SUMMARY

• Seven years of progressive experience in application development environment, using techniques, principle, methodology and practices of SDLC, Requirement Eliciting, Requirement Analysis and developing requirement documents. Experience in creating business and technical process, use case development, use case visual modeling, comps, wireframes, functional and non - functional SRS and user management. Extensive experience in Agile requirement techniques, writing stories using UX, ATDD (Acceptance Test Driven Development and BDD (Behavior Driven Development approaches
• Experience in requirement gathering and analysis using multiple techniques. Developing software development utilizing iterative process such as Agile/Scrum, and Rational Unified Process and Waterfall. Proven record to manage change requirements, requirement validation, prioritization and scope
• Facilitated Joint Requirement Development Sessions (JRD). Ability to capture user experience (UX) and manage users’ and stakeholders’ expectations. Ability to compose list of requirement to define measureable goals
• Proven ability to define description of the behavior of the system to be developed. It includes Prototypes, Use Cases and Software Requirement Specification (Functional and Non-Functional). Experience in UCD and cross functional environment.
• Experience with supporting and tracking projects. Ability to identify and analyze risks and develop mitigation strategy to minimize or eliminate risks. Perform measurements by collecting and analyzing project data
• Leadership ability to problem solving, decision making, team building and negotiating across cross functional teams. Ability to learn and adopt new technologies and their implementations
• Strong Analytical Skills, Requirements & Elicitation, Financial Reporting Analysis, Portal Implementation, Work Flow & Gap Analysis, Full SDLC Experience

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Database: SQL

O/S: Windows95/98, WinNT/2000, Windows XP

Applications: Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, Outlook

Tools: MS Project, Visio2000, Rational Rose, Quality Center, JIRA

Business: Use Case Analysis, Business Process Analysis and Design, Functional Requirement Analysis, Project Management, Workflow Analysis and Design, Forecasting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Create the fundamental documentation necessary for Mobile Web & Mobile App projects to be technically developed and tested
• Ensures all requirements (both new & revised) are housed within the requirements repository
• Manage all requirements change requests, ensures all requirements are written to a quality standard
• Perform Project planning activities and participate in status updates
• Create CRD - Consolidated Requirements Documents
• Foster Agile principles and methods for requirement gathering
• Managed change requirement and track changes through related documents for internal clients
• Worked with Cross Functional teams to create and develop software requirement specifications in Agile Scrum environment
• Proactively Track and ensure that project timelines
• Work with QA team to assist them in testing documents
• Perform CRD reviews

Confidential, Fairfield, CT

Agile Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Writing concise and effective User Stories. Define precise and accurate User Story acceptance criteria that will be used by developers, provide estimates, automation test frameworks and by product owners to insure that product owner intent is effectively captured
• Gather requirements for IT development projects by conducting interviews, work flow analysis, process analysis, and observation sessions
• Interface with all levels of internal clients and analyzing current business and software development processes
• Facilitate and clarify customer business needs and translating them into application and operational requirements
• Conduct client reviews of software under development, ensuring client satisfaction
• Foster Agile principles and methods for requirement gathering
• Transform MRD (Marketing Requirement Document) and BRD (Business Requirement Document) to Agile base Epic and User Stories.
• Facilitated multiple Fusion Sessions and created the product backlog
• Manage Product Backlog and participate in Sprint and Release Planning

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Wrote concise and effective User Stories
• Defined precise and accurate User Story acceptance criteria that will be used by developers, automation test frameworks and by product owners to insure that product owner intent is effectively captured
• Foster Agile principles and methods for requirement gathering
• Managed change requirement and track changes through related documents for internal clients
• Performed requirement and variance analysis of Financial and Sales Systems
• Developed Use Cases and Use Case Diagrams of the Requirements
• Worked with Cross Functional teams to create and develop software requirement specifications in Agile Scrum environment
• Proactively Track and ensure that project timelines
• Managed plan and coordinated the project schedule and track progress
• Manage Change Requirement and communicate any impact that may apply to the team and stakeholder
• Proactively Track and ensure that project timelines are adhered to and any changes are communicated to everyone involved

Confidential, Norwalk, CT

Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Critically evaluated 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 requests from the underlying true needs.
• Proactively communicated and collaborated with internal customers to analyze information needs and functional requirements and deliver the following artifacts as needed: (Functional requirements (Business Requirements Document), iii. Use Cases, Use Case Diagrams
• Successfully engage in multiple initiatives simultaneously
• Drove and challenged business units on their assumptions of how they will successfully execute their plans
• Strong analytical and product management skills including a thorough understanding of how to interpret customer business needs and translate them into application and operational requirements.
• Serves as the conduit between the customer community (internal and external customers) and the software development team through which requirements flow.
• Be the liaison between the business units, technology teams and support teams