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• . University Degree required, preferably in Business/Marketing and 2-3
  years of Business to Business experience in a marketing role, preferably
  in similar technology/industry.
  . Strong project management and organizational skills
  . Strong business skills (knowledge of economics and market dynamics).
  . Strong analytical, communication, interpersonal, negotiation,
  decision making and presentation skills.
  . Ability to multitask and thrive in a fast paced environment with a
  great attention to detail and accuracy
  . In depth knowledge of Microsoft Excel

 

Essentially it has explains the use of Microsoft business intelligence tools and their impact on achieving productivity at CHOP – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The hospital’s department of Pathology and laboratory medicine collects and analyzes the patient samples in specialized laboratories, needed to improve its data analysis and operational management process.

Since 1999 to until early 2008 the number specimen collected and analyzed has doubled and the hospital has an outdated and inefficient system in place according to Dr. Bryan Wolf, Pathologist-in-Chief, Chair, and Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at CHOP. Following issues are noted as follows;

Problem Areas

1- For example, technologists and pathologists used a laboratory-processing computer system from Meditech, which the department had installed in the late 1980s and have the following deficiencies.
2- Although, the old system was good at collecting the data but limited in turning the data in actionable information to make the organization efficient.
3- The old system was not able to facilitate data analysis to improving the productivity of the organization.
4- It was difficult to extract the useful data.
5- There was a Manual specimen collection process because many specialized laboratory have been consolidated but not all employees use the same process which resulted in slow method of specimen reporting information.
6- In addition to the above there was no way of checking employee performance and accountability.

Critical Success factor

In view of the above it was observed that old system was inefficient because of variations in specimen handling in every step resulting in significant avoidable delay. This deficiency was rooted out from the system by using business process management and business intelligence tools.

Solution

After consulting with various vendors the hospital used the services of USC consulting group
A Microsoft Certified Partners. In 2007 UCSG Group helped the COHP install a new integrated management solution based on Microsoft BI Technologies. Because of the new integrated system process of organizing and data distribution was streamlined.

The new solution at COHP named a LINCS – Lean Information Control System includes the user required enhance analysis and specimen data extraction from old system to SQL Server 2005. From there technologists and pathologists analyze and process data using MS Excel 2003 spreadsheet software, Microsoft Visio 2003 and third part tool lean view.

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The Business Analyst is responsible for providing clear guidance in business processes automation. The incumbent excels in the capacity of requirements gathering and analysis providing IT leadership. The incumbent plays a key role in support of business cases and projects through his expertise in the assigned business areas. The Business Analyst will also elicit, analyze, specify, and validate the business needs of project stakeholders, be they customers or end-users. This includes interviewing stakeholders and gathering and compiling user requirements to convey to development teams throughout the software lifecycle. This individual will also apply proven, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills to help support the development process, and to ensure that project deliverables are met according to specifications and help maximize the benefit of IT system investments.

KEY RESPONSABILITIES

1.     Senior person skilled and experienced primarily in business requirements gathering and analysis, and familiar with all phases of the system development lifecycle

