OBJECTIVE

• To obtain a position as a Business Analyst so as to utilize my business analysis skills to make a significant contribution to my employer.

SUMMARY

• Over Five years of experience in the IT industry specializing in Business Analysis.
• Sound knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Highly analytical in developing the methods and measures to meet requirements and solve any issues that arise during the project.
• Prepared Systems Proposal Reports and Business Plans.
• Understanding and interpreting requirement specifications.
• Designed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, and Class Diagrams, Data flow Diagrams by using MS Visio.
• Extensive use of UML/RUP for modeling views in Microsoft Visio, Excellent analytical skills.
• Excellent Requirement Engineering Techniques.
• Experience with Agile Software Development Methodologies in particular Crystal and Scrum Methods.
• Experienced with various Business Analysis SDLC Methodologies, such as RAD, RUP, JAD, and Spiral Methodologies.
• Expertise in Project Planning, Project Design, Gathering requirements, creating Functional Specifications, and Data Flow Diagrams.
• Experience in conducting/facilitating Focus Groups Sessions, Stakeholder Interviews, Joint Application Development (JAD) and Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) Sessions for effective requirement gathering.
• Experience in creating documents such as Feasibility Reports, Systems Request, and Risk Assessments.
• Experience in assisting Project Managers in creating Cost/Benefit Analysis Reports.
• Knowledge of
• Involved in preparation of Cost proposals to perform projects.
• Experience in customer / client interaction, on a regular basis.
• Performed Manual Testing of back - end and front-end applications.
• Involved in maintaining Test Matrix and Traceability Matrix.
• Good knowledge of System Testing, Integration Testing
• Exposure to testing methods, such as Regression, Performance, Load, Functionality, Smoke, and Usability Testing for web and Client/Server application.
• Excellent knowledge of ETL tools and how they work in a Data Warehouse.Experience in writing SQL queries to generate reports.
• Involved in regular client Interaction to discuss project progress.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritize critical and non-critical duties.
• Motivated self-starter with exceptional team building, Leadership, and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent communication and organization skills with the ability to adapt to a new environment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Testing Tools: Win Runner, Rational Tools, QTP.

Test Reporting Tools: Test Director, Rational Clear Quest, Quality center

Operating Systems: Windows XP/2000/ME/98, UNIX

Languages: C, C++, TSL, VHDL, ASP, UNIX, SQL

Databases: MS Access, SQL Server 2000, Oracle

Browsers: Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Firefox

Project Management Tools: MS Office 2003/XP, RUP, UML.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Dallas, TX

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• The SDLC Methodology applied to this project was the Rational Unified Process (RUP)
• Identified high-level requirements for documenting detailed business requirements
• Worked closely with end-users and developer to develop a detailed understanding of the opportunities for improvement, then gathered requirements and prepared a comprehensive set of documents to define the specifications and business value of the system.
• Prepared a detailed Business Requirement document.
• Review of Business Requirements to ensure that they successfully reflect the business needs.
• Test Business Requirements to ensure their validity and clarity.
• Facilitated Focus Group Meetings and (JAD) Sessions to adequately access business needs and gather requirements.
• Defined the Business Process Flow with MS Visio.
• Worked with DC6 issue and Lloyd grams
• Translated Business requirements to Functional requirements and Technical requirements using Diagrams and Text where appropriate.
• Analyzed the Data flow and UML Diagrams.
• Involved in testing the complex calculations in the EXCEL Spreadsheets
• Used Rational Unified Process (RUP)/UML to make an Object Oriented Design model for the application and used UML for creating the Sequence, Use case, Class, Collaboration, State Chart and Activity using Rational Rose Data Modeler and MS Visio.
• Used UNIX commands to retrieve and verify database information.
• Facilitated customer meetings and Business design walkthroughs data definition and GUI design.
• Documented approved change controls to add them into business design.
• Analyzed test strategies, test cases and test plans based on functional specification.
• Discussed testing methods and procedures with the testing team for efficient testing.
• Participated in various meetings and discussed Enhancement and Modification Request issues.
• Analyzed SQL queries that were used by the testing team to validate the data in the back-end Oracle Database.
• Involved in running UNIX Shell Scripts to back up daily test data.
• Participated in Post Implementation Meetings.

