Scrum Master/business Systems Analyst Resume
MarylanD
SUMMARY:
- More than 7 years of IT experience in Business Analysis, Product Management, Business Process Modeling and Re - engineering
- Experienced in full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Agile-Scrum, and Waterfall development methodologies
- Several years of experience in eliciting, analyzing, specifying and verifying Business and Functional requirements, performing GAP Analysis and creating other project artifacts
- Expertise in using Unified Modeling Language (UML) to create Business, System Process Flows, Business Object diagrams etc.
- As a lead Business Analyst, facilitated Joint Application Development (JAD), Joint Application Requirements (JAR), Backlog grooming and Sprint Planning sessions with the scrum teams, management, SMEs, users and other stakeholders
- Coordinated between various project teams (development, testing, business) during all the SDLC phases
- Ability to work with all levels within an organization including senior executives, managers, front lines, corporate and technical staff
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Languages: C++/C#, .Net, Java
Databases: SQL Server 2005/2010, Oracle 8i/9i/10g
Operating Systems: Windows95/98/NT/2000/XP/7, UNIX, Linux
Office Suites: MS Office Suite, Adobe Acrobat, SharePoint
Workflow Tools: Version One, Balsamiq, Axure, MS Visio, IBM Rational RequisitePro, Clarity
Testing Tools: Rational Team Concert (RTC), Rational Quality Manager (RQM)
Methodologies: Agile-Scrum, Waterfall
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Confidential, Maryland
Scrum Master/Business Systems Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Interacted with the product owner and stakeholders to understand the business processes, existing issues and their long term vision
- Educated and reinforced scrum methodologies to the team members and the key stakeholders
- Advised the product owner and management in planning out optimal sprints
- Performed impact analysis, risk analysis and mitigation meetings
- Facilitated the Backlog Grooming sessions with stakeholders and the scrum team to prioritize the backlog and create granular detailed user stories
- Facilitated the various Scrum ceremonies - Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint Demo/Review & Retrospective
- Performed Capacity Planning in order to efficiently conduct Sprint Planning sessions
- Removed impediments to enable the team deliver sprint goals and deliverables
- Analyzed and communicated the team progress to the management through Burndown charts
- Facilitated Requirements Gathering sessions with the customer to create the BRDs
- Created Use Cases and Requirements Tractability Matrix (RTM) to identify, clarify, and organize system requirements
- Developed business process flow diagrams to assist the stakeholders in understanding the requirements
- Designed prototypes and mockups to facilitate the User Story Clarification sessions
- Analyzed business data to create financial, statistical, and management reports
Environment: .NET 4.5, Version One, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Team Concert, Requisite Pro, Axure RP Pro 6.5, Balsamiq, MS Visio, MS Office, SQL Server 2012, SharePoint
Confidential
Business Systems Analyst
Responsibilities:
- Shadowed the FFM caseworkers to comprehend their business processes and day to day agency operations
- Facilitated interactive sessions with stakeholders and SME’s to determine the scope and vision of the project
- Interviewed and conducted one on one sessions with subject matter experts to gather detailed requirements
- Led intensive requirements gathering sessions to meet aggressive deadlines
- Produced the Function Requirements Document and the Business Design Specification document
- Used power point presentations for conducting walkthroughs with the stakeholders
- Closely interacted with the technical team to understand the application functionality and navigational flow and keep them updated with the business user’s requests
- Conducted daily defect status meetings with the UAT, development, and system testing teams
- Prepared training material and conducted training session to the agency caseworkers
Environment: Java, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Team Concert, PicPick, Balsamiq, MS Visio, MS Office, Oracle
Confidential, Maryland
Business Systems Analyst
Responsibilities:- Facilitated brainstorming sessions with the business, project managers and development lead to define the scope of project
- Analyzed project Task Orders to determine scope, assumptions and constraints
- Served as a lead for the elicitation, clarification, and the documentation of the Client requirements
- Assisted the product owner in creation of the user stories
- Used UML to create business process workflow diagrams
- Captured meeting minutes
- Conducted meetings to create and implement test plans and test cases
- Validated defects
- Performed conflict resolutions between the scrum team and the product owner
Environment: Version One, .NET 4.5, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Team Concert, Requisite Pro, Snagit, MS Visio, MS Office, SQL Server 2012