SUMMARY

• Eight 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 the 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

Applications: Microsoft Office, Lotus Notes, Outlook

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

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

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Windsor, CT

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• 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
• Managed & Coordinate Change Requirement and communicate any impact that may apply to the team and stakeholder
• Wrote concise and effective User Stories.
• Foster Agile principles and methods for requirement gathering
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• Contributes to the requirements engineering efforts ofFATCAprojects by providing management services analysis, and technical support to theFATCAProgram Office
• 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 are adhered to and any changes are communicated to everyone involved

Confidential, Stamford, CT

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Manage the Agile project, deliverables and timelines.
• Lead Business Analyst on Enterprise Mobile Web & Mobile App
• Engage effectively in grooming sessions and sprint planning
• Create the fundamental documentation necessary for Mobile Web & Mobile App projects to be technically developed and tested
• Ability to capture user experience (UX) and manage users’ and stakeholders’ expectations
• Ability to compose list of requirement to define measureable goals, and ensure all requirements (both new & revised) meet business and project objectives
• Implement success measures for the BSAs’ deliverables
• Manage the requirements repository for multiple projects
• Manage all requirements change requests, ensures all requirements are written to a quality standard to meet Agile fundamentals
• Develop CRDs - Consolidated Requirements Documents
• 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
• Foster Agile principles and methods for requirement gathering
• Work with QA team to assist them in testing documents

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
• Acted as a Product Owner and worked with other product owner to enhance the product capabilities. Also, engage effectively in grooming sessions and sprint planning
• 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 Grooming/Fusion Sessions and created the product backlog
• Manage Product Backlog and participate in Sprint and Release Planning
• Developed Status Reports, Schedule Updates & Meeting Minutes
• Coordinated & Managed Risks/Issues
• Managed Process Compliance
• Responsible for managing project Budget

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
• Managed plan and coordinated the project schedule and track progress
• Managed & Coordinate Change Requirement and communicate any impact that may apply to the team and stakeholder
• Developed Status Reports, Schedule Updates & Meeting Minutes
• Proactively Track and ensure that project timelines are adhered to and any changes are communicated to everyone involved
• Managed Process Compliance
• Responsible for managing project Budget

Business System Analyst -Consultant

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
• Defined and implemented business intelligence reports
• 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