SUMMARY

• Business Process analysis, Scope analysis, Business Impact analysis and improvements.
• Business requirements analysis and authoring of Business Requirements documentation (BRD)
• Excellent in preparing UML diagrams - Use cases, Activity diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Class diagrams, Data Flow diagram, Process Flow diagram using modeling tools like MS Visio.
• Experience in performing feasibility analysis, risk analysis and gap analysis.
• Participation in the daily stand-ups, developed the user stories and tested the user stories.
• Defining test cases, creating test scripts, analyzing bugs, interacting with QA / dev teams in fixing errors and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
• Have good experience in SQL, PL/SQL, TOAD and Data warehousing tools such as Informatica.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Bloomington, IL

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed business partner needs, authored various business documents like BRD (with Process flows & uEX), Functional specifications (FSD), Use cases & Business process flows.
• Defining of "AS-IS" & “To-BE” Business Process Models & Work flows using MS Visio in BRD
• Involved in developing the Billing portaland invoice portal which is a single tailored access point for customers to manage their Accounts andBilling,
• Interacted extensively with various business groups, stakeholders and users to develop the Vision Document that is aligned with corporate strategic objectives.
• Conducted monthly Business Prioritization Meetings with the stakeholders to identify the requirements are aligned and to be scheduled for the upcoming release.
• Hands on experience of Data manipulation, performance testing on SQL, Oracle using SQL scripts
• Documented meeting minutes from JAD sessions and obtained sign-offs from JAD participants
• Involved in developing SQL overrides according to business requirements
• Followed a structured approach to organize requirements into logical groupings of essential business processes, business rules, functional and non-functional requirements
• Conducted requirement workshops to verify and validate business requirements
• Documented test cases / test scripts and co-coordinated the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) scenarios testing on a monthly basis with the SME's.
• Experience in PMO to deliver high quality results in enterprise
• Developed the various PL/SQL packages/procedures as part of Customized modules data archiving
• Perform Data Profiling and Data Quality.
• Responsible for organizing the Quality Analyst (QA) walk through to explain proposed changes.
• Work on daily basis with IT Analysts to evaluate the impact of scope and current implementation issues.
• Performed functional and GUI testing to ensure that the user acceptance criteria are met
• Excellent data extraction skills by writing complex SQL & PL/SQL scripts in Oracle DB.
• Responsible for defects tracking and maintaining of project requirements documents.
• Coordinated project scheduling and status reporting with the project manager.

Confidential, San Ramon, CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in daily scrum meetings and implemented Agile methodology
• Involved in implementing Six Sigma practices to systematically improve processes and standards and by eliminating defects
• Performed Data analysis for proper data representation to business.
• Involve in Data Extraction, Transformation and Loading (ETL process) from Source to target systems using Informatica Power Center.
• Gathered Business Requirements, interacted with the stakeholders, developers, Project Manager and SME's and facilitated JAD sessions to formulate Business Processes.
• Acted as the primary liaison between the business stakeholders and technical teams to make communication and development efforts more effective.
• Worked extensively on Wireframes and Prototypes to get approvals for UI of the system under development. This was done to provide end users with the look and feel before final delivery.
• Performed Gap analysis for the modules in production, conducted feasibility studies and performed impact analysis for proposed enhancements
• Created Business Requirements Documents (BRD) and Functional Requirements Specifications (FRS) documents.
• Develop PL/SQL packages to validate mapping and loading of legacy data from staging Tables into interface tables.
• Designed Use cases, Use case diagrams to present a better view of the system as a whole to the technical team for them to identify the key processes.
• Review and walkthrough the requirements for the purpose of gaining a signoff.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with assistance from the business users and SME's
• Responsible for training end users on the different systems.

Confidential, Fremont, CA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Elicited, analyzed, documented and communicated requirements for implementation of the semiconductor erp and mes system in the Agile Environment.
• Performed Feasibility Study, Project Planning, Requirements Analysis.
• Analysis of current System functionality to understand the processes and challenges, to define project scope.
• Applied Iterative/Agile model in each SDLC phases, involved in daily Scrum Calls/Meetings, and incorporated change requests throughout the project lifecycle.
• Creation of PL/SQL stored procedures and triggers to support front-end applications
• Gathered Business Requirements, analyzed data/workflows. Defined the scope, financial projections and Cost/benefit analysis. Progressed from Problem Statement to well-documented Designs.
• Wrote business requirements documents (BRD's), which involved current system limitations and defining of enhancements and scenarios, to overcome the current system limitations and current risks.
• Created and customised necessary PL/SQL triggers to validate data before starting the archival process.
• Conducted Business Process Reengineering to build a new version of the existing system.
• Created Use-Cases for appropriate decomposition to use-case model; designed navigation flows, narrations, and user interfaces.
• Conducted Use-Case reviews and identified gaps, leading to improvements/enhancements in the same and ensured Use-Cases were consistent and covered all aspects of the Requirements document.
• Designed Wireframes (uEX Screens) for the development of the user friendly User Interface Design.
• Designed and developed UAT scenarios based on business requirements.
• Worked directly with Software Engineers & System Analysts to ensure clear communications on requirements and defect reports.
• Worked with developers to develop and document technical specifications of system document.
• Worked with Scrum Master in implementing Agile SDLC processes, including ticketing system, burn down charts, scrum sessions, and sprint and product backlogs.
• Validated the scripts to make sure they have been executed correctly and meets the scenario description.
• Deployment of business process management and process frameworks at enterprise level. Highly involved in process modeling. Worked on business rules of various current processes.
• Created Test Plans, Test Requirements, Test Hierarchy, Test Cases and Test Scripts with QA team and was involved with test execution, participated in System Testing and UAT process.
• Created user manuals and provided training to business users as part of the change management process.