Skills

Please use this table to list the skills noted in the Required/Desired section of the Peoplefluent requirement. In addition, please respond with the years of experience for each skill and the last time each skill was used. Add or delete rows as necessary.

Employment History

Confidential

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Coordinated the integration of multiple projects and programs, provided data, analyzed and reported to project manager.
• Interviewed Business Users to gather Requirements and analyzed the feasibility of their needs by coordinating with the project manager and technical lead.
• Worked with specialists SME in the field of development, users and customers produce goal and target specifications and were responsible to solve any conflicts that arise and minimize potential risks.
• Working with clients to better understand their needs and present solutions using structured SCRUM approach.
• Used Agile SCRUM and Rational Unified Process RUP methodology for Software Development process.
• Involved in mentoring specific projects in application of the new SDLC based on the Agile Process, especially from the project management, requirements and architecture perspectives.
• Analyzed Business Requirement Documentation and Functional Specification Documentation using UML methodologies.
• Prepared Business Requirement Documents BRD's after the collection of Functional Requirements from System Users that provided appropriate scope of work for technical team to develop prototype and overall system.
• Created Source to target data mapping documents identifying key data elements and prepared Data Flow Diagrams.
• Led and conducted JAD sessions for requirements gathering, analysis and design of the project.
• Responsible for identifying scope related Change Requests CR and help PM in doing the impact assessment.
• Responsible for creating Report Design Documents RRD and Test Plans for unit testing.
• Created Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and ER Diagrams.
• Core responsibility involved complete manually testing of the User Acceptance Test UAT .
• Tracked the defects in legacy reports as per end users. Compared the results and tracked the differences in excel
• Analyzed development of schedule, work breakdown structure, estimated packages during the different phases of a project
• Maintained the project schedule and ensured all tasks are updated at the agreed upon time.
• Developed and Documented timelines for Project Delivery, and managed Projects and Resources to successful completion.
• Prepared graphical depictions of Use Cases, Use Case Diagrams, State Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Component Based Diagrams, and Collateral Diagrams and creation of technical design UI screen using Microsoft Visio.
• Assisted project manager to develop the Test Plan, Test Cases and Test Scenarios to be used in testing based on Business Requirements, technical specifications and/or product knowledge.
• Involved with all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle SDLC methodologies throughout the project life cycle.

Environment: Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, MS Visio, Project, Windows NT/XP, Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, Java, J2EE, HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, C , Rational Rose, Rational Req Pro, RUP, UAT, SDLC, SCRUM, UML,

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Developed Scope model as a basis for defining and delimiting the scope of business analysis and project work.
• Incorporated RUP methodologies in all phases of the project life-cycle, from inception through roll-out.
• Gathered business requirements through interviews, surveys, prototyping and observations of account managers.
• Provided strategic and tactical inputs and coordinated with business functions and technical project teams.
• Linked business processes to organizational objectives, perform critical path analysis, and identify opportunities for business process improvement.
• Implemented Six Sigma DMAIC and Lean methodologies for process improvement.
• Conducted JAD sessions with Management, SMEs Subject Matter Expertise , Vendors, Users and other Stakeholders for open and pending issues to develop specifications
• Analyzed and prioritized user and business requirements, as system requirements, that were included while developing the software.
• Translated business requirements to Charters, Service Agreements SLA's and Key Performance Indicators KPI's .
• Prepared High Level Logical Data Models and Business Requirement Documents BRD supporting documents containing essential business elements, detailed definitions, descriptions of the relationships, to analyze and document business data requirements.
• Developed Requirements Tractability Matrix RTM for functional coverage.
• Created UML Diagrams like Sequence Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Process Flow Diagrams to elaborate the new processes.
• Used MS Visio to create Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Collaboration diagrams
• Updated the project plan regularly provided the status of the project to all involved groups.
• Coordinated daily activities with the IT Developers, QA and Product teams along with the project management group.
• Created UI mockups and presented it to the project team for review.
• Assigned and tracked problems to the appropriate software development team for fixes.
• Wrote Test Cases and Test plans and developed strategies with Quality Assurance group to implement them.
• Interacting with the developers on resolving the reported bugs and various technical issues.

