SUMMARY

• A results - driven, goal-focused, and detailed-oriented Business/Systems Analyst with a broad base of experience and knowledge to assist companies in meeting their organizational IT objectives.
• Diverse expertise in software development practices with respect to System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile and Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology in accordance with guideline defined in BABOK.
• Experience in Requirement Management, XML Mapping, Documentation and Project Coordination.
• Well versed with Scheduling, Planning, Budgeting, and Business Rules analysis, Financial Forecasting, Requirements / Change Management, Data Analysis, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis and Gap Analysis.
• Highly proficient in working in all phases of the System Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Work as support system architect in order to facilitate strategically directed goals with enterprise architect
• Extensive experience in gathering business and application requirements, business processes, identifying risks, impact analysis, UML modeling, Sequence and Activity Diagrams using Enterprise Architect, Rational Rose and Microsoft Visio.
• Expertise in creating technical specification documents for XML mapping with Help of XML schema definition
• Expert in User Interface Modeling Mock - Up with help of Modeling software such as iRise and MS Visio
• Worked at organization with numerous application and infrastructural inter - dependencies to align their strategies with architectural solutions
• Working Knowledge of creating Requirement Type and Attributes in IBM Requiste Pro
• Expert at uncovering the client requirements and identifying the system requirements by creating Use Case Models, Data Flow Models etc
• Coordinating efforts within a team of Project Managers, reporting Actual costs, projecting Estimated forecasts, and evaluating Reports on monthly basis
• Expert in writing detail system Use Cases, developing business Test Cases, and working with QA teams during testing phase thereby facilitating Acceptance testing with Stakeholders and Business users
• Conducting Feasibility, Adaptability study and Risk Analysis to identify the business critical high-risk areas, and recommending solutions to management
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, communication and documentation skills along with good process management skills to gather requirement.
• Excellent facilitation skills in conducting walkthroughs, surveys, questionnaires, interviews, brainstorming and Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions.
• Strong Knowledge of Business Process Mapping and Data modeling.
• Sound Knowledge of developing test cases and using Mercury Test Director/Quality Centre.
• Possess strong analytical, verbal and presentation skills that help in communicating with team members as well as Project sponsors.
• Well versed in different management scenarios like Change Control, Quality Assurance, Defect Tracking, System Integration, and Scheduling.
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite including Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: Windows 7/Vista/XP/2000, Unix and DOS

Methodologies: Agile, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Waterfall, Prototype and Spiral

Modeling Tools: iRise, Rational Rose, Clarity, Open WorkBench, SharePoint, MS Visio & Timeline Maker Professional.

Project Management tools: MS Project, MS Office, HP Portfolio & Project Management (PPM)and Clarity, COLTS

Requirement / Change Management Tools: Rational Clear Quest, Requisite Pro, Test Director

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Madison, WI

Lead Business System Analyst /Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Developed use case documentation for system requirements, strategic planning & goal setting, business process flows, Project Plan, and screen mockups using MS Visio through analysis and by conducting stakeholder interviews
• Document and managed requirement in Enterprise Architecture.
• Interacted/interviewed with clients subject matter experts and recorded the requirements in a format that can be reviewed and understood both by business and technical team.
• Clarified client requirements, business needs and project objectives, via feedback sessions and client meetings, in collaboration with all stakeholders.
• Provided system requirement consulting advice, direction, and assistance to technical team, Systems Engineers, and other Systems Architects, and documenting and developing in-depth knowledge of a client's existing IT systems architecture and develop future project and product documents.
• Support user acceptance testing and training needs of the business users during deployment and production phase.
• Responsible for developing System Requirement documents for application development
• Support Agile development teams for system development and support the technical team with requirement clarification and work as a liaison between business and IT.
• Perform application and user acceptance testing and analyze defects
• Manage change requests and estimate required effort for newly introduces business needs.
• Also worked on GAP analysis between COTS application GUIDEWIRE and currently existing system to elaborate the changes required to me made on the policy creation system.
• Led teams across broad technical and business disciplines. Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired results.
• Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical data. Anticipated and managed change effectively in rapidly evolving business environments.
• Defined processes and tools best suited to each project. Moved between agile and waterfall approaches depending on project specifics and client goals, creating detailed project road maps, plans, schedules and work breakdown structures.

Confidential, Madison, WI

Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Maintain awareness of business process and technology solution best practices within a specific business segment.
• Worked on integrating legacy systems with newly approved systems. Legacy systems were mapped with newer system via solution specs
• Used the guidelines and artifacts of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) to strategize the Implementation of Rational Unified Process effort in different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Analyzed impact of proposed solution demonstrated and explained business requirements/specifications to IT team, and contributed business and process perspective during design reviews.
• Analyzed user requirements, attended Change Request meetings to document changes and implemented procedures to test changes using the Rational Clear Quest.
• Managed Requirements using Rational Rose and Rational Requisite Pro (Req Pro) and also communicated with user groups and team members.
• Developed use case documentation for system requirements, strategic planning & goal setting, business process flows, Project Plan, and screen mockups using MS Visio through analysis and by conducting stakeholder interviews
• Worked on UML Modeling to define business process with actor/activity design
• Interacted/interviewed with clients subject matter experts and recorded the requirements in a format that can be reviewed and understood both by business and technical team.
• Clarified client requirements, business needs and project objectives, via feedback sessions
• Provided and prepared detailed project plans (MS Project), project design documentation and functional specifications, created tests scripts, reviewed test results, and developed implementation plans with data analysis and data feed
• Worked on data warehouse, integrated analysis and reporting of its data, at different levels of aggregation
• Analyzed Business Requirements from Black Box Testing perspective, Business Process, and System Architecture/Design. Performed business analysis to define project requirements, scope, and business case
• Worked on creating a XML mapping document for integration project between the claims center application to policy creation system
• Elaborated the business requirements following the RUP methodology using rational requisite pro, for the desired system in the User Interface Specification Document.

