and stakeholders to ensure end-to-end alignment with the deliverables.   

• Generate contractual deliverables and deliver them in compliance with the scope and timelines specified.   

• Support CMM MVP Backlog team during end-user interviews and customer journey map development by capturing input in government provided pre-defined templates.  

• Develop process maps utilizing Microsoft Visio to provide visual depiction of the business process flows as well as flows at the subprocesses with two-level depth.