Professional Summary:

• Over Seven 7 years of diversified IT experience in complete Software Development Life Cycle SDLC process including System Analysis, Design, Development, Testing, Implementation and Documentation.
• Skilled in performing Gap Analysis and Impact Analysis by identifying existing technologies, documenting the enhancements to meet the end-state requirements.
• Extensive experience in requirement elicitation techniques like JAD sessions, Document analysis, Prototyping, Reverse Engineering, Brainstorming, Requirement Workshop with Users, Subject Matter Experts SMEs and business Stakeholders.
• Excellent Analytical skills in understanding and identifying the Business Process and conducting feasibility studies to develop Scope and Vision Document.
• Thorough understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle SDLC and their variants with Waterfall, Agile Scrum , RUP.
• Experienced in tracking, documenting, mitigating and resolving Project Risks and Issues.
• Experienced in writing Business Requirements Document BRD , User Stories and Functional Requirements Document FRD .
• Adept at creating and transforming business requirements into functional requirements and designing business models using UML diagrams - Context, Use Case, Sequence, Activity Diagrams in Enterprise Architect , MS Visio and Rational Rose.
• Excellent experience in preparing project related documents like Field Mapping, Requirement Traceability Matrix, Weekly/Daily Task Reports and Status Reports.
• Extensive working experience with SharePoint 2010.
• Proficient in interacting with Stakeholders, Subject Matter Experts SMEs , Testing Team and Technical team with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experienced with Manual Testing Strategies.
• Skilled in Unit/System/Integration/Regression/Smoke Testing as well as Users Acceptance Testing UAT .
• Expertise in creating the Test Plans, Test Cases and Test Scripts and efficiently prioritize and manage the defects using the Defect Tracking system.
• Experienced in training and mentoring team members with product knowledge and business processes.
• Strong experience in performance tuning.
• Outstanding organizational skills including ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage complex issues.

Technical skills:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Sr. Business/Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Gathered Requirements by interacting with the business users and the system owners.
• Evaluated As-Is Process and designed the To-Be Process Flow to determine what needs to be done for improvement
• Worked with SMEs during requirements gathering to get a better understanding of Business Processes
• Gathered and understood User Requirements through user interviews and Brainstorming sessions. Analysed the requirements and created the Business Requirements Document BRD , Functional Specifications document FSD , and Use Case specifications using Requisite Pro
• Developed Business Process Flows using MS Visio
• Created Wire Frame and Swim Lanes using MS Visio
• Monitored the UML based methods to create: Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, and Swim lanes
• Conducted the requirements and design walkthroughs with designers, developers, and Business stakeholder
• Maintained and tracked stakeholders requests for enhancements and changes using Unified Change Management tool UCM such as Rational Clear Quest
• Used the guidelines and artifacts of the RUP to strategize the Implementation of RUP effort in different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle
• Developed the Test Plan/Strategy and oversaw the complete system testing process and ensured that tests results adhere to the functional specifications
• Clarified requirements for Test script and test case generations
• Created Requirement Traceability Matrix to track requirement
• Assisted the QA team in designing test scripts, test scenarios, and test cases for integration and UAT
• Assisted in execution of the test scripts and test cases and validated the test output
• Conducted Training Sessions for Business Users and assisted in designing training materials
• Tracked the project using MS Project and presented various analyses to the business users
• Conferred periodically with business units, technical programmers and QA Team throughout the lifecycle of the project to track progress, identify changes, and to ensure changes were communicated to both the business unit and technical staff

Environment: Oracle, PL/SQL, Java, J2EE, SQL, SQL Server, MS-Office, MS-Visio, MS-Access, MS-Project, Crystal Reports, FileNet P8, Enterprise Architect, Fair Isaac, PVCS Tracker, RUP, Rational Rose, RequisitePro

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Gathered Requirements by interacting with the business users and the system owners.
• Followed the company's standards in documenting Business requirements document and Functional requirements document of the system.
• Prepared the Business Flows.
• Prepared the Core User Requirements Specifications CURS and the Functions Specifications FS .
• Involved in the entire Validation Life Cycle.
• Led the Business Analysis project team responsible for implementing Financial Reform reporting associated with the loss of Federal pre-emption for joint venture partners.
• Partnered with Compliance and Finance teams for requirements management from project initiation through implementation to empower technical teams to produce the best possible solutions.
• Created project processes and templates that allowed the project team to operate within a variant of Agile methodologies, while executive leadership required more traditional reporting.
• Served as Scrum Master and managed the work backlog for the Business Analysis and Technical teams. Ensured that analysts and developers always had work in their queues using a newly constructed web site built specifically for this purpose.
• Identified systems of record for electronic documents generated as part of the normal course of business and documented procedures for accessing and downloading processes for use in a regulatory agency audit. Created a Document Catalog on the Compliance Sharepoint site to operationalize the long term management of the information.
• Involved in the draft of test scripts for testing different functionality of applications.
• Execute business process analysis As-Is system To-Be systems perform gap analysis.
• Present the process improvement solutions to the client, perform Project Management Office PMO activities, and develop training programs for the process solutions.
• Assess gaps using industry best practice model / standard.
• Involved in Risk-Management Process, whereby identifying critical areas of business risk and modifying the business process to reduce the same.

