SUMMARY:

• Over Nine years of diversified IT experience in complete software development life cycle process including System Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Implementation and documentation.
• Skilled in performing Gap analysis and Impact Analysis by identifying existing technologies, documenting the enhancements to meet the end - state requirements.
• Extensive experience in requirement elicitation techniques like JAD sessions, Document analysis, Prototyping, Reverse engineering , Brainstorming, Requirement workshop with users, subject matter experts (SME's) and business stakeholders.
• Excellent Analytical skills in understanding and identifying the Business process and conducting feasibility studies to develop Scope and Vision Document.
• Thorough understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and their variants viz. Waterfall, Agile, RUP.
• Experienced in tracking, documenting, mitigating and resolving Project Risks and Issues.
• In-depth working knowledge of C ost/benefit analysis.
• Experienced in writing Business Requirements Document (BRD) and Functional Requirements Document (FRD).
• Adept at creating and transforming business requirements into functional requirements and designing business models using UML diagrams - Context, Use Case, Sequence, Activity diagrams in MS Visio and Rational Rose.
• Excellent Experience in preparing Project related documents like Field Mapping, Requirement Traceability Matrix, Project Management Plan, Weekly/Daily Task Reports and Status Reports.
• Extensive experience in writing SQL Queries and in-depth knowledge of Database Management Systems.
• Strong experience in conversion and re-engineering project for Legacy applications.
• Experience in Release management.
• Strong experience in Scrum methodology and lead the scrum team as a Scrum Master.
• Excellent experience in Technical standards and processes.
• Proficient in interacting with Stakeholders, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs), System Analysts and Technical team with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Well versed in different management scenarios like Change Control, Quality Assurance, Defect Tracking, System Integration and Scheduling.
• Experienced with Manual as well as Automated Testing Strategies.
• Skilled in Unit/System/Integration/Regression/Smoke testing as well as Users Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Expertise in creating the Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts and efficiently prioritize and manage the defects using the Defect Tracking system.
• Experienced in training and mentoring team members with product knowledge and business processes.
• Strong experience in performance tuning.
• Outstanding organizational skills including ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage complex issues.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Methodologies: AGILE, Waterfall, RUP

Project Management tools: MS Project, Rational Requisite Pro, MS Visio, Jira, Rally, Pivotal Tracker, Confluence, SharePoint

Testing Tools: QTP, ClearCase, ClearQuest

Test Strategies: Integration, System, Regression, User-Acceptance, Black-Box, White-Box Testing, Functional, Manual

Databases: DB2 UDB 9.5, Oracle 10i, MS SQL Server

Documentation: MS Office (Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Washington DC

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Requirement gathering, creating Business Process flows and Business Process Modeling
• Interacted with the project team to define system objectives and scope, identified constraints and the measures of success for the system to be developed
• Facilitated JAD sessions with users, subject matter experts (SME) and other stakeholders to capture requirements; prepared and presented Business Requirement Document (BRD)
• Analyzed business requirements and segregated them into Use Cases. Created Use case diagrams, activity diagrams, Sequence Diagrams using Rational Rose according to UML methodology
• Created Screen Mockups using Visio
• Maintained various versions of the documents generated during the project
• Elicited requirements, groomed and documented User Stories with measurable acceptance criteria
• Created Project Charter and conducted walkthrough with the cross-functional teams to get sign-off on project scope
• Worked with Product owner to create and manage Epics, User Stories (acceptance criteria), Sub-tasks and story points
• Facilitated backlog grooming sessions with stakeholders including product owners, and technical leads to analyze system requirements
• Worked with the contact center team to integrate subscription bundling and payment capability features
• Liaised with finance and treasury teams to capture information associated with the new capabilities
• Worked with QA team to design test plan and test cases for system integration testing
• Protected the team from over-commitment, managed backlog, prioritized resolution of defects/bugs
• Assisted program team to capture project status, and ensured proper sign offs is obtained for all project documentation

