SUMMARY:

• 8+ years of Industry experience as a Business Analyst with solid understanding of Business Requirements Gathering, Evaluating Data Sources, Translating Requirements into Specifications, Application Design.
• Proficient in Technical and Business Writing, Business Process Flow, Business Process Modelling, Business Analysis and Testing various methodologies.
• Expertise in Project Scoping, Planning, Estimating, Scheduling, Organizing, Directing, Controlling, Budgeting and Drafting Remedy Procedures.
• Experience in facilitating Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) sessions with Business User Groups, conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions with IT Groups and Conflict Management with Project team members.
• In depth knowledge Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology, Use Cases, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) processes, Object Oriented Analysis and Design (OOA/D).
• Competent in Creating Unified Modelling Language (UML) diagrams such as Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, Class Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams.
• Extensive experience in developing Use Cases, creating Screen Mock - ups, conducting Gap Analysis and Impact Analysis, SWOT analysis, Cost Benefit Analysis, Risk Analysis.
• Facilitated Change Management across entire process from Project conceptualization to Testing through Project Delivery, Software Development and Implementation Management in diverse Business and Technical Environments.
• Traceability Matrix (RTM) which helped in controlling numerous artifacts produced by the teams across the deliverables for a project
• Involved in Test Planning, Test Preparation, Test Execution, Issue Resolution and Report Generation to assure that all aspects of a Project are in Compliance with the Business Requirements.
• Strong experience in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and documentation of Test Cases. Expertise in designing and developing Test Plans and Test Scripts.
• Interface with clients from Operations, Marketing, Sales, Technologies, and Outside Vendors and act as their customer interface point as the lead of the Projects.
• Highly motivated team player with excellent Interpersonal and Customer Relational Skills, Proven Communication, Organizational, Analytical, Presentation Skills, and Leadership Qualities.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Languages: C, C++, C#, VC++, VB, VB.NET, C#.NET, ASP.NET, Java, SQL, PLSQL

Operating Systems: UNIX, Windows, Linux.

Databases: MS-Access, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Teradata, DB2, Sybase

Application Servers: IBM WebSphere, ATG Dynamo, BEA WebLogic.

Internet: HTML, XML, VB Script, ASP, JavaScript, JSP, J2EE.

Automation Tools: MS Visio, Rational Rose, Rational Clear Case, Ration RequisitePro, Documentum

Bug Tracking Tools: Mercury Test Director, Rational Clear Quest

Utility Tools: MS Office Suite, MS Project, TOAD, Adobe Photoshop

Reporting Tools: Crystal Reports, SQL Server Reports (SSRS)

Data warehousing Tools: Informatica, Business Objects, Cognos, Erwin

Testing Tools: Quick TestPro (QTP), Test Director, Win Runner, Load Runner.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interfaced with the client as part of the Requirements Engineering team to finalize the project scope.
• Facilitated JAD Sessions and gathered Business Requirements
• Assisted the PM in developing Use Cases and project plans and also managed changes to the scope of the project.
• Conducted user interviews, gathered Requirements, analyzed the Requirements and managed changes using Rational Suite.
• Conducted interviews with end-users to collect requirement and business process information.
• Developed business process models in RUP to document existing and future business processes.
• Performed extensive Requirement Analysis including data analysis and gap analysis.
• Designed and developed project document templates based on SDLC methodology.
• Participated in various stages of data and requirement analysis for project needs.
• Identified internal and external system requirements, design and configuration set-up, also created User Documentation and conducted training classes.
• Developed business requirement specification documents as well as high-level project plan.
• Designed and developed Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams, and OOD using UML.
• Assumed ownership of Use Case Diagrams, Use Case narratives and other various artifacts.
• Relieved pressure off the PM by maintaining artifacts and portions of the project binder.
• Documented and delivered Functional Specification Document to the project team. \
• Assisted the Project Manager to develop both high-level and detailed application architecture to meet user requests and business needs.
• Participated in the logical and physical design sessions, assisted and developed high and low level design documents.
• Assisted the PM in setting realistic project expectations and in evaluating the impact of changes on the project plans accordingly and conducted project related presentations.
• Assisted with user testing of systems, developing and maintaining quality procedures, and ensuring that appropriate documentation is in place.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Functioned as the primary liaison between the business line, operations, and the technical areas throughout the project life cycle.
• Performed task decomposition, delegated tasks and monitored project milestones using MS Project.
• Assisted the PM in performing Risk Assessment, Management and Mitigation.

