SUMMARY

9 years of IT experience in Business System Analysis, System Development life Cycle SDLC , RUP, Object Oriented Design, RDBMS, Project Cycle Management PCM , Software Validation, Data Modeling, and Decision Support Systems. Experience in working with clients to understand and implement requirements and in providing team leadership for development support teams comprising company as well as client and third party contract staff. Specializing in working with technical staff to create, interpret, and implement business requirements into technical specifications. Hands-on management experience developed and established through a variety of cross-functional businesses team assignments. Excellent strong work ethics and analytical skills coupled with good communication and interpersonal skills describing a committed team player.

EXPERTISE

• Possess over Eight years of IT and Management experience in Software Development Life Cycle SDLC and Project Life Cycle working as Business Analyst mainly in Healthcare sector.
• Well Familiar with current industry standards, such as HIPAA, SOX, ISO, Six Sigma, and Capability Maturity Model CMM .
• Experienced in testing EDI and HIPAA Transactions 837, 835, 820, 276, 277, 278 code sets testing in Health Insurance.
• In depth of knowledge software development life cycle SDLC , waterfall, Agile/SCRUM
• environment and RUP Rational Unified Process .
• Experience in working with Microsoft Office suite word, excel, Access, Visio, Power Point and Outlook for documentation, analysis and presentation.
• Extensive experience in gathering Business and Functional Requirements, Business Scope Vision Document, developing Business Requirement document, Functional specification document, communication plan, Use Cases, conducting Gap Analysis and Risk Analysis.
• Facilitated JAD sessions and Interviews. Adapt in implementing requirements, creating project status reports and presentations.
• Experience in development of Process Flow Diagram, Use Case Diagram, Activity Diagram, and Sequence Diagram by using UML methodology using tools such as Rational Rose and MS Visio.
• Experience in creating and executing Test plans, Test scripts, Test cases, for Manual and automated testing.
• Expert knowledge of Medicare Part A, Part B, Part C and Part D.
• Experience creating Traceability matrix to better manage the requirement gathering process and keeping track of the milestones.
• Excellent knowledge of data warehouse concepts.
• Excellent verbal/written communication skills and strong analytical abilities to perform well both independently and as a team player.
• Excellent meetings facilitator with excellent inter-personal and conflict resolving skills.
• Proven success as a business analyst through the years, providing a well-balanced understanding of business relationships, business requirements, and technical solutions.

SKILLS

Languages: C, C , SQL, PL/SQL, JAVA, .Net.

Tools: Rational Enterprise Suite, Rational Test Manager, Rational Rose, Requisite Pro, UML, Visio, Microsoft Office, MS Project, MS Access, Share Point, Bloomberg, TOAD, HP Quality Center.

Bug Tracking: Test Director, Rational Clear Quest

Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, UNIX, AIX, SOA, MAC OS

Business Process Modeling: Action Workflow, CASE wise, Process Charter now Process 98, UML, Visio

Protocols: SOAP, TCP/IP, FTP, SNMP, XML, XSD, XSL

Software Lifecycle Management Methods: Quality Function Deployment QFD for Software Development, Joint Application Development JAD , Rapid Prototyping, And Traditional Waterfall model, AGILE, Rational Unified Process RUP

Full Lifecycle Software Development Tools Methods: Object Modeling Technique, Use Case Method, data modeling techniques Logic Works Erwin

Presentation and General Business Tools: MS PowerPoint 97/2000, MS Word, MS Excel and Word Perfect.

Business Documentation skills: Documented Business Requirement, Use Case Specification, Functional and Non-functional Specification, System Requirement Specification, UML diagrams Use Case, Class and Sequence , Traceability Matrix, Project Estimate, Change-Version Control, Training and User Manuals, Master Test Plan Review Integration, System and Acceptance . Strengths include big picture focus while developing strategic business solutions which can include: mission statements, value propositions, critical success factors, statements of work, project management, ROI, GAP and risk analysis, Cost-benefit analysis, facilitated functional design meeting and documenting requirements, use cases, implementation and mentoring and coaching.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for writing Business Requirement Specification BRS document
• Responsible for writing Functional Requirement Specification FRS document.
• Responsible for writing Data mapping documents to gather data from all the clinical source systems eCC, Proton and DAMA and easily stored in the single Target Database KC-Knowledge Center .
• Participated in user meetings, gathered Business requirements for the Data-Warehouse design and also helped in designing various Data- Marts from where the data will be readily available to create XML file to be reported to NHSN.
• Involved in the meeting with Business Process Owners, SME Subject Matter Experts and Health Center users for Requirement gathering in Definition Stage.
• Worked with business representatives to understand requirements and priorities and ensure that software development work is appropriately aligned
• Facilitated Joint Application Development JAD Sessions, as well as weekly client team meetings
• Interacted with the Subject Matter Experts SME and stakeholders to get a better understanding of client business processes and gather business requirements.
• Performed Gap Analysis to identify the deficiencies of the current system and to identify the requirements for the change in the proposed system.
• Organized impacted systems into high, medium and low impact to help business analyze the level of effort for remediation activities and ease resource allocation work.
• Managed list of vendors and trading partners that were impacted by HL7 Version 2.3 Messaging system and required remediation work to be compliant.
• Responsible for SIT System Integration Testing testing the code of the developers by writing SQL queries in TOAD and SQL server Management Studio.
• Conducted UAT by running various test scripts and advised the team which passed or failed.
• Created various Use Cases and workflow diagrams, sequence diagrams, and Class diagrams using MS Visio and used UML methodology to define the Data Flow Diagrams DFD.
• Developed user stories, project backlog, and prioritization for timely smooth execution of the project.
• Maintained Traceability Matrix in Excel.

