SUMMARY

• 7 years of extensive experience as a whole in the field of business analysis, not limited to Business process design, project management, streamlining, object oriented analysis, system analysis and design, software verification and validation.
• Experience of defining the scope of projects by gathering Business Requirements not limited to Documentation of constraints, assumptions, business impacts, Project risks & scope exclusions.
• Knowledge of financial aspects in the Business Workflow of Banking, Cash management, Insurance and Financial industries.
• Expertise in the field of IS as a Business Analyst along wif experience of Rational Unified Processing (RUP), Unified Modeling Language (UML). Also having experience to all stages of SDLC (Software Development Lifetime Cycle)
• Extensive knowledge and experience wif Data Flow charts, Use Case Diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Activity diagrams, Mockup pages, Swim lanes and Use Cases.
• Extensive experience of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), wif expert understanding of various phases such as Requirements, Analysis/Design, Development and Testing.
• Knowledge of Fact Set, Derivative Solutions.
• Conduct joint application design (JAD) sessions and interviews, written correspondence, reports, implementation requirements, and project status reports.
• Expert in working wif Subject Matter Experts (SME’s) across each group during entire SDLC.
• Extensive knowledge of Object Oriented Analysis and Design using UML, Rational Unified Process (RUP), the waterfall cycle, Agile/Scrum methodology and MS Visio professional.
• Proficient in interacting wif business users, identifying information needs and initiating process changes, requirements gathering, and authoring Use Case Diagrams deploying UML and use case specification documents (USD).
• Created Risk Analysis documents, Risk Management Plan, URS, FRS, business process flow System.
• Participated in business and technical design sessions wif developers and QA analysts along wif hands on expertise in process identification, project management, direct customer interaction and leadership responsibilities.
• Extensive experience to analyze and document business requirements and system functional specifications including use cases.
• Use various system support, purchase order management, and warehouse management tools
• Experience in interacting wif business users and executives to identify information needs, gather Requirements, and authoring Business Requirement Documents.
• Expertise in various Business Analysis methodologies and iterative Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Agile (SCRUM) and Rational Unified Process (RUP),Waterfall Methodology and SDLC tools.
• Worked extensively wif QA Team in understanding test cases, test plans, User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and ensuring dat the software meets the system requirements. Specifications and design documents.
• Experience of working in close co - ordination wif the testing team in developing test plan and test cases from functional and business requirements.
• Extensive Experience in writing and working wif BRDs and FRDs for accounting applications.
• Extensive experience in Verbal and Written Communication. Expertise in analytical & problem solving skills. Team player along wif strong interpersonal and communication proficiency.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating systems: MS Windows NT/2000/XP/ME/95/98

Databases: SQL Server, MS Access

Modeling Tools: MS Visio, Rational Rose, Enterprise architect

Requirements Management Tools: RequisitePro

Testing tools: Quality Center, QTP

Software: MS Office Suite(Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint & Outlook), Adobe Acrobat, Lotus Notes

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, IL

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted wif client groups to determine user requirements and goals. Utilized Rational Unified Process (RUP) to configure and develop process, standards and procedures.
• Created Need Analysis Documents of the requirements gatheird through JAD and individual elicitation sessions using Rational RequisitePro.
• Analyzed business requirements into high level and low level Use Cases, Activity Diagrams / Sate chart Diagrams using Rational Rose following UML methodology.
• Created URS-User Requirement Specifications and FRS- Functional Requirement Specifications documents.
• Suggested the indexing requirements based on the querying columns.
• Created the specs for the stored procedures and triggers, based on the business logic.
• Assisted in preparation of Request for Proposal (RFP).
• Followed RUP quality Assurance and Testing Process. Interfacing wif program management and executive teams regarding quality assurance goals.
• Wrote extensively SQL scripts for validating the data generated by the UATs.
• Set up definitions and process for test phases including Product test, integration test, system test and user acceptance test (UAT).
• Participated in entering, tracking system defects in Rational ClearQuest.
• Involved in finding and documenting requirements where the new data capture solution would be compatible wif existing Customer Interface Control Systems (CICS).
• Involved in Gap Analysis of existing SDLC process, implementing RUP.
• Worked wif the Requirements Management Team (RMT) to elicit the business and system requirements and importing them into Rational Requisite Pro.
• Created a Scope Diagram for the project dat would depict the basic system architecture.

Environment: MS Visio, Rational RequisitePro, Rational Rose, SQL, UML, Rational Unified Process, Test Director, MS Office.

Confidential, Kansas

Sr.Business Analyst.

Responsibilities:

• Act as primary liaison between technical and business groups to gather requirements to identify incidents and their impacts including establishing and maintaining working relationships across the businesses, IT and technology team member.
• Followed agile methodology to strategize the implementation of agile effort in different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Worked closely wif the Financial Advisor (the SME’s) to obtain a detailed knowledge of the requirement.
• Identified Gaps and Addressed Impacts prior to implementation of new warehouse
• Provided IT Project Management support to actively solicit, analyze and document customer requirements. Coordinated JAD, RAD Sessions wif Business Owners / Users /SME’s
• Documented Confidential artifacts, product backlog, Confidential backlog and burn down chart.
• Created Wireframe’s and Functional Requirement Document walkthrough wif the business owners and took sign-off.
• Responsible for coordinating and communicating between the users and IT teams involved in the application development for the better understanding of the business and IT process.
• Interacted wif clients to assess needs, identify key challenges and define scope and deliverables.
• Created Specifications, workflows and other documentation as required for Project Analysis, Planning and Design.
• Responsible for documenting and escalating all open issues dat are critical to the business mission and using those requirements to design application software.
• Preformed feasibility, adaptability study and risk analysis to identify the business critical areas from the user perspective.
• Created BRD/FRD for projects, interfacing wif the business for all requirements. Created functional, technical and system requirement documents for.
• Co-coordinated the UAT wif the SME's to make sure dat all the Business Requirements are addressed in the application
• Used MS Visio for process model and architectural design of the application.
• Participated in Logical design and ETL processes development discussion.
• Performed Data Validations by executing SQL queries.
• Documented business workflow textually as well as in UML diagrams according to agile for the stakeholder review.
• Conducted JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspective wif each other resolve any issues and come to an agreement quickly.
• Designed and Documented Test procedures and Test cases for User Acceptance Testing, Functional and Integration testing coordinated the tests wif the QA team to verify implementation of new features and enhancements.
• Documented the Errors using Quality Center and tracked them to completion by communicating and coordinating wif the development as well as the support group.
• Responsible for all Layout and Testing documents.
• Pre and Post-Production release support during application deployment and product launch.

Environment: MS Visio, Windows2000/XP, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Rose, MS Project, SQL, ETL, PM, Test Director.

Confidential, DENVER, CO

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for defining the scope of the project, gathering business requirements, Gap analysis and preparing BRD and Functional Specification documents.
• Created “To-Be Business Model” based on UML Methodology using Enterprise Architect.
• Defined business requirements, Project scope, functional specification detailed business process descriptions and process flow.
• Managed projects to overall improvements related to new and modified process changes.
• Worked closely wif Project Management, developed SOA, project goals, strategies, project report, test plans, test steps, and also prepared Test Plan Trees using Test Director Tool
• Worked wif technical developers, reviewed technical deliverables and communicated issues and related fixes.
• Used MS Visio for process model and architectural design of the application.
• Reviewed functional requirements met against those expected by running test cases and writing SQL quires to retrieve and check database contents.
• Written and administered Requirement Traceability Matrix for requirement validations and during hyper care activities.
• Provide weekly and monthly performance reports.
• Written and documented Test Cases, Test Plans for Quality Center.
• Reported Defects using Quality Center.
• Completed system integration testing activities and User Acceptance Testing Plan.
• Participated in Pre-release support, hyper care and rollout support during application deployment and product

Environment: Windows/Unix, Rational Rose, MS Visio, MS Project, MSOffice, OOP wif HTML, SQL.

Confidential, MN

Sr.Business analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in all phases of software development life cycle in RUP framework.
• Analyzed and collected business requirements identified system interfaces and created the requirements specification document.
• Performed Requirement Analysis to Develop Use Cases, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams. Hence developed and documented conceptual design of Application in System Specification Document.
• Extensively interacted wif both user group and development team in coming up wif charts, sequence diagrams and swim lanes.
• Managed and tracked change control process of requirements and design changes using Rational Requisite Pro. Documented the changes, issues and their impact on the system design and delivery.
• Prepared the Project Plan/Charter and the Business Requirement Document after analyzing the requirement.
• Worked on Thompson Portia for calculating the risk in the investments decisions.
• Provided documentation such as requirements management plans, operational risk management plans, functional requirements, test plans and test cases.
• Fix protocol was used to complete the trades.
• Incorporated the best practice methodologies as advocated by the Rational Unified Process.
• Designed and analyzed Use Case model and test procedures based on RUP methodology.
• Performed requirement analysis by gathering both functional and non functional requirements based on interactions wif the process owners & stake holders and document analysis, represented them in requirements traceability matrix (RTM) using Requisite Pro. Performed user interviews, JAD sessions.
• Knowledge of Fixed Income Order Management and DTCC
• Developed Project schedules, conducted project status meetings and managed resources during all phases of the SDLC.
• Wrote Functional requirements specification (FRS) documents as per the Business requirements and process flow.
• Supported the assigned project manager wif creating detailed project plans and assisting in developing, scheduling and tracking project timelines and developing RACI charts.
• Designed and developed project templates based on SDLC Methodology
• Acted as User Acceptance Testing coordinator and monitored business testing and interfaced wif the development team regarding defect status and fixes on daily basis

Environment: MS Visio, Rational RequisitePro, Rational Rose, SQL, UML, Rational Unified Process, Test Director, MS Office.

Confidential

Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in multiple projects to support start-ups through business and technology support
• Interacted wif business users to identify the requirements and the scope of each project
• The projects were initiated and management using logical framework approach (LFA)
• Created templates to perform variance analysis, expense analysis, cash flow analysis, pro forma financial statements using Excel
• Maintained relationship wif external consultants and subject matter experts
• Drafted contracts for new project funding wif milestones to measure the progress
• Assisted the project director in monitoring and controlling the projects
• Analyzed projects by creating detailed financial models and performing financial analysis- dat focused on capital investments, product costing break-ups, pricing and breakeven analysis

Environment: Rational Requisite Pro, MS Project, MS Visio, Rational Clear Case, Rational Clear Quest, JAVA, HTML, Oracle, Testdirector

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for reviewing the Test Plans, Test Strategy Documents and Requirement Document.
• Conducted Integration testing and System testing for entire applications.
• Developed Test Cases, Test scripts for Functionality and Regression Testing.
• Responsible for weekly status updates showing the progress of the automation testing effort and open issues to be resolved.
• Performed Manual Testing using Excel.

Environment: VB6.0, VBA, SQL Server, Excel and Windows.