SUMMARY:

• 7 years of diverse progressive experience in Business Analysis and Software Development. Expertise in working with Business Analysis, Business Process, Business Process Models, Business Flow Diagram and Business Requirement Documents..
• Strong Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle SDLC using Waterfall, Rational Unified Process RUP , and Agile methodologies
• Experience with Metadata and Document classification in various projects.
• Extensive experience in documenting existing process, analyzing Business Requirements, working with Requirements Traceability Matrix RTM , re-engineering business processes and designing.
• Experience on Requirement analysis, data analysis, and business process improvement including work/process flow analysis and documentation..
• Successful in translating Business Requirements and user expectations into detailed specifications employing Unified Modeling Language UML , drawing UML diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and State diagrams using, Axule, Rational suite and Microsoft Visio
• Experience in designing Test Strategies, Test Cases, and Test Scripts and conducting User Acceptance Interface UAT
• Well-versed in creating Wireframes using Axure and Visio for Screen Mock Ups, Developing Training Materials and training end users on newly developed and existing application.
• Excellent knowledge in data mining and data analysis such as pivot tables charts and graphs using Microsoft Excel and Access to support business.
• Creating and maintaining the data model, data mapping and physical integrity of the database.
• Strong Presentation Skills and ability to tailor presentations towards different functional areas of business
• .Experience in authoring Business Requirement Document BRD by documenting User Requirements, as well as organizing interviews, User meetings, workshops, JAD sessions and Requirement elicitation sessions
• Strong in Document Management, Record Management and Excel Services
• Outstanding organizational skills with a track record of responsibility for managing several detail oriented multi-faceted projects simultaneously with minimum of supervision.
• Strong experience in developing Use Case Diagrams and creating Use Case Specification document USD , BRD business requirement document , FRD Functional Requirement document
• Quality and time conscious completes all projects within schedule and either within or lower than the estimated budget.
• Wrote BRD, FRD, use cases, test scenarios, test cases for testing the functional and non-functional aspects of both ETL jobs and Reporting jobs.
• Strategic and analytical thinker that consistently resolves ongoing issues or defects,
• Experience in working with various departmental teams, developing interactive relationships with business and IT colleagues, having a thorough understanding of needs, and perspectives of both the business users and the technical team.
• Team player, energetic, result-oriented, fast learner, excellent communication skills with strong research capabilities
• A decision marker and problem solver ability to identify actual/potential problems, and create and implement effective solutions

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE:

EXPERIENCE ACCOMPLISHMENTS:

Confidential

Title: Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered, analyzed and created business requirements and functional Design Documentations.
• Conducted/participated in JAD sessions with Business Users, Technical Team, and Team members for analyzing the business requirements and created prototypes and implementing user interface.
• Prepared the Business and Functional Requirements documents in Rational Requisite pro.
• Conducted Gap-impact analysis to understand business model and additional functionalities to be incorporated into the new application.
• Interviewed business users and employees, providing recommendations to resolve issues.
• Created UI mock up by using vizio for Proof of Concept.
• Developed Data Flow, Work Flow, Process Flow, and UML Diagrams in MS Visio, and analyzed them to create AS IS and TO BE scenarios
• Assisted in the development of quality assurance artifacts including: Quality Assurance Plan, Test Plan and Test Cases
• Developed Requirement Traceability Matrix RTM to trace the relationship between business and functional requirement.
• Worked closely with the UI team to model the screens and draw wire frames which met user defined requirements
• Used waterfall methodology

Environment: MS Visio, MS Excel, Requisite Pro, Axure, Metadata, Water fall, Document Classification

Confidential

Business analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in analyzing the 'AS IS BUSINESS' to understand the business process and rules.
• Conducted and participated in Joint Application Development JAD with Subject Matter Experts SME to gather Business Requirements.
• Defined metadata strategies based on gathering input from interviews in all departments
• Involved in modeling of screens and drawing wire frames which met user defined requirements.
• Worked with the Release Manager in defining scope and planning releases. Defined validations to be built into application in line with the functional requirements.
• Was involved in project management activities like preparing the timelines, preparing PERT charts and keeping track of budget allocations.
• Worked on writing functional specification for the content and reusability module.
• Analyzed the Business requirements and the site specifications. Documented Detailed Business Requirements for search criteria specifications, reports and product listing.
• Actively involved in walkthroughs and meetings with development team to discuss project related issues.
• Involved in drafting System and Business Process Rules for different components of the system.
• Assisted Development Team by conducting Unit Tests.
• Acted as a point person for the business to help them conduct the UAT Testing.
• Involved in triaging the issues discovered after the Implementation.
• Also participated in Performance Testing to help Development Team analyze the system performance.
• Provided feedback to the Development team to facilitate modifications necessary to meet business requirements.
• Created Functional Requirement Specifications following the Agile methodology of SDLC

Environment: Windows XP, MS Visio, MS Excel, Requisite Pro, Axure, Metadata, Document Classification

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in understanding the current business as well as their current systems.
• Interacted with Subject Matter Experts SME , Project Managers, Developers and Participated in JAD session for managing requirements and to elicit Use Cases
• Created As-Is Business Process Models using MS Visio.
• Improved search results by leveraging proper use of metadata and automatic metadata tagging
• Created Functional Requirement Specifications following the Agile methodology of SDLC
• Followed the UML methods using MS Visio to create Business flow diagrams, Use Case diagrams, Activity diagrams and Sequence diagrams.
• Worked with the Developers and QA team on project requirements to identify feasibility issues.
• Involved in writing user story.
• Participated in Daily Scrums to reports the daily work status and also created Release Notes to support the monthly releases.
• Involved in writing user story.
• Worked with the Quality Assurance Team to test different release and to develop test plans and test cases for
• System Integration and Regression testing.
• Involved in Bug Triage meetings with QA and Development team to go over the defects.
• Prepared, analyzed, modified and documented testing guidelines, procedures for User Acceptance Test UAT .
• Worked closely with the UI team to model the screens and draw wire frames which met user defined requirements.
• Actively involved with creating the Training Manual.

Environment: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Outlook, Microsoft Visio, Metadata, Document Classification, Agile

Confidential

Business Analyst:

Responsibilities:

• Worked as a Business Analyst and Subject Matter Expert.
• Developed marketing strategies for selling pharmaceutical products online.
• Worked with different business users to develop Business Requirement Specifications and gathered Business and Functional and Non Functional Requirements.
• Created As-Is Business Models , required for auditing purposes as well as to be used a standard operating procedures by meeting with SME's from provider relations, finance departments.
• Handled the development of business requirement documents BRD resulting from JAD sessions
• Participated in JAD Sessions for gathering requirements from SME's. Played the role of a Facilitator as well as Scribe in the JAD session.
• Followed a structured approach to organize requirements into logical groupings of essential Business Processes, Business Rules, Functional and Non-Functional Requirements.
• Identified Use cases from the Functional Requirements and wrote Use Case Specifications and created TO-BE Business Process Workflow diagrams Activity diagrams in MS VISIO.
• Managed all the requirements and making requirements available to all team members.
• Conducted Requirement walkthroughs with Developers and QA team to help them understand the requirements and identify feasibility issues, if any.
• Involved in creating Test Cases and participated in Manual Testing
• Performed Functional and GUI Testing to ensure that the user acceptance criteria are met.
• Co-coordinated the UAT with the SME's to make sure that all the Business Requirements are addressed in the application.
• Used SQL and SQL plus to retrieve data from Oracle databases.

Environment: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Visio, Metadata, Document Classification, Rational Requisite Pro, Enterprise Architect, Database: Oracle11.