Environment: Windows XP, Chairside, Cloverleaf, AMI, TIME Open Link, Oracle, UML, TOAD, SQL Server Management Studio, Soarian eCube Clinicals, Soarian eCube Financials, MS Word, MS Excel, Knowledge Center, XML, NHSN, CDC.

Confidential

Sr. Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for writing Business Requirement Specification BRS document
• Responsible for writing Functional Requirement Specification FRS document.
• Responsible for writing Data mapping documents for each type of ADT message, which was required to be sent from RAI system to Fresenius system.
• Organized impacted systems into high, medium and low impact to help business analyze the level of effort for remediation activities and ease resource allocation work.
• Involved in creating sample mappings for the conversion of ADT HL7 Transaction code sets A01,A04,A05 and A08
• Performed Gap Analysis to identify the deficiencies of the current system and to identify the requirements for the change in the proposed system.
• Interacted with the Subject Matter Experts SME and stakeholders to get a better understanding of client business processes and gather business requirements.
• Facilitated Joint Application Development JAD Sessions, as well as weekly client team meetings
• Involved in the meeting with Business Process Owners, SME Subject Matter Experts and Health Center users for Requirement gathering in Definition Stage using Rational Requisite Pro.
• Worked with business representatives to understand requirements and priorities and ensure that software development work is appropriately aligned
• Managed list of vendors and trading partners that were impacted by HL7 Version 2.3 Messaging system and required remediation work to be compliant.
• Participated in user meetings, gathered Business requirements for the Data-Warehouse design.
• Responsible for SIT System Integration Testing testing the code of the developers by writing SQL queries in TOAD and SQL server Management Studio.
• Conducted UAT by running various test scripts and advised the team which passed or failed.
• Created various Use Cases and workflow diagrams, sequence diagrams, and Class diagrams using MS Visio and used UML methodology to define the Data Flow Diagrams DFD.
• Developed user stories, project backlog, and prioritization for timely smooth execution of the project.
• Maintained Traceability Matrix in Excel.

Environment: Windows XP, Chairside, Cloverleaf, AMI, TIME Open Link, Oracle, UML, TOAD, SQL Server Management Studio, Soarian eCube Clinicals, Soarian eCube Financials, MS Word, MS Excel,

Confidential

Sr. Business System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in creating sample mappings for the conversion of EDI X12 transactions code sets version 4010 to 5010 and translation of ICD 9 codes into ICD 10 codes
• Worked on a multi-million dollar project to update 270/271, 276/277, 837I, 837P, 278, 834, 835, 820.
• Created, Analyzed, Managed the various versions of all requirement artifacts utilizing Project SharePoint sites.
• Developed the Business Process Model for the current state and future state for each area of the project and identified the Business Use Cases. Also Trained the BA team in identifying the Business Use Cases.
• Conducted Requirements Walk-Thru Sessions and resolved all open issues/findings.
• Successfully received Sign-Offs by providing walk-thru's to the team and successfully traced them to the high level business requirements by utilizing ReqPro.
• Was involved in requirements gathering, identifying and preparing Use Cases, creating Traceability matrix and tagging it in the Rational Requisite Pro.
• Conducted UAT by running various test scripts and advised the team which passed or failed.
• Utilized Agile Methodology to configure and develop process, standards and procedures.
• Conducted JAD sessions with business units and stakeholders to define project scope, to identify the business flows and determine whether any current or proposed systems are impacted by the new development efforts.
• Created Workflow Diagrams, UML diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Use Cases, Swim Lanes, for incorporating design changes.
• Prepared the Business requirement Document BRD and functional requirement document FRD for the enhancement of the existing services.
• Worked closely with Development team and QA team.
• Analysis and Design of existing transaction sets, and modification of these transaction sets to ensure HIPAA compliance.
• Analyzed, coordinated, documented and managed project requirements, project processes and procedures and its changes throughout the software development lifecycle
• Created and updated data mapping document s with reference to the source for 270/271, 276/277 and 837.
• Conducted Gap Analysis for HIPAA 4010 837P and 835 transactions and HIPAA 5010 837P and 835 transactions.
• Ran SQL queries to analyze the requirements and for testing the files and reports
• Analyzed trading partner specifications and created EDI mapping guidelines.

Environment: Windows 98/2000, Windows 2003/2008, Mainframe, SQL Server 2000, MS Visio, MS Office, MS Project 2000/2003, Toad, Rational Rose, Requisite Pro, SQL, JAD, Oracle, SharePoint, UML, HP Quality Center, Load Runner 8.2.

