SUMMARY

• 3+ years of experience as Business Analyst in elicitation, evaluation, analysis & management of User and System Requirements, Business Process Modeling and Business Process Improvement.
• Well versed wif Object Oriented Analysis and Design using UML, Rational Unified Process (RUP), Rational Rose, Requisite Pro and MS Visio.
• In depth knowledge of Project Life Cycle, User Interface Designing, Testing, Quality Assurance, implementation and support wifin Agile/Scrum & Waterfall environments.
• Competent in transforming Business Requirements into Functional Requirements and designing business models using UML diagrams - Use Case, Activity diagrams and Sequence diagrams.
• Proficient in conducting Joint Application Development Sessions wif IT Groups and Project Team Members, conducting Gap Analysis and documentation of Use Cases and User Stories.
• Traced requirements through the development process and verified adherence using the Requirements Traceability Matrix.
• Strong Documentation Skills- Process Flows, Use Cases, BRD, FRD, Technical Design Document, Project Plans.
• Performed manual as well as automated testing and provided sign-offs in some of my projects.
• Helped in creation, approval and use of Test Plans, Test Cases, Test scripts and Defect Reports over the years across multiple projects.
• Experience in software testing which involved development of Test Cases, Test Plans, Test Validations and Test scripts and performing UAT.
• Good understanding of Data Analysis, Design, Data Modeling, Data Conversions and ERDs.
• Effective Communicator wif good Interpersonal and Customer Relational skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Processes/Technologies: SDLC, Waterfall, Agile/Scrum, Use Cases, Storyboards, Scenarios, UML.

Software: Microsoft Project and Visio, Requisite Pro, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.

Databases: Microsoft Access and Oracle (SQL queries).

BA Skills: Project Management, Test case scenario, Use Cases and User Stories, Use Case Modeling, Data Mapping & Analysis, Data Flow & Process Mapping SQL Queries & Data Modeling, Requirement Gathering, Gap Analysis.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Analyst

Confidential, Addison, TX

Responsibilities:

• Experienced in conducting Joint application (JAD) sessions for requirements analysis, adaptability and feasibility studies wif various stakeholders to identify business critical and high-risk areas of the application.
• Developed automation strategies to improve efficiency and lower time-to-release of new and existing services and products.
• Prepared a variety of related technical documents including Business Cases, Project Charters, Requirements Specifications, Design Documents, Test Plans, RASCIs charts, Risk and Opportunity Analysis, and several Business rules documentation.
• Documented the complete process flow to describe program development, logic testing, implementation, application integration and diagrams using MS Visio.
• Prepared templates, charts, diagrams, workflows and visual media for targeted audiences in support of business requirements gathering.
• Create test case documents dat detailed the preconditions of screen page, action performed, and the expected results.
• Worked wif the team to create a project road map/blueprint ensuring effective remediation of all applications.
• Worked on Integration and Interfaces and data Conversion Functional requirements.
• Created Business Requirement Document (BRD) and Functional Requirement Specifications (FRS) documents.
• Supported wif quality assurance analyst wif system test plan, logging the test cases and their results and developed test Status Reports for Stakeholder review.
• Worked wif project team representatives to ensure dat logical and physical data models were developed in line wif corporate standards and guidelines.
• Involved in defining the source to target data mappings, business rules and data definitions.
• Used data analysis techniques to validate business rules and identify missing data.
• Performed Requirement Analysis to Develop Use Cases, Activity Diagrams and Sequence.
• Performed statistical methods to evaluate the statistical financial value of solutions and make a recommendation.

Business Analyst

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• The goal of the project was to integrate and enhance the existing Web Based E-commerce platform for purchasing apparel and various goods using Microsoft Commerce server to provide Business Analytics, Product Catalog.
• The enhanced application provides utilities for selecting products, shopping cart, checkout, payment modes, and membership login for the discounts.
• The system is fully web enabled when a customer login and orders items by selecting from e catalogue, the data is transmitted to the application server, which in turn transmit to the process server and to the database server, accountabilities included procuring requirements for order management system.
• Reported metrics and status to client and closely monitored the Sprint burn down chart to facilitate the team progress.
• Participated in BRD walkthrough sessions and meetings wif the Business to extract all the data points and enhancements required.
• Created new Business Flows using Visio and the Interfaces to ensure the smooth flow of information.
• Assisted in User Interface and user experience (UI/UX) and user acceptance testing (UAT) to improve overall quality of the application.
• Coordinated technical activities to develop and deliver business systems solutions to meet business objectives and on-going operations.
• Created and updated the Story Points in coordination wif Product Owners and development team lead.
• Enabled the required interaction between the scrum team and product owners for resolving any impediments to project progress.
• Maintained burn down charts, sprint backlog and product backlog sheets; used all SCRUM rituals such as stand-up meeting, Sprint planning, Sprint review and sprint retrospect.
• Managed client relationship to ensure service delivery per milestone and overall performance.
• Identify source systems, their connectivity, related tables and fields and ensure data suitably for mapping.
• Worked on data mapping of source to target elements performing gap analysis Conducted interviews.

Business Analyst

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Responsibilities:

• Interviewed stakeholders, business managers, users to understand and document business requirements and functional specifications for the Work flow.
• Documented the business requirements of the desired system in the Business Requirement Document using Jira.
• Created Functional Requirement and System Specification documents.
• Involved in preparing Use Cases and Business flow diagrams for the applications using UML.
• Worked in a Scrum team environment and participate in backlog review and Sprint planning sessions, following Agile methodology.
• Involved in Writing technical documents using the functional specifications.
• Created Use-Case Models using MS- Visio to depict Actors and Use-Cases in various Business Processes and identification of Basic/Alternative flows and definition of preconditions and post conditions of the System.
• Verified the functional aspect as per the Business Process and validated the interfaces wif the other systems and data conversion from the legacy system.
• Interacted wif developers and various members of the team to discuss and resolve technical issues.
• Utilized MS Visio for creating functional flowchart and documented Business Deliverables.
• Assisted Developers wif designing, building, testing and debugging workflows based on business and technical requirements.