Environment: Windows 2000, UML, RUP, MS-IIS web server, SQL, UNIX, Oracle, AS, Data warehousing

Confidential

Buiness Analyst

Responsibilities:

• The SDLC Methodology used was (RUP) Rational Unified Process.
• Gathered functional business requirements
• Worked with development / technical team members to ensure that the enhancements would meet the defined business requirements.
• Conferred with Business Users to Gather Requirements for the design and development teams.
• Involved in continuous Business Requirement scrubbing to ensure deliverability and clarity of each requirement.
• Facilitated Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions, as well as conducted interviews of appropriate business/technical stakeholders.
• Analyzed Business Requirements to produce System Requirements for the technical team using MS Visio.
• Identifying and documenting UML Use Cases with Use Case diagrams.
• Work with business users to define Business, Process, and Data Models to understand the overall business.
• Involved in evaluation of the user request for new or modified program to determine feasibility, cost and compatibility with current system, and computer capabilities.
• Assisted in the analysis of the financial data and extracted relevant information.
• Analyzed the system requirements and developed detailed Test Plan using Rational Test Manager.
• Worked with QA tester to developed Test Scripts for Functionality, Security and Regression Testing using Rational Team Test.
• Defects were tracked, reviewed, analyzed and compared and stored in Rational Clear Quest.
• Web Portal has been developed using HTML and ASP.
• Work with QA Testers to perform, Functional and Regression Testing using Rational Robot.
• Updated the Project Manager on a weekly basis with Status Reports.

Environment: Rational Test Suite, ASP, HTML, Oracle, SQL, UNIX and Windows NT, Data warehousing (Ab Initio).

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• The SDLC Methodology that was used through out the Project was the Rational Unified Process (RUP).
• Worked with Business analysis team to prepare a detailed Business Requirement document.
• Gathered detailed business requirements from end user community into use-cases and produced accompanying work flow diagrams.
• Involved in writing Use Cases for the application.
• Produced Activity and Business Process Diagrams using MS Visio to effectively communicate with developers.
• As a Business Analyst, prepared business reports providing analytical framework related to the e-commerce process.
• Discuss & Resolve the issues with SME (Subject Matter Expert).
• Ensure the Business Requirements were deliverable to meet Client needs.
• Involved in weekly walkthroughs and inspection meetings, to verify the status of the testing effort and the project as a whole.
• Created Data Flow Diagrams to help gain a better understanding of the various ways in which the Actors interact with the system.
• Examine Artifacts to continuously assess the business and functional needs of the organization.
• Liaison between the technical and business/user teams.
• Responsible for establishing and maintaining positive business relationships with IT managers and clients, and assuring that business objectives and priorities are aligned.
• Involved in Developing Extract and Load Graphs
• Created test plans using Rational Test Manager.
• Analyze the functional requirements, writing Test cases for each object.

Confidential, Cleveland, Ohio 

Business Analyst Trainee

Responsibilities:

• Followed the RUP methodology for the entire SDLC.
• As a Business Analyst Trainee, prepared departmental reports, providing analytical framework related to the budget process
• Assisted with the gathering Business Requirements based on the user requirements and specifications.
• Prepared Test plans, Test Cases based on business requirements.
• Worked with the technical and business staff to produce Test Scripts, Configuration and Management Plan documents.
• Worked directly with developers, Project Managers and Business contacts to produce Test Scripts and Test Conditions.
• Followed established formats and procedures, created new formats, as well as researched, created, edited technical and business data documents.
• Designed and executed performance and functional test scripts.
• Worked with the Senior Business Analyst to conduct (JAD) sessions with business and technical units.
• Used UML diagrams to visually express the core functionality of the System Under Development (SUD).
• Exposed to Security Testing and Regression Testing using Win Runner.
• Exposed Functionality Testing and GUI Testing using Win Runner
• Exposed Data Driven Testing to test the application with different sets of data from the test database.
• Exposed Stress and Load testing using Load Runner.
• Assisted the QA testers determined the Application’s response time using Load Runner.
• Interacted with the developers to report and track bugs using Test Director.