Confidential

Sr. System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in Inception Phase and prepared vision statement and initial conceptual data models.
• Created Business requirement document and supporting documents that contain the essential business elements and detailed definitions.
• Maintained documentation related to difficulties, complexities and anomalies that may arise during the ETL process.
• Gathered user and business requirements through open-ended discussions, brainstorming sessions and role-playing.
• Worked on all Medicare Part A, B, C and D Users transactions involving electronic data interchange.
• Documented the user requirements Analyzed and prioritized them and converted them as system requirements that must be included while developing the software.
• Analyzed data and created class diagrams and Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, ER diagrams for designing databases.
• Coordinated with SMEs at various levels on strategic issues.
• Created and updated data mapping document s with reference to the source for 270/271, 276/277 and 837.
• Planned and documented NPI CrossWalk procedure including NT Z into the provider database.
• Involved in designing and developing Data Models and Data Marts that support the Business Intelligence Data Warehouse.
• Planned and defined Use Cases created Use Case diagrams, Scenarios and Use Case Narratives using the UML methodologies.
• Query optimization using SQL Profiler and performance monitors to enhance the performance of database servers.
• Converted various SQL statements into stored procedures thereby reducing the Number of database accesses since Stored Procedures passes the whole block at one time.
• Created Mock-up forms in MS word for better visualization and understanding of the software solution.
• Used SDLC System Development Life Cycle methodologies like the RUP and the waterfall.
• Facilitated JAD sessions with management, development team, users and other stakeholders to refine functional requirements.
• Authored progress and completion reports which were then submitted to project management on a weekly basis in MS project.
• Developed strategies with Quality Assurance group to implement Test Cases in Test manager for User Acceptance Testing.

Environment: SDLC, SQL, Toad, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, MS Visio, MS Project 2000/2003, JAVA, Rational Clear Quest, ETL, Rational Requisite Pro, Oracle, UML, Lotus Notes.

Confidential

System Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Involved in gathering, analyzing and documenting business requirements and data specifications.
• Created and reviewed business requirements, functional specifications, project schedules and documentation.
• Diagrams using MS Visio and developed test plans, test cases to analyze match results.
• Gathered requirements by using interviews, observation, JAD, brainstorming sessions, and documents analysis.
• Reproduce, verify and validate issues documented in a defect tracking system and writing tractability matrices based on use cases and business requirements BRDs performed the requirement analysis and documented the requirements using Rational Requisite Pro.
• Created Use Case Models, Analysis Models, Design Models, Implementation Models, authored Use Cases, Use Case Diagrams, Behavior Diagrams sequence diagrams, activity diagrams based on UML methodology using Rational Software Modeler and MS Visio.
• Used MS Word Visio to document data flows of the AS IS process and TO BE processes.
• Performed GAP Analysis to identify the gap between the optimized allocation and integration of the inputs, and the current level of allocation.
• Analyzed Business Requirements, reviewed Test Strategy, Traceability Matrices and Test Plans to ensure that test cases reflect user needs for the functional, performance, usability and security requirements.
• Facilitated testing with developers and testers and performed manual front-end testing to check all the functionalities incorporated with the different modules.
• Involved in UAT session to test and validate the system with stakeholders
• Prepared a schedule and work flow, following agile methodology of software development.
• Fixed several problems with the B2B system that exchanges data between the company and its prime brokerage clients.
• Interacted with the different SMEs deciding about the design and format of the reports.
• Involved in SWOT analysis of project plan.

Environment: JAD, Java, Oracle, UML, Windows XP, Business Objects, Informatics, MS Project 2000, MS Word, MS Excel, MS Visio, SharePoint.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated Joint Application Development JAD sessions to identify business rules and requirements with Business Teams
• Gathered requirements and facilitated use case sessions for the existing use cases and newly identified use cases.
• Wrote SQL Queries to create tables, stored procedures and performed data analysis, data mapping .
• Worked extensively with SME's and performed Gap analysis to arrive at the gaps between current and future systems and the modules to be impacted.
• Developed the following documents for the projects that practiced the SDLC methodology: System Requirement Specifications SRC and Functional Specifications FC .
• Developed the following documentations in different stages of the requirement gathering process and presented to the SME to get signoff prior to moving to the next stages: Business Use Case Diagrams, Business Use Case Activity Diagrams, Business Use Cases, Use Cases, Use Case Activity diagrams.

Environment: JAD, MS Visio, Windows 2000/2003, Rational RequisitePro, Rational Rose, Oracle , SQL, PL/SQL, MS Office, Load Runner, UAT.

Confidential

Business Systems Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Understanding System specifications document.
• Perform Impact analysis.
• Prepare program specification documents.
• Prepare unit test plan for the identified components.
• Construction and unit testing of application programs.
• Perform System and Integration testing.
• Implement the application programs in the UAT environment for End-user testing.

Environment: JAD, agile, Windows 98,Microsoft office 2003, Microsoft Excel, Rational Rose.