Environment: Waterfall, Agile, Windows 2000, MS Office, MS Visio2010, DB2, JIRA, Confluence, Pivotal Tracker, SharePoint

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for handling the Sprint Planning, Sprint Finalization and Sprint Commitment meetings and maintaining the Product Backlog
• Responsible for elicitation and grooming of end user requirements into user stories
• Participated in sprint retrospective and worked with the Product Owner to determine the prioritization of Epics and User stories
• Participated in daily status meetings, iteration planning meetings and test-driven development
• Ensured quality control and client sign-off by arranging client reviews of the developed feature
• Analyzed and produced data mapping documentation
• Proficient in Change Management, Document Management and version control methods
• Coordinated with product owners to facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT), production rollouts, defects tracking and overall management of the project
• Validated test cases provide full coverage of requirements and participated in defect triage
• Facilitated Daily scrum meetings, spring planning, spring review, and spring retrospective
• Worked with Product Owner on artifacts such as Product Backlog, Spring Backlog, Sprint Burndown, and Release Burndown

Environment: Agile, Windows 2000, MS Office, MS Visio2010, Rally, JIRA, Pivotal Tracker, SharePoint

Confidential, DC

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Elicited requirements using interviews, document analysis, requirements workshops, business process descriptions, scenarios and workflow analysis
• Developed ‘as-is’ and ‘to-be’ process mapping
• Proactively communicated and collaborated with internal Stakeholders to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the needed artifacts (i.e., Project Charter document, Use cases, Wireframes/ Screen mock-ups and Requirements Traceability Matrix)
• Participated in product requirements review sessions with business; understand the assumptions, dependencies and constraints
• Managed meetings and facilitated projects by leading action item lists, schedules, status updates etc.
• Served as the conduit between the customer community and the software development team and supported requirements throughout design, development, testing, implementation and transition phases
• Worked as a SME responsible for creating and maintaining functional requirements to handle all the queries and concerns of development and testing teams
• Performed risk analysis and mitigation and managed requirements change control throughout project lifecycle
• Worked with parties across multiple functional and departmental boundaries to conduct process development sessions, negotiate issues, and reach consensus
• Used Agile methodology for the iterative development of the application and participated in weekly sprints and daily stand up meetings
• Worked closely with the Product owner to understand the Epics and decompose them into User Stories and maintained the Product Backlog
• Worked with the Scrum Master and the development team to identify and capture user stories to be included in the sprint
• Contributed in Sprint Planning, Review and Retrospective meetings to guide the project along its development process
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with the business team to validate accuracy of the enhancements being developed
• Conducted walkthrough and made presentations to the client and senior management

Environment: Waterfall, Agile, Windows 2000, MS Office, DOORS, Visio2010, DB2, Jira, Rally, Pivotal Tracker

Confidential, NYC

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Extensively worked on various trading applications, credit risk management systems, market risk and Asset management systems
• Lead the functional requirements gathering team in eliciting, verifying, organizing and documenting business, functional and non-functional requirements
• Worked directly with internal customers to understand the business environment and needs
• Extensively worked on version control and change control management
• Generated Traceability matrix for high-level requirements through detail-level requirements
• Provided user requirements analysis. Documented requirements using various tools, including Requisite Pro as directed
• Generated various business process workflows using Visio
• Run ad-hoc queries to provide data to users
• Generated various documents for project maintenance and documentation
• Generated clear business, technical, operational and user requirements using Rational RequisitePro and System Design Specifications
• Design strategies for capacity monitoring, short-term and long-term capacity planning
• Implement required security controls to meet audit requirements
• Collaborated with system architect and development leads to document all software changes necessary to meet the project requirements
• Standardize and document the naming conventions for file systems, instances for any new UDB applications

Environment: UML, Waterfall, Windows 2000, Oracle 9i, Rational Rose, ClearCase, ClearQuest, MS Office, Visio, DB2.