Confidential, Des Moines, IA

Lead Business System Analyst/Project manager (Senior Consultant)

Responsibilities:

• Working as Lead on GAP analysis for Renewal transaction.
• Develop, document, communicate system requirements for the PolicyCenter Serve as Project Lead or Project Manager via management of end to end system life cycle development of major projects.
• Provide business analysis, business area assessment, user needs analysis and business systems design for major projects
• Develop use case documentation for system requirements, strategic planning & goal setting, business process flows, Project Plan, and screen mockups using MS Visio through analysis and by conducting stakeholder interviews
• Author High-Level Requirements in Requirement Matrix
• Work on UML Modeling to define business process with actor/activity design
• Assist with the development of client information management standards and evaluation of technology trends.
• Contribute to business area assessment, user needs analysis and business systems design.
• Worked on iterative, incremental development and testing strategy
• Working with Partners, Associate Partners, Managers, Senior Managers, and clients to develop hypotheses and work plans that address project objectives
• Developing insights from the analytical process and integrating the module’s findings into the broader project work
• Worked on GAP analysis between COTS application GUIDEWIRE and currently existing system to elaborate the changes required to me made on the policy creation system
• Providing customized, business-focused consulting and strategy development assistance to clients
• Managed individual test cases which constructed for a use case by identifying the domain objects that cooperate to provide the use and by identifying the equivalence classes<1> for each object.
• Work with complex, multi-stakeholder environments to initiate a process flow.
• Elaborate business requirements following the RUP methodology using rational requisite pro, for the desired system in the User Interface Specification Document.
• Participate Analysis reviews with Dev / QA teams
• Review Technical design documents
• Review and Approve Test objectives and Test Cases

Confidential, Indianapolis, IN

Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed Requirements using Rational Rose and Rational Requisite Pro (Req Pro) and also communicated with user groups and team members.
• Developed use case documentation for system requirements, strategic planning & goal setting, business process flows, Project Plan, and screen mockups using MS Visio through analysis and by conducting stakeholder interviews
• Interacted/interviewed with clients subject matter experts and recorded the requirements in a format that can be reviewed and understood both by business and technical team.
• Worked on GAP analysis between COTS application GUIDEWIRE and currently existing system to elaborate the changes required to me made on the policy creation system
• Used the guidelines and artifacts of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) to strategize the Implementation of Rational Unified Process effort in different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Clarified client requirements, business needs and project objectives, via feedback sessions and client meetings, in collaboration with all stakeholders.
• Ran tests in new system and legacy system for identifying the functionality and documenting the Gaps between the two systems.
• Performed analysis of business processes and data that pertain to business issues.
• Elaborated the business requirements following the RUP methodology using rational requisite pro, for the desired system in the User Interface Specification Document.
• Analyzed the impacts on different commercial lines of business and re-factoring for the different states within a marketing agency.
• Created / updated the requirements for Rating worksheet, Quote Proposal, Quote Summary & Accord mapping.
• Documented new Generation conditions for various forms for different line of business.
• Analyzed data and functionality of the Legacy system and did fit-gap analysis to find the gap’s in the to-be system.
• Created User Interface Specification Documents, which comprised of system mock-ups and page field elements.
• Communicated with the development and QA team for requirement clarification and support.
• Acted as a liaison between the system user, technical groups, Stakeholders and the development team for the development of the overall testing approach by executing test cases to support QA Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and identifies functional issues.

Confidential, San Ramon, California

Lead Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Managed Requirements using Rational Rose and Rational Requisite Pro (Req Pro) and also communicated with user groups and team members.
• Developed use case documentation for system requirements, strategic planning & goal setting, business process flows, Project Plan, and screen mockups using MS Visio through analysis and by conducting stakeholder interviews
• Interacted/interviewed with clients subject matter experts and recorded the requirements in a format that can be reviewed and understood both by business and technical team.
• Clarified client requirements, business needs and project objectives, via feedback sessions and client meetings, in collaboration with all stakeholders.
• Performed analysis of business processes and data that pertain to business issues.
• Elaborated the business requirements following the RUP methodology using rational requisite pro, for the desired system in the User Interface Specification Document.
• Documented new Generation conditions for various forms for different line of business.
• Analyzed data and functionality of the Legacy system and did fit-gap analysis to find the gap’s in the to-be system.
• Created User Interface Specification Documents, which comprised of system mock-ups and page field elements.
• Communicated with the development and QA team for requirement clarification and support.
• Acted as a liaison between the system user, technical groups, Stakeholders and the development team for the development of the overall testing approach by executing test cases to support QA Testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and identifies functional issues.