SUMMARY:

• Expert in managing the requirements cycle of the software development of different SDLC models, including the Agile Scrum/ Kandan, Iterative Life Cycle, and Waterfall Methodology with over 6 years of experience delivering enterprise wide projects through multiple release cycles. Strong communication skills, extensive experience for ­­­­documents and system design documentations.
• Strong analytical and research techniques to identify gaps and inconsistencies within current measurement tools, ­­meetings and gathering system requirements for web application development. Excellent analytical skills to understand the business process and functionality, business, and functional requirements and to translate them to system requirement specifications.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Business Methodology, SDLC Models: Agile Scrum/Kanban, Waterfall, and Iterative Life Cycle

Unified Modeling Language: Ms Visio, Rational Rose, Star UML

Project Management Software: Ms Project, Ms Suite, PowerPoint, Ms Outlook

Requirements Management: Rational Requisite Pro, Doors Software, SharePoint, MS Excel

Change Management, Bug Tracking Tools: Rational Clear Quest, HP Quality Center, JIRA, Bugzilla

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Business Analyst

• Developing functional and non functional requirements in an Agile Methodoly with writing user stories working very close with team members, clients and steakholders to ensure the requirements meets the clients expectation.
• Analyzing and prioritizing user and business requirements as system requirements that must be included while developing the software elaboration phase.
• Following UML based methods using Microsoft Visio to prepare data flow diagrams, use case diagrams, activity diagrams, and sequence diagrams.
• Performed extensive GAP analysis to identify the business rules and determine the risks and assisted the project manager in budget and resource planning.
• Implementing traceability matrix and user requirement specification document, verifing the functionality coverage and maintaining the traceability matrix in HP Quality Center. Prepared requirements traceability using Rational RequisitePro.
• Participating in defect review meetings with the team members. Working closely with the project manager to record, track, prioritize and close bugs. Using JIRA to maintain versions between various stages of SDLC.

Environment: Agile Scrum Methodoly, JIRA, Microsoft Office Suite, Windows 10, Ms Excel, Ms Word, SharePoint

Confidential

IT Business Analyst - Retail Industry Sector

• Successfully used Agile Scrum Method for gathering requirements and facilitated user stories workshop, attended meetings with clients, management team, and developers to discuss major defects found during testing, enhancement issues, and future design modifications.
• Business analysis experience includes elicitation through conducting JAD sessions, requirements gathering, documentation including BRD, SRD, Traceability Matrix, RACI Matrix and diagramming data and process mapping using use cases, activity diagrams, compiling project plans to include resources, deliverables, requirements, milestones.
• Identified and resolved impediments, tracked progress, worked with the product owner to groom the product backlog, facilitated release planning, delivered high quality tested software with Agile teams
• Initiated the UAT, client acceptance testing, interface testing and regression testing before the release of the product.
• Worked closely with SMEs by conducting JAD sessions to allow stakeholders to communicate their perspectives, resolve issues, and reach agreements. Identified and analyzed the core requirements and key features of the ongoing project.

Environment: Agile Kanban Framework, Ms Visio, JIRA, HP Quality Center, Ms Office, Doors Software

Confidential

Junior IT Business Analyst/ Project Coordinator

• Participated in full project life cycle, including gathering user requirements, screen and report design, implementation, roll out and ongoing support.
• Extensive experience in facilitating user group meetings and gathering system requirements for web application development
• Prepared use cases, software requirement specifications, and software design document.
• Translated the business needs into system requirements, communicating with the business on a non-technical level, and with the system analyst on a more technical level.
• Prepared business requirements document and then converted business requirements into functional requirements and non-functional requirements using Rational RequisitePro.
• Produced project documentation including functional and non-functional requirements, project plans and teamwork assignments. Directed and monitored work efforts on a daily basis, identified resource needs, performed quality review and escalated functional, quality, and timeline issues appropriately.

Environment: Waterfall Development, Rational Request Pro, Rational Clear Quest, Bugzilla, SharePoint, Ms Visio

Confidential

Project Coordinator/ Junior Business Analyst

• Updated necessary tracking systems to ensure that project and program status is maintained with complete accuracy, including third party management systems.
• Created and distributed correspondence relevant to the team, project and program internal and external.
• Assisted with administrative preparation for various meetings, communicated all issues to management prior to reaching critical status.
• Developed and maintained accurate and complete files for projects and programs and continues to monitor for integrity and completeness.
• Provided ad hoc reports as requested. Issued vendor POs as needed, various office management functions such as supply ordering, package shipment, event coordination, office vendor coordination and payments.
• Created and worked within various Micrasoft Excel spreadsheets as well as business letters and documents in Microsft Word.

Environment: Iterative life cycle, Ms Project, Ms Excel, SharePoint, StarUML, Ms Suite, Ms Outlook.