Summary:

• An accomplished Data Analyst/Business Analyst with over 6 years of IT experience involving the Automotive Industry.
• Proficient in process modeling/mapping, requirements gathering/management, systems analysis and design.
• Experience of working with MS Project to develop and monitor project plans.
• Proficient in business process modeling, documentation, and testing using Rational Suite Rational Rose, RequisitePro, SoDA, ClearQuest, Robot as well as MS Visio and MS Project in combination with UML 2.0 diagramming techniques.
• In-depth knowledge of creating use case, activity, logical, component and deployment views with rational tools to extract business process flows and workflows thereby helping development and quality assurance teams in understanding the requirements.
• Results-oriented Joint Application Development JAD Facilitator and meetings coordinator with excel spreadsheetlent interpersonal skills
• Extensive experience in developing applications using Struts Framework and different J2EE design patterns.
• Proficient in XML,UML and other standards
• Monitored project schedules, mitigated risks, and managed customer expectations
• Assisted the Product Analyst in creating Business Rules and mock up screens
• Forecasted the monthly resource efforts for the completion of BAU's
• Trained End-users on the Customer Relationship Management application
• Conducted prototype meetings with technical team and customers and support the design efforts by designing mock-ups of user-interfaces and sequencing of key user workflow steps through the application
• Facilitated Change Management across entire process from Project conceptualization to Testing through Project Delivery, Software Development and Implementation Management in diverse Business and Technical Environments.
• Involved in Test Planning, Test Preparation, Test Execution, Issue Resolution and Report Generation to assure that all aspects of a Project are in Compliance with the Business Requirements.
• Strong experience in conducting User Acceptance Testing UAT and documentation of Test Cases. Expertise in designing and developing Test Plans and Test Scripts.
• Interface with clients from Operations, Marketing, Sales, Technologies, and Outside Vendors and act as their customer interface point as the lead of the Projects.
• Highly motivated team player with excellent Interpersonal and Customer Relational Skills, Proven Communication, Organizational, Analytical, Presentation Skills, and Leadership Qualities.

Professional Experience:

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understand all systems requirements within deliverable and provide valuable feedback to other analysts and stakeholders
• Involved in requirement gathering of the foreign exchange quotes
• Utilized the software development life cycle to implement products from ideation through solution implementation
• Facilitated team meetings to coordinate activities for project schedules
• Facilitated meetings and conducted JAD sessions with marketing team to elicit requirements
• Trained End-users on the Customer Relationship Management application
• Conducted prototype meetings with technical team and customers and support the design efforts by designing mock-ups of user-interfaces and sequencing of key user workflow steps through the application
• Provided end-to-end product management
• Support design efforts by lead architects by defining data models and use case analysis models
• Analyzed Data Requirements with System Analyst and DBA's to prepare normalized data model for Dividend Distribution and Stock Splits
• Utilized different concepts in data modeling while focusing on ER to ensure that requirements can easily be organized to generate Data Table Driven Business Rule. Drafted the initial ER diagrams with entities and relationships and refined them at the later stage
• Manage requirements to minimize scope issues
• Determined the types of transactions that will be executed on the database and the interaction between functions like stock split and stock registration
• Reviewed and contribute to overall QC/QA testing plans and execution
• Utilized UMLs structured methodology to gather, create, and document business process flows, activity diagrams, and sequence diagrams, and system flow diagrams

