SUMMARY:

• Business Analyst offering 7+ years of successful experience specializing in Healthcare, Insurance and Banking.
• Solid business background wif extensive noledge of commercial insurance systems analyzation.
• Increased efficiency of product delivery on schedule dates while reducing operating costs.
• Invasive analytical experience which includes data gathering, data testing, and simplifying data for user friendly approaches.
• Also, successful experience in communication skills both written and orally. Implementation of strong decision - making skills.
• Extensively involved in all teh phases of SDLC, requirement analysis, Agile Software Development and business specification, development, enhancement, quality assurance, testing methodologies and implementation.
• Developed excellent professional skills by working independently and as a team member to assist business in teh process of translating teh vision of teh application to a business requirement document.
• Strong noledge of Business Analysis methodologies and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Rational Unified Process (RUP).
• Skilled in preparing business cases, business requirements documents, functional and technical specification documents, test plans and test scripts.
• Experienced in managing teams, client-interaction, project planning, scheduling, and development teams.
• Reviewed and assessed teh information gathered, defined key facts and issues, identified potential problems and facilitated problem resolution.
• Defined various Business Rules at every stage of teh project to help it be in line wif teh working of teh organization.
• Authored business and system requirements analyses and functional specifications wif supporting business process flows (data modeling), Traceability matrices, risk analyses and concept of operations for systems utilizing company standards, processes, and procedures.
• Conducted Joint application development (JAD) sessions wif relevant Subject Matter Experts to assess and document current configuration.
• Strong experience of creating use case documentation from business requirements and/or existing application.
• Interacted wif large teams of testers and developers through excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Prepared Fusion HCM Requirement gathering documents like questionnaires, Test Plans, test scripts & Issue log files
• Experienced in using different UML diagrams including use case diagrams, sequence diagrams, activity diagrams and collaboration diagrams.
• Strong noledge of all functional areas of business including, finance, accounting, marketing and IT.
• Strong presentation skills and ability to tailor presentations towards different functional areas of business.
• Excellent noledge in creating test cases for various stages of software testing.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

SDLC Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, V-Model, Rational Unified Process (RUP)

Operating Systems: Windows XP / / 95.

Office Tools: MS Office 97 / 2000-3 (MS Access, MS PowerPoint, MS Excel, MS Word)RDBMS

Languages: C, SQL, PL/SQL

Tools: Visio, Rational Rose, Requisite Pro, ClearCase, ClearQuest, Test Director, Primavera, MS Project

Modeling Language: Unified Modeling Language (UML)

User Interface Modeling Tools: Balsamiq

Reporting Tools: Information Design Tool, Design Studio, Tableau

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, NC

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering, analyzing and documenting business requirements.
• Developed and pruned artifact repository and templates to confirm teh RUP standards.
• Extracted teh business requirements during various sessions wif business leads.
• Used RequisitePro to manage and trace requirements.
• Created Business Process Flows across various capabilities.
• Instrumental in writing teh business Vision documents, system use cases, supplementary satisfactions and extracting stakeholder requirements.
• Conducted Joint application development (JAD) sessions wif extensive involvement from business, development, testing terms, architects, SME’s (Subject Matter Experts) of various business units.
• Useddifferent phases of teh Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to discuss open issues and resolve them
• Conducted project related presentations and provided reports to teh higher management.
• Involved in defect management process.

Environment: RUP, Windows, MS Project, Rational Suite (Requisite Pro, Rose, Clear Case, SoDA), MS Visio and UML.

