SUMMARY

An innovative, ardent and detail oriented Business Analyst with comprehensive knowledge and experience of Software Development Life Cycle{SDLC}, effective in taking an holistic approach to rigorous and detailed Requirement Gathering and Analysis, Design, Development, Testing and Implementation phases.Proficient in managing stakeholders and documenting business requirements, while transforming them into functional requirements and maintain an effective cross - functional communication tool through designing data and business models using UML- Unified Modeling Tools- Business Use Case, Use Case Diagram, Sequence. Activity Context and Data Flow Diagrams .

TECHNICAL SKILLS

METHODOLOGIES: SCRUM, AGILE, RALLY, SDLC, WATERFALL.

PROCESS TOOLS: CALIBER RM, DOORS, RATIONAL REQUISITEPRO 2001, REQPRO REQUIREMENTS, REQUIREMENT MANAGEMENT TOOL. TRACKING TOOLS HP QUALITY CENTER, SHAREPOINT,JAVA, SNAG IT

MICROSOFT OFFICE: WORD, EXCEL, ACCESS, OUTLOOK,POWERPOINT, MS VISIO.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

BUSINESS SYSTEM ANALYST

Confidential, ELKRIDGE MD.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Information System and Human Resource colleagues to develop requirements, evaluate and recommend solutions.
• Function as part of a small team that serves as the primary application functional support for process, transaction, and system inquires.
• Provide support for HRMS problems, but not limited to, weekly time sensitive payroll data entry, researching{root cause} and resolving HRSM problems, unexpected results or process flaws {break fix}, perform scheduled activities, recommend solutions or alternate methods to meet business requirements.
• Gathered functional and NonFunctional Requirements based on interactions with process owners & Stakeholders.
• Lead the effort to effectively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements as well as deliver the following artifacts as needed: Functional Requirements Documents, Business Requirements Documents, Use Cases, Process Flow diagrams, GUI Interface designs {Mock-up screens}.
• Responsible for Requirements gathering, scope Analysis, designing and reviewing BRD.
• Conducted Joint Application Development {JAD} sessions to develop an architectural solution that the application meets the business requirements, resolve open issues.
• Administered Requirements Change Request Process {RCR} for effectively managing all SCR'S.
• Created Process Flow Charts and UML diagrams, using MS VISIO.
• Followed Agile Methodologies for certain applications .
• Created Business Requirements Documents and Use Cases and conducted walk through with the business owners and took sign- offs.
• Collaborate with developers and Subject Matter Experts {SMEs} to establish the technical vision and analyze tradeoff between usability and performance needs.
• Assisted in developing test plans, test cases, and performed User Acceptance Testing { UAT}.

BUSINESS ANALYST

Confidential, ELKRIDGE, MD.

Responsibilities:

• Created business models processes to capture project advantage after implementation.
• Analyzed customer 's needs and determined requirements to anticipate and resolve issues and find solutions by means of automated systems.
• Participated in JAD sessions with project stakeholders for defining business requirements for various systems redesigns.
• Coordinated and /or modified user requirements in terms of existing and projected computer capacity and capabilities.
• Gathered business requirements from business users and allocated proper resource for project
• Participated in testing current system to benchmark against newer redesigned system.
• Developed and documented business Requirements, Technical Requirements, Test Plans, and Test Cases for the Image processing application{IPS}.
• Help facilitate the solution selection in the decision making process and provided the necessary information to enable the business to make an informed decision.

BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS ANALYST

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Served a conduit between the customer community {internal and external customer} and the software development team through which requirements flow.
• Acted as a liaison between business and technical team to obtain detailed functional, Business requirements, User requirements, business rules, that will help make system development easier for the technical team.
• Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts,
• decompose high -level information into details, abstract up from low -level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user request from the underlying true needs.
• Provided reports on the project schedule to the project manager, as well as supporting other team members to ensure project success.
• Supported configuration management team with software release information or enhancements ; managed and maintained all project artifacts.
• Used SDLC{System Development Life Cycle}Methodologies like RUP and waterfall.
• Independently interacted regularly with clients of varying associate /management levels to gather and analyze business requirements and interpret business needs and issues in order to design solutions that will solve technical and or business issues.
• Planned and conducted meeting including, but not limited to application development sessions, fit gap analysis sessions, design reviews, documentation reviews etc.
• Conducted frequent presentations to clients and IPS Management and other personnel to present alternative path to business solutions.
• Created Requirement {Traceability Matrix} using application lifecycle management. {ALM}