GOAL:

A results - driven, goal-focused, self-starter and detailed-oriented resourceful Business Analyst, withmore than 6 years of successful industry experience. A broad base of experience and knowledge to draw from that will assist companies in meeting their organizational objectives.

SUMMARY:

• Extensive experience working as a Business Analyst, Black Box Tester (QA), Project Coordinator/ Planner along with the skills of Business Processing and Modeling.
• Extensive experience to analyze and document business requirements and system functional specifications including use cases.
• Provided Traceability across the project by analysis and review of project elements involved in traceability including requirements, testing artifacts, End-user support documentation and materials.
• Formulated Test Plan and Test Cases based on the Design Document and User Requirement Document.
• Extensive experience in design, development, implementation and integration strategies within a team-oriented environment, utilizing quantitative and qualitative analytical skills.
• Proficient in customizing already existing business practices, workflows, activities and deliverables
• Experience in writing Request for Proposals (RFP), Statement of Work (SOW) and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).
• Proficient in creating Use Cases, Use Case Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Collaboration Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and Class Diagrams.
• Proficient in Object Oriented development processes and expertise in UML in implementing Use Case Model, Analysis Model, Design Model, Implementation Model, Use case Diagrams, and Class Diagrams using Rational Rose and MS Visio.
• Experienced in Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid methodologies
• Excellent people skills to foster environment that supports teamwork, with continuous improvement & innovation, with an excellent track record of meeting the corporate objective
• Ability to analyze issues, diagnose problems and participate in the development of appropriate responses using logical and critical thinking skills
• Effectively used strong communication skills resulting in meaningful discussions with Directors, Project Managers, Subject Matter Experts and Business Users
• Effectively worked with the application programming developers in communicating and clarifying requirements
• Experienced working in cross-functional team environments - offshore and onsite teams, with solid ability to establish credibility and excellent relationships with co-workers and clients utilizing interpersonal skills and positive attitude.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated JAD sessions between the business users and analytics tool vendors to understand the Business requirement documents.
• Acted as the primary liaison between Business and IT Development teams.
• Conducted detailed and comprehensive business analysis by working with the client, IT staff, supervisors, and end-users, in order to identify system and operational requirements and improvements in agile environment.
• Prepared reviewed and analyzed the Business Requirements documents, Functional Specification document of the core application and developed User stories.
• Understanding of the Commercial Lending process. Knowledge of Syndication, Participation, Loan Trading, and Multi-Currency lending
• Performed Integration, Functional and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Participated in all phases of the SDLC.
• Understood the AS IS system and developed the TO BE system concept and also prepared the System Process Maps.
• Designed the process flow diagrams for flow of information and reported creation process.
• Involved in defect review meeting and wrote product documents.
• Led and conducted JAD sessions for requirements gathering, analysis and design of the system.
• Created context and workflow models, information and business rule models, Use Case and Object Models during the analysis using rational tools.
• Prepared UAT Materials, including the UAT Process, UAT Test document that included step-by step process for UAT as well as all the tests that covered all requirements.
• Interacted with the users and logged the defects and enhancements from the BAT using HP ALM
• Involved in writing Test Cases, procedures, reports and approval of software release.
• Performed Root Cause Analysis and Impact Analysis to optimise functioning of the reporting tool by eliminating defects, reducing the risk and errors percentage.
• Wrote basic SQL statements to extract data from the Tables
• Created Requirement Traceability Matrix and mapped test cases according to requirements.
• Reported progress to management, reported bugs and did regression testing.
• Assisted execution of test data and test cases.

Environment: Microsoft visual Studio, C, Windows XP, HP Quality Center, QC, SQL, MS Office Suite and Guidewire.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in scope analysis, stakeholder analysis as a part of preparation for requirements gathering
• Gathered requirements through joint application development with focus groups and storyboarding
• Analyzed and documented differences between as-is and to-be models
• Helped project manager in feasibility analysis, business case and cost benefit analysis
• Documented requirements through Business Requirements Document (BRD) and use cases
• Worked on process modeling and data modeling using UML and MS Visio
• Facilitated and conducted requirements walkthrough sessions
• Held change request meetings and attained approvals from Change Control Board (CCB)
• Supported testing team in test plans, test cases and defect management
• Manage base code table changes in Loan IQ, including ensuring compliance with the global change control process.
• Knowledge of Loan IQ GL accounting
• Knowledge of Loan IQ table maintenance

Environment: MS Visio, Windows 2007, Software Planner, Mail Stream, Lotus Notes, LoanIQ

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

Lead Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Documented Business operating and business alignment deliverable for the project.
• Used cross functional diagrams for As Is & To Be Process models for the application.
• Interacted/interviewed with clients to determine user requirements and goals
• Utilize Rational Unified Process (RUP) to configure and develop processes, standards and created Business Requirement Document
• Analyze business requirements and segregated them into high level and low level Use Cases, Activity Diagrams/State Chart Diagrams
• Use Rational Rose according to UML methodology thus defining the data process modules
• Derived Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) based on User Requirement Specifications (URS)
• Understood and articulated the business requirements from user interviews and then converted them into technical specifications
• Interviewed subject matter experts and recorded the requirements in a format that can be reviewed and understood both by business and technical team
• Used SIPOC to make the process more efficient and prolific
• Worked on Dream weaver and html prototyping in order to enhance the online web system of the company
• Conducted JAD with the development team, testing team, and business team to fasten the project definition concept
• Created Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams using UML methods
• Coordinated work plan between the project manager and client with MS Project implemented and managed migration process, scheduled, and tracked progress for the team members of project until completion
• Conducted technical/non-technical presentations to the managements and workshops for the client
• Involved extensively in UAT to make sure everything looks good at the user end and meets the client expectation

Environment: Visual Basic, Windows NT, JavaScript, HTML, Oracle, Rational RequistePro, Rational Test Manager, Rational Robot, Rational ClearQuest.