SUMMARY:

• Over 6 years of professional experience as Business Analyst with solid understanding of Business Requirement Gathering, Business Process Flow and Business Analysis.
• Actively participated in all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile methodology in large application development projects.
• Expertise in preparing Business Requirements Document (BRD), Epics, User Stories, Use Case Specifications and Functional Specifications Document (FSD).
• Wrote “as is - to be” documents for process re engineering projects for functional requirement.
• Experience in techniques with Unified Modeling Language using Flow charts, Use Cases, Class diagrams, Sequence diagrams, Activity diagrams to extract business process flows and workflows.
• Worked extensively in conducting GAP analysis, SWOT analysis and Cost benefit analysis.
• Create design documents such as process flow diagrams using MS Visio and Balsamiq.
• Worked with defect tracking tools like JIRA and Quality Center.
• Created Test Cases with the assistance of QA Lead.
• Involved in generating test cases, test scripts and resolving User Acceptance Testing (UAT) issues by communicating with QA team.
• Strong experience in manual testing of applications and knowledge of Win Runner and QTP.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, technically competent and result-oriented with problem solving skills and ability to work independently and use sound judgment.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Methodologies: Waterfall, Unified Modeling Language (UML), SDLC, Scrum.

Change Management Tools: Rational Requisite Pro, BluePrint, JIRA, Confluence.

Business Process Modeling Tools: Microsoft VISIO, Balasmiq

Databases: Oracle 9i/10g, MS SQL Server 7.0/2000.

MS Office: MS Project, MS Access, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, MS Outlook, Lotus notes.

Programming Languages: Structured Query Language (SQL),PL/SQL, SQL Server Query Studio

Operating System: Windows XP/Vista/2007, MS DOS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential,Alpharetta,GA

Business Analyst

• Used the Agile Methodology as part of the various phases of the SDLC.
• Collaborated with different teams to gather the requirement and worked as a Product Owner.
• Strong leadership role in conducting Requirements sessions and developed the User Stories, Epics and User Acceptance criteria.
• Used JIRA to manage the requirements and Updated Documents in Confluence.
• Evaluated and analyzed the data flow to create efficient solutions.
• Updated Data Mapping-Data Modeling in Confluence.
• Involved in Migration project for Gap Analysis.
• Validated data flow between XML format and JSON format.

Confidential,Saint Petersburg,FL

Business Analyst

• Used the Agile Methodology and Waterfall Methodology as part of the various phases of the SDLC.
• Strong leadership role in conducting JAD sessions and developed the Business Requirements Document (BRD) and Functional Requirement Document (FRD), User Stories.
• Worked with the product Owner to gather the requirements.
• Used Rational Requisite Pro to manage the requirements.
• Created User-Interface, mock-ups of Mobile apps in Balsamiq.
• Created a check list for Requirements Traceability matrix to trace all requirements from BRD.
• Used JIRA tool for reporting and tracking bugs.
• Interacted with developers and QA team and provide updates to Project Manager on weekly status.
• Execute and evaluated test cases/ test procedures based on detailed functional and non-functional requirements.
• Trained end-users on User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and facilitated meetings for performance of UAT.

Confidential,Tampa,FL

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Used Waterfall Methodology as part of the various phases of the SDLC.
• Strong leadership role in conducting JAD sessions and developed the Business Requirements Document (BRD).
• Prepared the Functional Requirement Document (FRD).
• Documented the current process, suggested future state process improvement, identified bottlenecks and modeled current and future state processes.
• Created User-Interface, mock-ups of LOS screens in MS Visio.
• Worked on SQL query to retrieve data from SQL Server databases.
• Creation of positive and negative test cases to thoroughly test workflow.
• Used Quick Test pro for automated testing reporting and tracking defects and bugs.
• Assisted Project Manager in Project Management update and controlling to ensure on time delivery using MS Project.
• Used Microsoft Office Project for scheduling (GANTT, PERT charts) and resource allocation and also tracked the critical path to ensure timely delivery and execution.

Confidential,Agoura Hills,CA

Business Analyst

• Used the Waterfall as part of the various phases of the SDLC.
• Conducted JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspectives with each other, resolve any issues and come to an agreement quickly.
• Interacted with business and created High Level Document (HLD) and Low Level Document (LLD) documents.
• Wrote as is- to be documentation for data mapping and conversion process.
• Created a check list for Requirements Traceability matrix to trace all requirements from BRD.
• Worked on SQL query to retrieve data from SQL Server databases.
• Worked on Entity relationship modeling as part of the project.
• Used HP Quality Center to report and track bugs internally and with the client.
• Interacted with QA team and was involved in the preparation and documentation of Test Plan.
• Created Service Level agreements (SLA) for Main table between the SOR and created user manuals for to guide users.

Confidential,Los Angeles,CA

Business Analyst

• Conducted JAD sessions to allow different stakeholders to communicate their perspectives with each other, resolve any issues and come to an agreement quickly.
• Gathered Business Requirements, analyzed data/workflows, and defined the scope and Cost/Benefit analysis.
• Interviewed Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) and Stakeholders to develop detailed step by step use cases for functionality and process flow.
• Created wire-frames of Front-End design for the credit card application.
• Followed the Unified Modeling Language based methods using Rational Rose to create Use Case Diagrams, Activity and Sequence Diagrams.
• Created Requirements Traceability matrix.
• Wrote as is- to be documentation for data mapping and conversion process.
• Wrote Use Cases for preparation of the Functional Requirements Specification document.
• Wrote SQL queries to extract data from Oracle databases and performed data analysis.
• Wrote Test Cases for functional testing of the application.
• Participated in performing Integration and Regression Testing for the project.