2.     Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the underlying true needs
3.     Provide business leadership.
4.     Collaborate with developers and subject matter experts to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoffs between usability and performance needs.
5.     Perform project/problem resolution.
6.     Perform analysis and troubleshooting of support issues and determining solutions.
7.     Complete initial analysis for various customer requests, document and/or analyze business requirements, prepare cost estimates and proposals, design and develop solutions, and do quality assurance of the development process.
8.    Develop detailed functional, system and program specifications required for the implementation of business process changes or improvements, data analysis and the creation of reports.
9.     Produce process models and workflows, diagrams and data models.
10.   Design logical database structures.
11.   Troubleshoot problem areas related to database structures, stored procedure, database triggers, etc.
12.   Write and apply database scripts to development and system testing databases.
13.   Maintain revision control for database versions and scripts applied.
14.   Lead high-level design walkthroughs.
15.   Coordinate and facilitate requirements gathering sessions in an effort to elicit and document business system requirements.
16.   Document test plans.
17.   Develop test cases and execute test scripts.
18.   Documents technical specifications.
19.   Document handover documentation and perform training for first level Service Desk personnel .
20.   Produce analysis and design documents.
21.   Produce project plans and schedules for application systems development efforts for small and medium size projects.
22.   Produce Project Management deliverables.
23.   Liaison with software vendors for resolution of issues.
24.   Full understanding of business practices and concepts of the relevant business area.
25.   Act independently as the IT SME for business projects and/or new product initiatives assessing impacts on IT systems and processes.
26.   Perform other duties as assigned.
27.   As part of their work, employees must take all necessary measures to ensure their own health and safety, and that of their co-workers and the public in general.  They must use available personal protective equipment at all times, and comply with all Health & Safety instructions, guidelines, policies and procedures issued by the Company.
28.   Incumbents must be constantly aware that the execution of their work supports the ultimate goal of providing excellent  service to the Company’s current and potential customers, including internal customers.

ESSENTIAL QUALIFICATIONS
ACADEMIC TRAINING
·         University Degree (Bachelor minimum) 
WORK EXPERIENCE
·         Minimum of 8 – 10 years experience in Information Technology in all phases of the

systems development lifecycle

·         Minimum of five (5) years experience in business processes automation projects.
·         Minimum of five (5) years experience in systems analysis including requirements definition, feasibility studies, cost  estimates, proposals, design, development, quality assurance, user acceptance testing and implementation.
SPECIFIC COMPETENCIES
·         Strong analytical and product management skills required, including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements

Project Management proficiency

Exhibits confidence and an extensive knowledge of emerging industry practices when solving business problems.
Possesses understanding in the areas of application programming, database and system design
Knowledge of the telecommunications industry
Excellent oral and written communication skill
Excellent interpersonal, communication and organizational skills.
Effective analytical and planning skills.

What is process analysis? A process can be defined as “a logical series of related transactions that converts input to results or output” (Andersen 1999). The process we are considering is a “business process,” which can be defined as “a chain of logical connected, repetitive activities that utilizes the organization’s resources to refine an object for the purpose of achieving specified and measurable results or products for internal or external customers.” Some UCF examples include the processing of an application, the development of class schedules, and the budgeting process.

Process analysis is an approach that helps managers improve the performance of their business activities. It can be a milestone in continuous improvement (Trischler 1996). At UCF, our analysis approach consists of the following steps: (1) definition of the scope and the objectives of the study, (2) documentation of the status quo and definition of performance measures, (3) assessment and performance evaluation, and (4) development of recommendations.

The process of performing a variety of tests on a system to explore functionality or to identify problems. System testing is usually required before and after a system is put in place. A series of systematic procedures are referred to while testing is being performed. These procedures tell the tester how the system should perform and where common mistakes may be found. Testers usually try to “break the system” by entering data that may cause the system to malfunction or return incorrect information. For example, a tester may put in a city in a search engine designed to only accept states, to see how the system will respond to the incorrect input.

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Abstract – Trends in business intelligence, e-commerce and remote access make it necessary and practical to store data in different ways on multiple systems with different operating systems. As business evolve and grow, they require efficient computerized solution to perform data update and to access data from diverse
enterprise business applications.

The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the capability of DTS [1] as a database solution for automatic data transfer and update in solving business problem. This DTS package is developed for the sales of variety of plants and eventually expanded into commercial supply and landscaping business.

Dimension data modeling is used in DTS package to extract, transform and load data from heterogeneous database systems such as MySQL, Microsoft Access and Oracle that consolidates into a Data Mart residing in SQL Server. Hence, the data transfer from various databases is scheduled to run automatically every quarter of the year to review the efficient sales analysis. Therefore, DTS is absolutely an attractive solution for automatic data transfer and update which meeting today’s business needs.

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