Environment: RUP, MS Office Suite, MS Visio, UML, Windows, Linux, Java, Oracle

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Identified and documented the dependencies between the business processes. Worked with HIPPA rules and regulations to draft business rules and claim processes. Developed logical system architectures and requirement documents and documented algorithms, system interfaces and program flows.
• Transmission of EDI files in ANSI 837 format using Master Data Management MDM . Performed SWOT and Gap analysis to evaluate business systems and to develop implementations to align system to overall business strategy.
• Interacted with the client and the Technical Team for requirement gathering and translation of Business Requirements to Technical specifications. Involved in preparing project plans and identifying major milestones for each stage as per the SDLC model RUP Methodology . Implemented the HIPAA privacy and security regulations to enhance the capabilities of the systems to process new products.
• Documented the Use Cases and prepared the Use Case, Activity, Sequence diagrams and Logical views using MS Visio, MS Office and Rational Rose for a clear understanding of the requirements by the development team.
• Worked with the project manager in coordinating team activities and review meetings.
• Generated weekly reports for the senior management and collaborated between the team lead and development teams for clarification of issues. Applying Business Intelligence concepts to analyze the existing data at clinics and migrating them to the master database.
• Data mapping and data analysis for migration of provider data into CIGNA master database.
• Developing SQL queries to generate reports from the database to aid analysis. Prepared test plans based on Business Requirements Document BRD for Quality Centre. Documented all the aspects of VB Script to develop custom reports.

Environment: Rational Unified Process RUP , UML, Dreamweaver, Rational Test Manager, Win Runner, Rational Clear Quest, Windows, MS Office, HTML, XML, SQL, ASP.NET, VB.NET.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered business requirements through interviews, questionnaires, prototyping and observations of account managers.
• Conducted JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspectives with each other, resolve any issues and come to an agreement quickly.
• Analyzed various aspects of the current state of the business process undergoing change and developed a framework for strategic planning using SWOT Analysis.
• Supported the assigned project manager with creating detailed project plans assisting in developing, scheduling and tracking project timelines.
• Performed feasibility, adaptability study and risk analysis to identify the business critical areas from user perspective.
• Adopted Scrum through daily stand-ups, sprint retrospectives, kanban sprint tracking, group estimation techniques and customer sprint demos.
• Derived and prepared concise and effective user stories and distinguished user requests from user needs.
• Determined precise and accurate User Story acceptance criteria used by developers.
• Supported IT unit creating functional specification documents for the design, development and implementation of strategic projects.
• Supported project governance and provided regular project communications to the project manager and business areas.
• Analyzed and documented Business Requirements of the software for full understanding of the business.
• Documented business workflows textually as well as in UML diagrams according to RUP, for the stakeholder review.
• Involved in creating the Data Flow Diagrams DFD , and ER Diagrams, for database modeling with the database team and Web-page mock-ups using MS Visio and, Photoshop for acceptance from analysts, surveyors and customers
• Conducted Functional Requirement Specifications FRS and User Requirement Specifications URS reviews and walkthroughs with the designers, developers and stakeholders.
• Conducted user accepted testing UAT and implemented vendor performance dashboard reporting system.
• Involved in preparing a simple and detailed User manual for the application, for an intended novice user.

Environment: UML, Rational Rose, Sequence diagrams, MS Office Suite, MS Project, iGrafx, Java, Web-logic, SQL.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed clients systems and business processes based on available documentation, SME interview and performed reverse presentation to verify understanding.
• Implemented the RUP methodology and was extensively involved in developing the iteration plans.
• Gathered requirements conducting personal and phone interviews, and sending out surveys and questionnaires.
• Performed follow-ups for project plan updates and gained consensus for user acceptance testing requirements
• Analyzed system requirements, Functionality, Developed Test Plans and Test Cases, Prepared Test data and executed them.
• Used Rational Rose to create life-cycle documentation.
• Involved in creating project plan and work break down structure for the application using MS project
• Worked with clients and business analysts to get the definition and clear understanding of requirements in order to design and implement test cases for Online Accounts Management system.
• Prepared project deliverables: Business Workflow analysis, process analysis, user requirement documents Use Cases Use case diagrams and managed the requirements using Rational Requisite Pro.

Environment: MS Visio, SQL Server, Rational Requisite Pro, TOAD, Oracle 8.1, J2EE 2.0, IBM Websphere 3.0, HTML.