Environment: Oracle, PL/SQL, Java, J2EE, SQL, SQL Server, MS-Office, MS-Visio, MS-Access, MS-Project, Crystal Reports, FileNet P8, Enterprise Architect, Fair Isaac, PVCS Tracker, RUP, Rational Rose, RequisitePro

Confidential

Role: Sr. Business/Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in all phases of Software development life cycle SDLC using Agile Scrum methodology.
• Conducted GAP Analysis to show current and proposed functionalities for the Data Migration Project.
• Followed Agile, and Waterfall SDLC methodologies for project execution, and used Storyboards as one of the requirements elicitation technique.
• Gave walkthroughs to the product owners after completion of every sprint cycle
• Conducted and participated in sprint planning meeting to define the Sprints and the duration of each sprint and prioritized the requirements and placed them into the sprint backlogs
• Experience developing storyboard and user stories to elicit requirements from the product owners.
• Managed and tracked change control process of requirements and design changes. Documented the changes, issues and their impact on the system design and delivery.
• Used SQL queries to extract data from database to perform data analysis.
• Participated in daily SCRUM meetings to discuss the bottlenecks and the tasks status
• Documented User Requirements Specification URS and Functional Requirements Specification FRS by working as a liaison between the business Stakeholders and the Development teams
• Conferred with Business Users to elicit requirements and worked with the Design and Development teams on the Solution Design for the project
• Prepared BRD and FRD, and simultaneously managed the documents using Rational RequisitePro
• Created Use case diagrams, using MS Visio, by performing Use-Case Analysis on the requirements
• Facilitated JAD sessions with the End-users ensuring that the system met all business needs
• Performed Walkthroughs with the SMEs for requirements approval and baseline business architecture
• Worked with GUI team for designing the screens, and assisted in Prototyping the User Interface UI
• Utilized MS SharePoint as the central repository for requirements management and communication
• Analysed information gathered from multiple sources to resolve system, process or data conflicts, decompose high-level information into details, and distinguish user requests from the true needs
• Executed Test Cases for UAT of the application, and reported bugs to the development team through defect tracking and rectification process
• Drafted and analysed project Deliverables, and created Checklists for Checkpoints in the project
• Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix for maintaining system requirements using MS Excel
• Interacted with Production and Design teams for change requests and problem report documentation
• Analyzed User requirements in Stakeholder meetings to document changes, and implemented procedures to test changes using Rational Clear Quest
• Assisted the Testing team in creating Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and collect Test Data for successful completion of Integration Testing and Functional Testing
• Performed process mapping, data mapping and created artifacts for data requirements and data mapping

Environment: Oracle 8x/9i/10g/11g, Asp. Net, SQL, DB2, AS400, MS Project, MS Office Suite, Agile , UML, CA Clarity, Rational Rose, JIRA, Rational Clear Quest 2002, MS office suite 2003, MS Visio 2003.

Confidential

Role: Sr. Business/Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for Requirement gathering, Business Process flow, Business Process Modeling and Business Analysis with Document and Records Management.
• Organized and driven morning scrum meetings and obtained status from each team.
• Interacted with the project team to define system objectives and scope, identified constraints and the measures of success for the system to be developed.
• Developed and managed Software Development Life Cycle SDLC methodology which includes Configuration Management, Requirements Management, UML Analysis and Design.
• Facilitated JAD sessions with management, users, subject matter experts SME and other stakeholders to define the project and to reduce the time frame required to complete deliverables.
• Prepared and presented Business Requirement Document BRD , System Requirement Specification SRS and Functional Requirement Document FRD .
• Performed Gap analysis by identifying existing technologies, documenting the enhancements to meet the client end requirements.
• Implemented agile methodology for rapid delivery of the high quality application and acted as a scrum master to organize sprint process.
• Created data mapping templates and aided the development team to reduce the bandwidth of the project.
• Participated in and contributed to as-is and to-be Process Modeling Sessions, and build process models responsible for analysis and reporting.
• Analyzed business requirements and segregated them into Use Cases. Created Use case diagrams, activity diagrams, Sequence Diagrams using Rational Rose according to UML methodology.
• Created Screen Mock ups using Visio.
• Maintained various versions of the documents generated during the project using Rational Clear Case.
• Defined testing objectives and verify requirements are testable.
• Responsible for managing the documented System Requirements and Requirements Traceability Matrix using Rational Requisite Pro.
• Provided support for User Acceptance Testing, writing test plans and developed different testing strategies like Black Box testing, and Load testing.

Environment: UML, RUP, Windows 2000, Oracle 9i, Rational Rose, Requisite Pro, ClearCase, ClearQuest, MS Project, MS Word, MS Excel, Java, Web Logic, DB2.