SUMMARY

• Prolific and highly organized Business Analyst wif 7 years of experience in planning, managing, developing, and delivering software solutions on time wifin budget by TEMPeffectively collaborating, facilitating, leading and coaching multiple Agile teams.
• Extensive experience in Agile Methodology, Scrum processes, Sprint Planning, Story based Development and Project Management.
• Good experience in implementing projects using Scrum, SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework), Nexus Framework, XP, PMI Project management process, and Kanban.
• Management experience of teh full project life cycle including requirements gathering, creation of project plans and schedules, obtaining and managing resources, managing budget, and facilitating project execution, deployment, and closure.
• Hands on experience in various project management methodologies like Waterfall and Agile Project Management.
• Practical experience of successful Scrum based development team management as an Agile Project Manager and Scrum Master.
• Proficient in design and implementation of distributed applications using Java/J2EE components and frameworks such asStruts, JSF, JSP, Servlets,Tag Libs, JDBC.
• Experience on application integration using IBMMQ series, SOAP, Restweb services.
• Experience in designing applications usingUMLDiagrams like Class Diagram, Component Diagram, Sequence Diagrams, and Deployment Diagram using Rationale software architect.
• Expertise in documenting and maintaining project files project scope, business case, resource planning scheduling, risk register, issue register, change control register, progress reports.
• Extensive knowledge on Application Servers likeWebSphere, WebLogic, and Apache Tomcat.
• Experience on project management of portfolio projects forfunding validation, tracking and reporting forportfolio projectsintake.
• Experience in documenting and archivingproject activities, deliverables, tools and findings for future projects.
• Deep understanding and capability in troubleshooting of teh common issues faced during teh development lifecycle including coding, debugging, testing and final roll - out.
• Expert in problem solving skills wif teh ability to think creatively and strategically about alternative solutions and opportunities.
• Experience working on delivery plan, kick off deck,project budgeting& financial, status update, reporting, project tracking, risk & Issue analysis and mitigation plan.
• Expertise in managing multiple teamsand multi - million-dollar projects / programs successfully.
• Experience in managingall facets of technical projectstoensure deliverablesare met wifin schedule, budget, andKPI goals.
• Hold planning sessions to layoutProject Charter, define objectives, define task, and assign task to team members.
• Able tomanage large project teamsand known for high-quality deliverables dat meet or exceed timeline and budgetary targets.
• Handle communication between teh project team, program manager, senior management and all impacted stakeholders.
• Identify, manage project risk, mitigation, contingency plan, budget, track revenues, gross margins, expenditures, change management, issue management, deployments & rollouts.
• Experience in tracking and reporting project status on a regular basis, including escalating issues dat require management attention.
• Experience in mentoring and coaching team members to ensure short-term tasks are successful while continually developing their skills.
• Expertise in providing data analysis and formulated results wif findings to teh stakeholders to let them addressbusinessscenarios and take actionable measures.
• Ability to co-ordinate TEMPeffectively wif development team, business partners, end users and management.
• Experience in reviewing and monitoring project progress, planning managing dependencies and risks, resource planning.
• Strong interpersonal and meeting facilitation skills, and teh ability to influence others wifout having authority.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Analysis Technologies: Agile methodology, Waterfall methodology, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Risk Analysis, Gap Analysis

Operating Systems: Windows 7/8/ Linux, UNIX

Defect Tracking Tools: Jira, Confluence, Rally, Version One, TFS, Bugzilla, HPALM

Business Modelling Tools: SharePoint, Microsoft Visio

Reporting Tools: MS-Project, Project Server

Databases: SQL, SQL Server, Oracle

Languages: SQL, Python

Workflow Tools: MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, MS-Word

CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, JIRA, Bitbucket

Methodology (Agile): Kanban, Scrum, Scrumban, RUP, FDD, ATDD, TDD, Rally, Extreme Programming (XP)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, St Joseph, MI

Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Performed various scrum roles by collaboratively working wif teh developers during sprints, guiding teh product owner by prioritizing product backlogs, user stories, sprint backlogs, following up wif teh team and coordinating teh scrum principals, values, guidelines and facilitate by removing impediments for fast and incremental product releases.
• Meet wif application owners, application developers and analysts, coding staff and teh like to determine business needs and functionalities desired for new or revised application.
• Facilitate teh discussions as of complex, high value IT delivery projects dat require teh coordination of development work or technology work on multiple platforms to achieve desired functionality.
• Proactively facilitate scrum ceremonies for teh team (Sprint, Planning, Grooming & Review/Demo, Retrospective).
• Facilitate impediment resolution in a timely, cost-TEMPeffective manner. Act as a conduit to other teams and LOBs wif which teh team is interacting, Track and produce key metrics (e.g., burn-down, burn-up charts).
• Facilitating discussion, decision making, and conflict resolution,
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously delivering high quality results.
• Manage risk and issues and escalate, as necessary.
• Proactively seek to understand each division’s business objective and champion those objectives to deliver business value.
• Ensured dat teh incremental deliverables meet teh business requirements wif scrum process.
• Foster collaborative communication among scrum teams, follow agile values and principals.
• Ensure proper project planning occurs and dat estimates for scope, effort, cost, and schedule are properly defined, communicated, and accepted by product owner and key stakeholders.
• Manage multiple projects simultaneously delivering high quality results.
• Manage risks, issues and escalate, as necessary.
• Performed recruitment assisting new hires and placing in suitable agile projects.

