SUMMARY:

• Over 6 years of professional experience as Business Analyst with solid understanding of Business Requirement Gathering, Business Process Flow and Business Analysis.
• Actively participated in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodology in large application development projects.
• Expertise in preparing Business Requirements Document (BRD), Epics, User Stories, Use Case Specifications and Functional Specifications Document (FSD).
• Wrote “ as is - to be ” documents for process re engineering projects for functional requirement.
• Experience in techniques with Unified Modeling Language using Flow charts, Use Cases, Class diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Activity diagrams to extract business process flows and workflows.
• Worked extensively in conducting GAP analysis, SWOT analysis and Cost benefit analysis .
• Create design documents such as process flow diagrams using MS Visio and Balsamiq.
• Worked with defect tracking tools like JIRA and Quality Center .
• Created Test Cases with the assistance of QA Lead.
• Involved in generating test cases, test scripts and resolving User Acceptance Testing (UAT) issues by communicating with QA team.
• Strong experience in manual testing of applications and knowledge of Win Runner and QTP.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, technically competent and result-oriented with problem solving skills and ability to work independently and use sound judgment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Methodologies: Waterfall, Unified Modeling Language(UML), SDLC, Scrum .

Change Management Tools: Rational Requisite Pro, BluePrint, JIRA,Confluence.

Business Process Modeling Tools: Microsoft VISIO,Balasmiq

Databases: Oracle 9i/10g, MS SQL Server 7.0/2000.

MS Office: MS Project, MS Access, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, MS Outlook, Lotus notes.

Programming Languages: Structured Query Language (SQL),PL/SQL, SQL Server Query Studio

Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/2007, MS DOS

Domain: Loan Origination (Mortgage), Point of Sale, Financial and Credit bureaus

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Alpharetta,GA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Used the Agile Methodology as part of the various phases of the SDLC.
• Collaborated with different teams to gather the requirement and worked as a Product Owner.
• Strong leadership role in conducting Requirements sessions and developed the User Stories, Epics and User Acceptance criteria.
• Used JIRA to manage the requirements and Updated Documents in Confluence.
• Evaluated and analyzed the data flow to create efficient solutions.
• Updated Data Mapping-Data Modeling in Confluence.
• Involved in Migration project for Gap Analysis.
• Validated data flow between XML format and JSON format.

Confidential, Saint Petersburg,FL

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Used the Agile Methodology and Waterfall Methodology as part of the various phases of the SDLC.
• Strong leadership role in conducting JAD sessions and developed the Business Requirements Document (BRD) and Functional Requirement Document (FRD), User Stories.
• Worked with the product Owner to gather the requirements.
• Used Rational Requisite Pro to manage the requirements.
• Created User-Interface, mock-ups of Mobile apps in Balsamiq.
• Created a check list for Requirements Traceability matrix to trace all requirements from BRD.
• Used JIRA tool for reporting and tracking bugs.
• Interacted with developers and QA team and provide updates to Project Manager on weekly status.
• Execute and evaluated test cases/ test procedures based on detailed functional and non-functional requirements.
• Trained end-users on User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and facilitated meetings for performance of UAT.

Confidential, Tampa, FL

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Used Waterfall Methodology as part of the various phases of the SDLC.
• Strong leadership role in conducting JAD sessions and developed the Business Requirements Document (BRD).
• Prepared the Functional Requirement Document (FRD).
• Documented the current process, suggested future state process improvement, identified bottlenecks and modeled current and future state processes.
• Created User-Interface, mock-ups of LOS screens in MS Visio.
• Worked on SQL query to retrieve data from SQL Server databases.
• Creation of positive and negative test cases to thoroughly test workflow.
• Used Quick Test pro for automated testing reporting and tracking defects and bugs.
• Assisted Project Manager in Project Management update and controlling to ensure on time delivery using MS Project.
• Used Microsoft Office Project for scheduling (GANTT, PERT charts) and resource allocation and also tracked the critical path to ensure timely delivery and execution.

Confidential, Agoura Hills, CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Used the Waterfall as part of the various phases of the SDLC.
• Conducted JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspectives with each other, resolve any issues and come to an agreement quickly.
• Interacted with business and created High Level Document (HLD) and Low Level Document (LLD) documents.
• Wrote as is- to be documentation for data mapping and conversion process.
• Created a check list for Requirements Traceability matrix to trace all requirements from BRD.
• Worked on SQL query to retrieve data from SQL Server databases.
• Worked on Entity relationship modeling as part of the project.
• Used HP Quality Center to report and track bugs internally and with the client.
• Interacted with QA team and was involved in the preparation and documentation of Test Plan.
• Created Service Level agreements (SLA) for Main table between the SOR and created user manuals for to guide users.

Confidential, Los angelas, CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspectives with each other, resolve any issues and come to an agreement quickly.
• Gathered Business Requirements, analyzed data/workflows, and defined the scope and Cost/Benefit analysis.
• Interviewed Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Stakeholders to develop detailed step by step use cases for functionality and process flow.
• Created wire-frames of Front-End design for the credit card application.
• Followed the Unified Modeling Language based methods using Rational Rose to create Use Case Diagrams, Activity and Sequence Diagrams.
• Created Requirements Traceability matrix.
• Wrote as is- to be documentation for data mapping and conversion process.
• Wrote Use Cases for preparation of the Functional Requirements Specification document.
• Wrote SQL queries to extract data from Oracle databases and performed data analysis.
• Wrote Test Cases for functional testing of the application.
• Participated in performing Integration and Regression Testing for the project.