Environment: Windows 2000, Power Point, Rational tools, RUP, SQL Server 2000

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered and documented business requirements for existing and future business systems.
• Acted as a liaison between business staff and technical staff to articulate needs, issues and concerns.
• Analyzed trading partner specifications and created EDI mapping guidelines.
• Ensured that project requirements are properly tracked and documented.
• Used MS-Visio for flow-charting, process model and architectural design of the application.
• Conducted JAD sessions. Involved in preparing project plans and identifying major milestones for each stage as per the SDLC model RUP Methodology .
• Gathered requirements from JAD/JAR sections with developers and business clients.
• Used MS-Project for status reporting and planning.
• Requirements Gathering/Documentation Designed and documented detailed business requirements, functional requirements utilizing PMO Governance approved templates.
• Conducted JOINT APPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT JAD sessions with the participation of the users and the stakeholders to gather requirements.
• Implemented RUP recommended visual models to draft business requirements by using Use Cases.
• Developed Components using Struts Framework, J2EE Coding for Components using JSP, Java Beans.
• Rational ClearCase was used to manage all the changes and change requests in the projects. Worked with QA team with the aid of ClearQuest for the bug tracking.
• Monitored test scripts developed by QA team to check the integrity of the test plans.
• Dedicated a good portion of time with the QA team in front-end, back-end and Regression testing.
• Drafted business Use Cases such that any future changes could be easily managed.

Environment:

MS Visio, MS Project, UML, PL/SQL, .NET, IMS, Visual Source Safe, Clear Case , db2, Access, Excel spreadsheet, Pivot tables

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Drafted the project scope and vision and presented the same to the management committee.
• Provided expertise in strategic planning, business process modeling, business process analysis, object-oriented analysis design, use case modeling, use case analysis, component-based development, and quality assurance.
• Initiated and created business specific certification databases to ensure all personnel are in compliance with the set requirements.
• Identifying gaps and inefficiencies in the existing process and systems and gathering the user wish-list.
• Led the development of a training program to train users on a custom web application and a Cognos ad-hoc reporting environment.
• Worked with Cognos and micro strategy reporting systems to extract the data for analysis using filters based on the analysis.
• Generated XML documents using the XML Output Stage.
• Involved in mapping and testing custodian data such as holdings, transactions and pending transactions. Worked with SWIFT securities reporting messages
• Conducted JAD sessions with SMEs and technological experts to gather data requirements such as securities pricing, corporate actions, trade and custodial data.
• Prepared complex compliance reports and tests using in-house software applications while meeting deadlines and maintaining quality standards
• Using Blue Sky to envision the future state where subject matter experts from different areas and the senior management along with industry experts debate on critical gaps/inefficiencies and developed a consensus about the future vision.
• Design and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagram, Sequence Diagrams. OOD using UML.
• Building a high level business case based on the above findings and suggest a transformation roadmap to the future.
• Extensively used Aris Business Designer for building process maps, system maps and data flow maps.

Environment: Microsoft Office Suite, MS Access, Microsoft Visio, Unix, ClearQuest, Documentum, Windows NT/XP, JCL, Oracle, SQL, SQL Server, Sybase, PL/SQL VBScript, C . DOORS, C , NET, ASP.NET

Confidential

Role: Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated Joint Requirement Planning JRP sessions with SME's in understanding the Requirements pertaining to Loan Origination to Loan Processing.
• Extracted the Business Requirements from the end users keeping in mind their need for the application and prepared Business Requirement Documents BRD using Rational RequisitePro.
• Reviewed Design Documents, Requirements Analysis Specifications with Project Lead, Business Owners and the Technical Lead
• Created and managed Project Templates, Use Case Project Templates, Requirement Types and Traceability Relationships in RequisitePro.
• Involved in creating automated Test Scripts representing various Transactions, Documenting the Load Testing Process and Methodology. Created meaningful reports for analysis and integrated the Performance Testing in the SDLC.
• Developed and managed Project Plans and Schedules. Managed resolution of Project issues and conflicts.
• Conducted Functional Walkthroughs, User Acceptance Testing UAT , and supervised the development of User Manuals for customers.
• Worked as a User/Customer advocate and negotiated with user as well as with developers and management staff to resolve any requirement conflict to bridge the Gaps between IT and Business.
• Various versions of the documents generated during the project were maintained and managed using Rational ClearCase and performed defect tracking using Rational ClearQuest.
• Tested the final application for Usability testing to verify whether all the User Requirements were catered to by the application.

Environment: Rational Clear Case,Doors, IBM WebSphere, Cobol , XML, Java, J2EE, JSP, RUP, VoAVPN, Oracle, MS Visio, DB2, Sybase, SQL Server Reports, WinRunner, LoadRunner, Quick TestPro