Technical Business Analysis

Business–IT bridge with delivery ownership

Martin Schneider – Technical Business Analysis
  • Eliciting, structuring and prioritising requirements with business and engineering
  • Translating process and product needs into technically feasible solution options
  • Making dependencies, risks and trade-offs visible for decision-ready foundations
  • Facilitating alignment between stakeholders, product and delivery teams
  • Validating scope early — including controlled no-go when the business case does not hold

Quick Facts

Focus
Technical business analysis & requirements
Location
Lucerne (CH), available nationally
Work model
Remote / Hybrid / On-site
Availability
immediately (flexible)
Capacity
80–100%
Languages
German (native), English & Spanish (business fluent)

Work permit: Switzerland (unrestricted)

My understanding of technical business analysis

Clarity, feasibility & decision-making

Clarity
Make requirements decision-ready
Sharpen scope, acceptance criteria and priorities so teams can deliver with less friction.
Feasibility
Business need meets technical reality
Evaluate options with effort, risk and value — not wish lists without an implementation frame.
Ownership
From discovery to delivery handover
Hand over outcomes so implementation, UAT and go-live stay connected.

What I take on as a technical BA

From requirements to decision-ready solutions

Discovery & problem framing

Clarify context, users/stakeholders and business goals before solutions are built.

Requirements structure & prioritisation

Sharpen epics/user stories, acceptance criteria and priorities so delivery becomes plannable.

Solution options & trade-offs

Compare technical and business options including effort, risk and value.

Business–IT alignment

Workshops and decision briefs that bring business and engineering onto the same scope.

Scope validation & go/no-go

Test assumptions early; stop in a controlled way when the business case does not hold.

Handover into delivery

Clear work packages, dependencies and acceptance logic for implementation and UAT.

Methods & tools

For structured analysis, alignment and handover into delivery

Requirements engineeringUser stories & acceptance criteriaProcess analysisPrioritisationStakeholder workshopsDecision briefsJiraConfluenceMiroScrum/Kanban

References from the collaboration

From collaboration in delivery and platform ownership

Jaran Mellerud - Chief Executive Officer Albacore Technologies - Hashlabs

Martin played an important role at the interface between management, engineering, operations, and external stakeholders. He helped us bring structure to complex platform and operations topics, supported the development of our engineering team, and created clear decision-making materials around priorities, risks, resources, and implementation options. What stood out was his ability to translate technical platform challenges into management-relevant decisions while keeping business goals and operational stability in focus. Martin was a reliable, structured, and trusted partner throughout our collaboration.

Jaran Mellerud
Chief Executive Officer
Albacore Technologies - Hashlabs
Peter Butschan - Senior Produktmanager OTTO (GmbH & Co KG)

Ich habe mit Martin 1,5 Jahre in einem agilen cross-funktionalen Team bei OTTO zusammengearbeitet. Wir verantworten einen sehr wichtigen Teil des live-Shops und arbeiten mit einer Vielzahl live-kritischer Teams direkt zusammen. Martin war bei uns in einer Rolle mit technischer Verantwortung und Delivery-Fokus eingesetzt. Die Zusammenarbeit mit ihm empfand ich als sehr wertvoll. Er lieferte inhaltlich ab, war ein toller Sparringspartner, half an jeder Stelle, konzipierte Lösungen, setzte sie um, fixte Bugs und war immer einer der ersten, der sich meldete, wenn ein Freiwilliger gesucht wurde. Martin war ein großer Fan unseres Teams, wobei sich sein Enthusiasmus von Beginn bis zum Ende des Einsatzes durchzog. Er war immer gut erreichbar und ansprechbar. Kulturell schaffte er in schwierigen Zeiten durch seine angenehm ruhige Art eine wichtige Balance im Team. Mit großer Motivation stürzte er sich in längere Umbauten und zog diese bis zum Ende durch. Dabei konnte er z.B. sein SEO-Know-How einbringen und sprach sich ohne Betreuung mit Kollegen aus anderen Teams ab. Es war eine super Zeit, gerne wieder!

Peter Butschan
Senior Produktmanager
OTTO (GmbH & Co KG)

Core competencies

Technically grounded analysis at the business–IT interface

Requirements engineering
Eliciting, sharpening and prioritising requirements — including acceptance criteria, dependencies and clear scope boundaries.
Solution options & feasibility
Translating business needs into technically feasible options and preparing trade-offs for decisions.
Stakeholder alignment
Aligning business, product and engineering on shared goals and realistic delivery packages.

Need a technically grounded business analysis?

Happy to discuss how I can structure requirements and drive decisions between business and IT.