Confidential, NJ

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Analyzed User Requirement Document, Business Requirement Document (BRD), Technical Requirement Specification and Functional Requirement Specification (FRS).
• Prepared and analyzed AS-IS and TO-BE in the existing architecture and performed Gap Analysis.
• Created workflow scenarios, designed new process flows and documented the Business Process and various Business Scenarios and activities of the Business from the conceptual to procedural level.
• Used the guidelines and artifacts of the Rational Unified Process (RUP) to strategize the Implementation of RUP effort in different iterations and phases of the Software Development Life Cycle.
• Worked as an Interface between the Users and the different teams involved in the application development for the better understanding of the Business and IT Processes.
• Followed a structured approach to organize Requirements into logical groupings of essential Business Processes, Business Rules, and Information needs that insures any Critical Requirements are not missed
• Managed and traced requirements using Rational requisite pro
• Followed the UML based methods using Microsoft Visio to create: Use Cases Diagrams, Activity Diagrams, State Chart Diagrams, Sequence Diagrams and Collaboration Diagrams.
• Prepared Logical Data Models that contains set of Entity Relationship Diagrams and Data Flow Diagrams and supporting documents and descriptions of the Relationships between the data elements to analyze and document the Business Data Requirements.
• Worked extensively with the QA team for designing Test Plan and Test Cases for the User Acceptance Test
• Verified the Business Scenarios on new builds to allow extended testing by the QA team.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Acted as a liaison between the project group and the operations group.
• Helped design scope document and to coordinate with top management for the approval process.
• Interviewed various personnel including broker dealers and traders to understand the current process and the future requirements.
• Extensively conducted JAD sessions to understand the business requirements
• Tracking and reporting budget and cost allocation variances and performing cost/benefit analysis.
• Extensively involved in Business Process Modeling
• Created the AS IS and TO BE business processes
• Documented the business requirements following the RUP methodology using rational requisite pro
• Authored the Business Requirement Document (BRD).
• Developed Business rules for the equity trading system based on technical chart analysis and fundamental analysis and trends.
• Used rational Rose to create use cases for different scenarios and cases.
• Developed Business specification diagram so as to understand the whole work flow.
• Created UI Specifications and wire frames.
• Developed activity diagrams in Rational Rose software, so as to have a diagrammatic view of the workflow.
• Collaborated with the QA team for developing scenarios for validation and testing.
• Got involved in the User acceptance Testing (UAT) and SIT and documented the test scenarios and outcomes.

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Acted as a liaison between the project group and the operations group.
• Helped design scope document and to coordinate with top management for the approval process.
• Interviewed various personnel including broker dealers and traders to understand the current process and the future requirements.
• Extensively conducted JAD sessions to understand the business requirements
• Tracking and reporting budget and cost allocation variances and performing cost/benefit analysis.
• Extensively involved in Business Process Modeling
• Created the AS IS and TO BE business processes
• Documented the business requirements following the RUP methodology using rational requisite pro
• Authored the Business Requirement Document (BRD).
• Developed Business rules for the equity trading system based on technical chart analysis and fundamental analysis and trends.
• Used rational Rose to create use cases for different scenarios and cases.
• Developed Business specification diagram so as to understand the whole work flow.
• Created UI Specifications and wire frames.
• Developed activity diagrams in Rational Rose software, so as to have a diagrammatic view of the workflow.
• Collaborated with the QA team for developing scenarios for validation and testing.
• Got involved in the User acceptance Testing (UAT) and SIT and documented the test scenarios and outcomes.