SUMMARY

• Several years of diverse and very strong experience in Information Technology with emphasis on Business Analysis, Project Management and substantial know - how of Project scope, Cost/Benefit Analysis, Business Processes, Business Processes Modeling and various SDLC methodologies. Possess outstanding client interaction and relationship management skills
• Create a “best fit” service topology based on network and security requirements
• Experienced in gathering user requirements and preparing Business Process Model (BPM), System Requirement Specification (SRS), Functional Specification, and Product Configuration Specifications.
• Conducted Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and interviewed Subject Matter Experts (SME’s), to uncover and document detailed functionality aspects of business process and carefully updating the information to the requirements in an easily understandable format.
• Excellent knowledge of standard industry methodologies like Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Iterative Software Development Life Cycle Process as per Rational Unified Process (RUP), CMM (Capability Maturity Models) and Rational Tools used during various phases of RUP.
• Skilled in Object Oriented Analysis with experience in creating Use cases, Class diagrams, Activity diagrams, State diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Unified Modeling Language (UML) using MS Visio and Rationale Rose to extract business process workflows.
• Strong experience in creating Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), Project Schedules and Project Timelines using MS Project.
• Expertise in creating Business Context Diagrams, Work Flow Diagrams, Implementation Checklists and Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM).
• Proficient in creating Risk Management (Identification, Analysis, Response, Monitoring and Control) of potential risk factors.
• Good knowledge of Business Process Modeling and Business Re-Engineering (BPR).
• Experience in conducting GAP analysis, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), SWOT analysis, Cost benefit analysis and ROI analysis.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies: RUP, UML, Agile

Testing Tools: Rational Enterprise Suite, Test Director

Change Management Tools: Rational Clear Quest, Test Director

Business Modeling Tools: Rational Rose, Microsoft Visio

Version Control Systems: Rational Clear Case

Project Management Tools: Microsoft Project, Microsoft Office

Multimedia: Adobe Photoshop, Quark Express

Operating System: Windows XP/NT/98/200,Unix,Linux

Programming languages: C,C++,Java, VB Scripts

Markup languages: HTML, XML

GUI: Visual basic 6.0 and VB.Net

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Irvine, CA

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Meet with decision-makers, systems owners, and end users to define business, systems, and operations requirements.
• Implement RUP SDLC and worked on data modeling using UML
• Ensure that all stakeholders are involved in every phase of RUP. Also clearly identify all the tasks required in implementation of the project in the project plan.
• Develop and review Business Requirement Documents (BRDs)
• Facilitate meetings with the appropriate subject matter experts( to receive specifics on requirements )
• Ensure that high-level business requirements have been decomposed properly into useable functional requirements
• Perform analysis to determine and verify business requirements and functional design
• Lead peer reviews and inspections of requirement documents
• Manage changes to baseline requirements through a change control process
• Maintain issues lists, including minutes from design meetings
• Document functional specifications and RUP required artifacts
• Document operational flow of multiple business areas or processes
• Develop and execute test plans that will ensure business requirements have been met
• Create test scripts including specific test cases and expected results
• Balance the needs and foster a relationship between the business and the technology areas
• Create flow diagrams, structure charts, and other types of system or process representations
• As appropriate, utilize design tools to create mock screens and prototypes
• Assist Project Manager with the project plan
• Assist in the organization and delivery of presentations
• Utilize standard processes, design and testing tools throughout project development life cycle
• Ensure deliverables are being met on a timely basis

Environment: Web Logic 8.1, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, Microsoft .NET Framework, XML,MS Project, SQL, Rational Clear Case, RUP., BEA Web logic Portal Software.

Confidential, New York

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Conducted detailed and comprehensive business analysis by working with end users, and other stake holders to identify the system, operational requirements, and proposed enhancements.
• Created Data Stage jobs to extract, transform and load data into data warehouses from various sources like relational databases, application systems, temp tables, flat files etc.
• Gathered business requirements from business users such as insurance policy managers, and drafted business requirement specification (BRS).
• Performed Requirement Analysis and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams using UML
• Used Query Analyzer, Execution Plan to optimize SQL Queries
• Identified all necessary Business and System Narrative Use Cases from requirements, created UML diagrams including Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams using Microsoft Visio.
• Understood the Business Logic, User Requirements and test-objectives to develop Test plans, Test cases, Use Case Scenarios.
• Converted various SQL statements into stored procedures thereby reducing the Number of database accesses.
• Incorporated Rational Unified Process (RUP) to create Requirement Document Specifications using Visible Analyst.
• Developed reports including line and pie charts, trend analysis and sub-reports using SQL Server Reporting Services (SSRS).

