SUMMARY:

• An experienced Sr. Business Analyst in delivering business/system requirements within various software development lifecycle environments, ranging from pure waterfall to highly agile environments. As a solution provider, have worked extensively with business community to perform business process analysis, reengineering, data analysis, User accepting testing and business architecture as well as with implementation team to manage and deliver high quality software requirements across multiple business domains. Excellent communication and collaboration skills and ability to speak knowledgeably with members of both the business and implementation teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SDLC Environments: Agile, Scrum, Hybrid (mix of waterfall and agile), Waterfall, Rational Unified Process (RUP), and Joint Application Development (JAD).

Business Process Modeling (BPM) Tools: MS Visio, Rational Software Modeler, IBM Web Sphere Business Modeler and Appian (BPMN).

UML Tools: Rational Rose, Software Modeler, MS Visio.

Requirements Management Tools: Rational Requisite Pro, Dynamic Object Oriented Requirements System (DOORS), Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), JIRA.

Requirements Documents: Business Architecture Models, Requirements Management Plan, Business Process Maps, Business Requirements Document, Functional Requirements Document, Business/System Use Cases, User Stories, Business Rules Document, System Requirements Specification, Supplementary Specification Document, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM), Mockups, and Wireframes.

Project Management: Project Scheduling, Work Breakdown Structure(WBS), Earned Value Management(EVM), Project Management Plan(PMP), Project Scope Document, Project Charter.

Office Tools: MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Access).

PM Tools: MS Project, Basecamp.

Languages: Java, J2EE, SQL, Java Script, C++, C#, HTML, XML, CSS, Unix/Linux.

RDBMS: SQL, Oracle 11g/10gi, MSSQL Server, InformEnt Warehouse Architecture.

Configuration and Change Management: Rational Clear Case, Serena Version Manager, Subversion (SVN), Serena Business Manager (SBM), Microsoft SharePoint.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Business Analyst/UAT

Confidential, VA

Responsibilities:

• Reviewed the Business/ Functional/ System Requirement Specs, High Level Design Documents, Detailed Design Documents and Requirement Matrix.
• Involved in gathering requirements, developing test plan, designing the test steps, writing test cases and running test scripts using HP ALM.
• Documented test cases and expected results.
• Ensured the appropriate parties review and sign - off on test cases prior to test execution.
• Responsible for conducting user Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Exported test cases from Excel and requirements from MS Word to HP ALM.
• Imported and exported data from and to Excel to and from HP ALM
• Developed test case from the Business use case and developed test plans as per the functional design document.
• Performed database testing using SQL, executed various DDL and DML statements.
• Regularly interacted with Developers to discuss various problems and issues.
• Worked in a fast paced, collaborative team environment
• Motivated self-starter with strong desire to learn and grow your technical and functional skill sets
• Demonstrated flexibility and willingness to do what it takes to get the job done
• Strong presentation, communication (written and verbal) skills and interpersonal skills
• Effectively communicates the feasibility of requested deliverables and timelines to the Manager, internal Business, and Project Stakeholders.
• Was able to build proficiency in the application and use of tools within the department.

Business/Data Analyst

Confidential, MD

Responsibilities:

• Led and facilitated data analysis meetings with Action SMEs, Fiserv data warehouse systems LoanServ and InformEnt SMEs, impacted downstream system stakeholders, development and testing team.
• Steered requirements meetings during business requirements gathering sessions across multiple stakeholder groups (product owner, SMEs, and process owners).
• Coordinated work among team members and managed project deliverables like Data mapping spreadsheets, downstream systems feeds and field level mapping spreadsheets using MS Excel and through regular meeting with internal stakeholders.
• Attended the training provided by Fiserv’s Data Warehouse system called InformEnt Warehouse Architecture and InformEnt Power Share Security Manager.
• Actively engaged in analyzing, troubleshooting and documenting business requirements, field level mapping and impacted downstream systems.
• Conducted data analysis and data mapping of fields and advised developers.
• Performed analysis on field to field transformation from Action to LoanServ and LoanServ to InformEnt with LoanServ SME’s.
• Helped in gathering requirements and guiding development teams to develop the project based on the client requirements.

Sr. Business Analyst

Confidential, MN

Responsibilities:

• Worked closely with the Product Owners to understand the product vision / roadmap and translated that into a product backlog.
• Conducted product backlog grooming sessions with the product owner and the implementation team.
• Created and managed product backlog of clearly defined and prioritized Features, Epics and user stories. Authored user stories along with acceptance criteria.
• Created wireframes for the user stories using Balsamiq tool.
• As part of sprint planning, conducted workshops to assist the implementation team to determine the user story points.
• Supported sprint team during the execution from requirements perspective.
• Facilitated retrospective meetings at the end of each sprint.

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Assisted Client to document the business case and vision document for the project.
• Assisted lead business analyst in mapping ‘Conceptual Model’ of the solution.
• Created a ‘Business Process Directory’ for MMIS module. This captured the ‘Current State’ as well as ‘Future State’ of the business.
• Engaged the business and implementation team throughout the project to ensure quality work products are delivered.
• Created UML-based work products like use case diagrams, activity diagrams, state chart diagrams. Also, authored multiple system use cases to capture the detailed system level specifications.
• Since the project was to be delivered as a web-based solution, as against client-server, documented the non-functional requirements as part of supplementary specification document.
• Assisted team lead in ‘User Acceptance Testing’. Documented the future requirements, issues, concerns raised by the SMEs.

Business Analyst

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Created a ‘Business Process Directory’ for claims processing module. This captured the ‘Current State’ as well as ‘Future State’ of appx 15 claim processes and sub-processes.
• Engaged the business and implementation team throughout the project to ensure quality work products are delivered.
• Created UML-based work products like use case diagrams, activity diagrams, state chart diagrams. Also, authored multiple system use cases to capture the detailed system level specifications.
• Since the project was to be delivered as a web-based solution, as against client-server, documented the non-functional requirements as part of supplementary specification document.