SUMMARY

• 5+ Years of experience as Business Analyst with expertise in business requirements gathering, creating Business Requirement Document (BRD) and translating requirements into specifications.
• Proficient in creating Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Unified Modelling Language (UML) Diagrams.
• Experience in conducting and managing JAD sessions.
• Experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies such as Agile and Waterfall method.
• Proficient in preparing GAP analysis, cost/benefit analysis, gathering requirements and writing functional specifications.
• Experience in working with user groups to gather system requirements and working with users and programmers to develop functional requirements.
• Experience in acting as a liaison between clients, subject matter experts (SME’s), programmers and end users.
• Thorough understanding of Testing Phase of SDLC, including experience in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), as well as identifying various test scenarios and of end - user.
• Skilled in using MS office applications for day to day activities, MS Visio for drawing flow diagrams and MS Project for prioritizing and managing individual tasks.
• Proficient in MS Project Management creating WBS, project schedules, assigning resources and tracking the project.
• Interacted with all levels of the project development team, from end users to Software Architects, Technical Lead, Database Administrators, and System Administrators.
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem solving skills.
• Team player with excellent interpersonal communication skills and technical documentation skills.
• Expertise in managing several projects simultaneously for the whole project life cycle.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Applications: MS Viso, MS Project, MS Office, MS Access, Axure, JIRA, Wireframe

Methodologies: SDLC, Agile, Waterfall, RUP

Operation System: Windows XP/8/7/98/95.

Database: MS SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access

Functional & Documentation Skills: Business Requirement documentation, Functional Specification Documentation, GAP Analysis documentation.

Project Management/ Implementation Skills: Project planning, scope, estimations, tracking, WBS, Implementation methodology (AS-IS, TO-Be documentation)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Business Analyst

Confidential, Secaucus, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Designed the business requirement collection approach based on the project scope and SDLC methodology.
• Conducted controlled brainstorming sessions with project focus groups.
• Documented business requirements with wireframes and mockups to explain in detail the business implications and impacts.
• Created Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, Dataflow Diagrams in MS Visio.
• Prepared functional requirements to define the system rules by creating Use Cases, Interface design and data dictionaries.
• Analyzed various resource files being used to generate the report and documented data mapping and data source interface documents to assist the development team.
• Worked with the Business Objects developers to provide input for generating automated and Ad-hoc Business reports.
• Helped the testing team in creating the test plans and test scripts.
• Assisted the users in UAT testing by providing test scenarios and test data.
• Assigned problems to appropriate software development team for fixes.
• Authored progress and completion reports, which were then submitted to project management on a weekly basis.
• Stored and modified requirements in MS - Word.

Environment: MS Office, MS Visio, SQL Server, MS Access, Oracle 11g, Axure, Google Docs.

Business Analyst

Confidential, Milford, CT

Responsibilities:

• Assisted the Project Manager in setting realistic Project expectations and in evaluating the impact of change on the organization and plans accordingly and conducted Project related presentations.
• Facilitated daily scrum meetings and sprint planning.
• Worked on user stories and completed sprint in required time lines.
• Identified internal and external system Requirements, design and configuration set-up.
• Developed strategic partnerships with the Business units to develop a solid knowledge base of the Business line, including the Business Plan, Products, and Process.
• Translated the Business needs into system Requirements, communicating with the Business on a broader scale and with an in-depth view.
• Designed and developed Project document templates based on SDLC methodology.
• Functioned as the primary liaison between the Business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the Project Cycle.
• Developed Functional Specification Document and Supplementary Specification (non-functional) Document.
• Participated in the Logical and Physical Design sessions and developed Design Documents.
• Worked with developers to make sure that they understood the Use Cases.
• Partnered with the Technical Areas in the research and resolution of System and User Acceptance Testing.
• Worked with Quality Control Teams to develop Test Plan and Test Cases.

Environment: MS Visio, UML, MS Project, SQL Server 2000, Agile.

Business Analyst

Confidential, NJ

Responsibilities:

• Involved in requirement gathering including interviews, and meetings with stakeholders and created requirement specification documents.
• Implemented the Agile methodology for application development which included Sprint Planning, Scrum and creating/ managing stories.
• Analyzed the business requirements and prepared Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams.
• Developed activity diagrams to have a clear understanding of the workflow.
• Performed GAP analysis to identify the gaps between the existing process and the new To-Be process.
• Identified business rules and requirements and documented them in a format that can be reviewed and understood by both business people and technical people.
• Acted as a liaison between the business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the project life cycle.
• Worked with Development team to create User Interface for the new process.
• Assisted the QA team in designing the Test Plan and Test Cases for User Acceptance testing.
• Involved in User Accepting Testing to ensure that the system meets the user needs.

Environment: MS Word, SQL Server 2000, MS Visio, MS Project, Axure, Agile.

Business Analyst

Confidential, Concord, NH

Responsibilities:

• Conducted Workflows, process diagram and GAP analysis to derive requirements for existing system enhancements.
• Created the Project templates, Use case specifications, Change request form, functional specification documents, and Business Requirement documents.
• Created Business requirement document, functional and non-functional requirement documents.
• Worked with cross-functional teams for building use cases, demonstrating the business requirements and developing business models.
• Designed and developed business flow diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, Object Oriented models using MS Visio.
• Retrieved data from database for data validation and data integrity tests using SQL queries.
• Worked with testing team in developing the test plan, test conditions, test cases based on business requirements and technical specifications.
• Conducted status meetings and presided over the Change Control Board meetings to discuss Defects, Enhancements and Database Change tickets.
• Performed User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and interacted with developers for changes.
• Worked with QA Team on the Business Sign-Off after deployment.
• Worked closely with project managers to assist them with project plans, budgeting, scope, feasibility analysis-schedule, and technical, economical and operational feasibility study.

Environment: MS Word, MS Project, SQL Server 2000, MS Visio, Waterfall.