Environment: Rational Rose, Requisite, Rational Clear Case, Visual Studio, Feasibility Analysis, Risk Analysis and Gap Analysis, RUP, Business intelligence or BI, UML, SQL, UNIX, MS-Office Suite, MS Project, MS Visio, MS Access, ASP.Net, VB.Net, HTML, CSS, XML

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Under the RUP Methodology, I gathered business requirements by conducting user interviews and analyzing those requirements using Rational Requisite Pro
• Conducted GAP analysis to derive requirements for existing system enhancements
• Conducted JAD sessions with business stakeholders and technical units groups to determine user requirements and goals
• Organized system requirements meetings with the developers and system testers to analyze, define and document low-level Systems Requirements Specifications as part of the Systems Requirements Document (SRD)
• Assisted project management team in high level feasibility studies and risk mitigation
• Acted as a liaison between the business team and the Database provider, Autodata, by communicating and documenting the business needs.
• Helped the database administrators with database design to receive data from Autodata using DTP to GE’s Oracle Database
• Worked extensively with the QA team for designing Test Plan and Test Cases for the User Acceptance testing (UAT)
• Helped with the harvesting of the mainframe system AS400 during the implementation stage

ENVIRONMENT: Java, HTML, Java Script, C++, MS SQL, and Gigaspaces, QTP, Quality Center, Appworx, Oracle.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interview business area experts asking detailed questions and carefully recording the requirements in a format that can be reviewed and understood by both business and technical people
• Analyze Risks, documented Risk Logs and created Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM) as a roadmap for the 'TO BE' system
• Gathered business requirements through interviews, surveys, and observing from account managers and UI (User Interface) of the existing Brokerage Portal system.
• Assigned tasks among development team monitored and tracked progress of project following agile methodology.
• Participated in the vendor selection process by doing a GAP Analysis on the vendor (clearing broker) contracts and once selected, served as a liaison between the vendor and the Business Design Team.
• Performed GAP Analysis of business rules, business and system process flows, user administration, and requirements.
• Introduced and successfully demonstrated Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOAD) techniques which included Domain Modeling.
• Performed Data mapping, logical data modeling, created class diagrams and ER diagrams and used SQL queries to filter data
• Evaluate technical requirements Created System Requirement Specifications (SRS), Systems Design Specifications (SDS) and System Information sheets to provide concrete inputs for the data mapping processes for Account Analysis, PayPlus & PAM systems, Signature Snippets Data Conversion
• Conducting JAD Sessions to resolve open issues, change requests so that the application meets the business requirements and dead lines
• Designed conceptual and logical data models of Data Warehouse and tables.
• Designed model for real time calculation for Bond Pricing based on Fixed Income and Libor.
• Facilitating Acceptance Testing of the entire Pension Plan implementation by the Actuaries.
• Authored progress and completion reports which were then submitted to project management on a weekly basis in MS project.
• Worked on following applications Business Objects,), Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Access, Project)
• Worked in mainframe environment and used SQL to query various reporting databases.
• Interact and negotiate with Vendors to complete the tasks related to data conversion
• Was involved in the Test Plan document preparation.
• Responsible for creating UML modeling plans, Use cases, process flows, Wire Frames and business requirements documentation using Visio, CaliberRM and Star Team.
• Developed and designed the test cases for different modules of finance referring to the test plan document and analyzing the test rules.
• Used Quality Center/Test Director for requirement management, test planning, scheduling, executing test cases, managing and tracking defects.
• Extensive success in translating business requirements and user expectations into detailed specifications employing Unified Modeling Language (UML) in an SOA environment.

Environment: Windows XP/2000, Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL Server, SQL queries, MS-Project, MS-Office Suite, MS Visio, CaliberRM, MS Visual Source Safe, Test Director 7.6, Quick Test Pro (QTP)

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interfaced with the client as part of the Requirements Engineering team to finalize the project scope.
• Assisted the PM in developing Use Cases and project plans and also managed changes to the scope of the project.
• Conducted user interviews, gathered Requirements, analyzed the Requirements and managed changes using Rational Suite.
• Conducted interviews with end-users to collect requirement and business process information.
• Developed business process models in RUP to document existing and future business processes.
• Performed extensive Requirement Analysis including data analysis and gap analysis.
• Designed and developed project document templates based on SDLC methodology.
• Participated in various stages of data and requirement analysis for project needs.
• Identified internal and external system requirements, design and configuration set-up, also created User Documentation and conducted classes.
• Developed business requirement specification documents as well as high-level project plan.
• Designed and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, and OOD using UML.
• Assumed ownership of Use Case Diagrams, Use Case narratives and other various artifacts.
• Relieved pressure off the PM by maintaining artifacts and portions of the project binder.
• Documented and delivered Functional Specification Document to the project team.
• Assisted the Project Manager to develop both high-level and detailed application architecture to meet user requests and business needs.
• Participated in the logical and physical design sessions, assisted and developed high and low level design documents.
• Assisted the PM in setting realistic project expectations and in evaluating the impact of changes on the project plans accordingly and conducted project related presentations.
• Assisted with user testing of systems, developing and maintaining quality procedures, and ensuring that appropriate documentation is in place.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Created and documented a disaster recovery plan for non-Tier 1 applications, analysis, budgeting and outlining of a Tier 2 and 3 solution. Contributed to issue analysis and resolution for every BCP test- Initiating and managing tests of key vendor BCP.
• Functioned as the primary liaison between the business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the project life cycle.
• Performed task decomposition, delegated tasks and monitored project milestones using MS Project.
• Data mapping, logical data modeling, created class diagrams and ER diagrams and used SQL queries to filter data within the Oracle database
• Assisted the PM in performing Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation.

Environment: Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Visio, Documentum, UML, J2EE, Windows NT/XP, Oracle, PL/SQL, SQL Server, Sybase, VBScript, C#. NET, ASP.NET, Business Objects, TestDirector, Load Runner