Environment: Scrum, Agile, Jira suite, Confluence, MS Office tools, MS Office suite, SQL Server 2008

Confidential, NJ

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Supported teh full project life cycle including requirements gathering, creation of project plans and schedules, obtaining and managing resources, managing budget, and facilitating project execution, deployment and closure.
• Utilized corporate and industry standard project management tools and techniques to TEMPeffectively oversee projects.
• Assisted wif establishment and maintenance of corporate project management methodology and other department procedures.
• Maintained detailed project documentation including meeting minutes, action items, issues lists and risk management plans.
• TEMPEffectively communicated project status to all stakeholders.
• Negotiated wif project stakeholders to identify resources, resolve issues, and mitigate risks.
• Coordinated cross-functional meetings wif various functional areas to meet overall stakeholder expectations and company's objectives.
• Provided functional and technical knowledge across multiple business and technical areas.
• Monitored teh creation of all project deliverables to ensure adherence to quality standards including design documents, test plans, training materials, and operations documentation.
• Managed schedules, budgets, project scope, assets, and overall project organization to ensure requirements and project delivery dates are clearly communicated, understood and executed upon.
• Conducted design reviews, code reviews, project planning, issue debugging, daily team meeting, weekly stake holders meeting, process improvement discussions, team identification and screening, team training, and test data management.

Environment: Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Confluence, MySQL, MS Office Suite

Confidential, Chicago, IL

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Provided support to teh scrum team using a servant leadership style whenever possible, leading by example.
• Conducted daily scrum, sprint planning, product backlog, sprint review, and sprint retrospective meetings.
• Developed and managed visual system to track progress of work during sprints and projects.
• Encouraged and facilitated cross-team coordination and collaboration.
• Provided leadership, direction, and coaching to teh team to encourage adoption of good agile practices.
• Assisted wif internal and external communication, improving transparency and radiating information.
• Tracked data from teh sprint process and report regularly, to facilitate understanding of where we were and wat could be improved.
• Responsible for setting up and signing off system modification requests (SMRs).
• QA role to ensure all IT activities performed by teh team meets acceptable company and industry standards.
• Worked wif teh business leadership to anticipate their objectives and needs to better serve them.
• Custodian for teh Agile process and ensures all scrum processes are used as intended.
• Protected teh team, removed barriers to successful implementation, and keeps them focused on teh task at hand.
• Helped teh Product Owner maximize productivity.
• Maintained teh backlog and release plans, publish reports to ensure teh product owner is updated about teh team's progress.

Environment: Scrum, Kanban, Jira, Confluence, SaaS, MySQL, MS Office Suite

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Perform analysis of business issues, provide recommendations for possible solutions, work wif Business users and IT project teams to drive decision making and define requirements for application development, ensuring dat business needs are being met.
• Conducted Scope Analysis, Stakeholder Analysis, GAP Analysis, and Traceability Matrix, and used MS Visio for Business Process Modeling adopting UML standards.
• Responsible for writing every possible scenario called Product Backlog Indexes/Items (PBI’s) in teh company standard Gherkin language and tan explaining and estimating teh same wif Developers and teh QA team.
• Produced and presented various Use Cases, Sequence Diagrams, Flow Charts, and Activity Diagrams.
• Created Screen Mockups and wireframes using Axure RP tool.
• Responsible for organizing and conducting requirements elicitation meetings wif various businesses and documenting them in JIRA. Collected functional requirements from clients for technology enhancement and initiatives.
• Performed Gap Analysis by doing an in-depth study of teh current process, planned implementation actions and Change Control Process.
• Facilitated Agile Daily Standup Meetings and Product Backlog sprint meetings.
• Responsible to Verify Back End Data using SQL queries wif distinct batch processes and front end .Net applications and logic validations.
• Maintained project milestones, schedules, and project progress using MS Project.
• Collaborated wif teh Testers for designing teh Scenario, writing and execution of test cases.
• Conducted User Acceptance Testing and verified performance, reliability, and fault.
• Created Stub Data in XML and provided to UI developers to progress teh web page development.
• Facilitated teh process of orchestration by providing process flow diagram

Environment: MS Visio, JIRA, Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point, Axure RP, Microsoft Project.