Confidential, Fort worth, Tx

Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted wif different stakeholders and customers to gather business and functional requirements and converted them to technical requirements.
• Performed Gap Analysis to understand and analyze teh business requirements
• Developed Use-Cases and Business Use-Case Model after understanding teh business processes.
• Acted as a liaison when between wif various business units and being cross-functional.
• Created teh use case models using Rational Rose
• Conducted informal Sessions to develop an architectural solution that teh application meets teh business requirements, resolve open issues, and change requests.
• Responsible for facilitating and arranging Conference Calls, JAD Sessions, Business interviews.
• Reporting and presentation of key components and milestones to Top Management.
• Working wif developers, testers, business users, stakeholders at various levels at different stages of teh SDLC.
• Created test plan and test cases for user acceptance testing.
• Coordinated and prioritized outstanding defects and enhancement/system requests based on business requirements, allowing sufficient time frame to ensure accuracy and consider deadlines
• Handling various projects, prioritizing, specifying timelines, reporting, interacting wif clients and end users.

Environment: Windows, MS Project, MS Visio and UML, MS ENTERPRISE ARCHITECT, RUP, MS Office tools.

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Lead business initiatives including brainstorming on new functionality for current systems.
• Gathered and documented teh requirements that were critical to teh business mission and used those requirements to design application software using a Use Case in Requisite Pro
• Conducted JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspectives wif each other, resolve any issues and come to an agreement quickly.
• Created use case scenarios and documents work flow and business process.
• Documented business workflows textually as well as in UML diagrams (State diagrams) according to RUP, for teh stakeholder review
• Analyzed and documented Business requirements and detail design of teh software for full understanding of teh business.
• Conducted FRS and URS reviews and walkthroughs wif teh designers, developers and stakeholders.
• Prepared teh UML Use Cases using Rational Rose
• Used Requisite Pro to document requirements, associated change requests wif requirements and connected requirements wif Use cases.
• Worked wif HCM Lead and client on core functionality and position management issues and business process changes.
• Identifies and analyzed business needs and requirements across HCM / Compensation / Performance Management Areas.
• Worked extensively on HCM and Payroll Interfaces and lead testing phase of HCM.
• Supported IT unit creating functional specification documents for teh design, development and implementation of strategic projects.
• Supported teh assigned project manager wif creating detailed project plans assisting in developing, scheduling and tracking project timelines.
• Supported project governance and provided regular project communications to teh project manager and business areas.
• Performed feasibility, adaptability study and risk analysis to identify teh business critical areas from USER perspective.
• Extensively involved in gathering business requirements and system requirements and specifications. Provided conceptual solution. Translated conceptual solution into technical design. Extensively worked on system architecture. Used UML to create use cases, used case diagrams, classes & sequence diagrams.
• Prepared test cases, test plans, test strategies, traceability matrix for QA team..

Environment: Windows NT, Windows 2000, MS Visio, MS Word, HCM 9.1.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Researched and assessed client systems and business processes.
• Explored all aspects of teh claim processing lifecycle, starting from identifying a claim to its closure.
• Used MS Word document for requirement gathering.
• Worked intensively on various phases in teh project lifecycle to design teh system in such a way that teh high risk claims could be easily identified and monitored.
• Participated in preparing basis for Project Vision documentation.
• Involved in walkthroughs wif business team, architects and developers to refine teh requirements.
• Generated use-case diagrams using UML.
• Implemented Traceability Matrix and User Requirement Specification Document (URS) to verify teh functionality.
• Streamlined clerical work processes and mapped to teh automated system
• Involved wif teh Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Team to develop Test plans.

Environment: MS Visio, UML, SQL, MS Office and Windows 2000

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering Business Requirements and interacted wif teh users, analysts, developers, project manager and SME’s to get a better view of teh Business Processes.
• Created Business Requirement Document (BRD) and then converted business requirements into Functional and Technical specifications.
• Conducted meetings wif business experts and carefully refined teh requirements for both business and technical teams.
• Created Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams using Rational Rose and involved in creating teh Business Process Model.
• Organized JAD sessions periodically wif various stakeholders during different phases of teh Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to discuss open issues and resolve them.
• Documented project processes and procedures and controlled versions using Rational ClearCase.
• Authored functional documentation that described teh detail design of teh application to be developed.
• Involved in User Acceptance Testing of teh application.

Environment: Rational Suite, MS Visio, MS Project, Visual Basic, MS Access, Microsoft Windows.