SUMMARY

• Accomplished Business Analyst with more than 6 years of experience in Software Development Life Cycle Highly analytical and process - oriented with excellent interpersonal communication, technical documentation and presentation skills Expertise in Business Modeling, Data Modeling, Business Process Analysis and Business Process Re-Engineering Extensive experience with Agile, Scrum, Waterfall or RUP Methodologies Enthusiastic, detail-oriented and effectively communicates complex business processes to the development team.
• 6+ years of professional experience as a business analyst in various industries
• Strong experience with requirements gathering via JAD sessions and user interviews, gap analysis, cost-benefit analysis, business and functional requirements documentation, as well as workflow diagrams and documentation
• Proficient at creating use-case diagrams, activity diagrams and class diagrams, using Unified Modeling Language (UML) and object-oriented analysis & design.
• Extensive knowledge of all phases of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and methodologies such as waterfall, agile/scrum and Rational Unified Process (RUP)
• Expertise in role of scrum master, facilitating/organizing daily scrum sessions, sprint planning meeting and sprint review meeting and preparing/analyzing burn down charts
• Solid experience writing queries to extract reports as required by business using MS SQL Server, Oracle and TOAD
• Involved in the documentation of test cases and design of test plans and test scripts
• Conduct impact assessments to understand business and application implications of requirements change requests
• Excellent presentation and communication skills compiled with a proficiency in problem abstraction, business modeling, business process flow and understanding business requirements.
• Extensive experience in Business Process Engineering with expertise in Analysis, Design, Development and Implementation.
• Able to work independently and in teams to meet business deliverables with a results-oriented approach

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Packages: MS-Visio, MS- Project 2000, Rational Suite, Google Apps, SharePoint, Requisite Pro.

Testing Tools: Quick Test Pro, Win Runner, Load Runner, Test Director

Office Suite: MS Office (MS-Word, MS-Power Point, MS-Excel), Acrobat, Livelink Compass (Document Management), File Net, WebSphere, Mingle, iRise, Balsamiq.

Methodologies: UML, RUP, Agile, Scrum, SDLC

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Atlanta, GA

Sr. Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with the Subject Matter Expert (SME), Operational/Technical Managers and Stakeholders to get a better understanding of Business rules/processes and gather core Business Requirements.
• Facilitated JAD Sessions to develop system which meets the business requirements. Analyzed the current process, identified problems, and made recommendations to improve the process.
• Worked with Documentum and eRoom for storing documents like RTM and keep track of the projects.
• Worked with Capability Maturity Model as a guide to monitor the growth of all the processes throughout the project
• Mapped functional and business requirements using the Rational Requisite Pro software and gathered requirements and identified data sources for input and performed data analysis.
• Developed various specification documents by interviewing various users.
• Used Rational Rose software to develop Use Case Diagrams, Activity Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams.
• Drafted and analyzed various Project Artifacts and Deliverables. Documented day to day activities, procedures, policies and their limitations. Performed Gap Analysis.
• Created activity schedule and leveled resources on MS Project software for various iterations of the project.
• Identified various data elements which can be used as an input for Management.
• Wrote and executed manual and automated test cases and assisted in development-test cycle.
• Performed Positive and Negative testing for system validations using different data.
• Involved in Data Mapping, Integration and Validation in the Backend of the Application.
• Involved in User Acceptance testing, GUI Testing, System Testing, Integration testing other testing of the application.

Environment: Windows, MS SharePoint, Rational Requisite Pro, Documentum, eRoom, eCommerce, Quality Center, MS-Visio, MQ Series, PVCS Tracker, Microsoft Project, Java Script, VB Script, UML., MS-Office, MS Visio, Windows, BPMN, CMMI. ITIL, WebSphere.

Confidential, Richmond, VA

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Interacted with Stakeholders and Subject Metter Experts (SMEs) from Front Office for Trade Booking GUIs and Data Quality Rules
• Interacted with SMEs from Middle Office to document Trade Process Flow during Trade Lifecycle.
• Analyzed, documented, and managed all project requirements and changes to requirements throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Created UAT Test Cases using HPQC. Presented Test Cases to end users and got approval
• Facilitated in conducting JAD sessions, Test planning, Test execution and Data validation.
• Designed Activity Diagrams for the various identified packages.
• Conducted reviews with business for sign off at the end of each milestone like creation of BRD and Use Case documents, test cases and test results.
• Ensured the Test Coverage by collecting and documenting test results data from various releases using HPQC. Got approval on test results
• In order to expedite defect resolution, investigated defects by fetching data in tables using SQL
• Logged bugs in HPQC. Assigned severity to issues
• Facilitated Joint Requirement Planning (JRP) to identify the business rules and requirements.
• Participated in project team reviews to review test cases, develop test cases, test approaches, Testing applications, documentation and other specifications throughout the project.

Environment: Rational Rose, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Clear Case, Microsoft Office, .NET, HPQC, SQL, Lotus Notes

Confidential, Mineola, NY

Business/Data Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Facilitated requirement gathering sessions with the business users to gather business & functional requirements and documented them for review by both business and technical team members.
• Conducted meetings with stakeholders to identify problems, resolve issues and provide solutions as per their requirements and business practices
• Worked on Web-DGS (Web-based Document Generation System) for online and asynchronous document generation for customers, which can be published online immediately. Used PDF conversion module using ActivePDF (third party tool) that converts generated word documents into PDF
• Design the data model for the database using the different stages of Data Modeling to avoid data Redundancy
• Responsible for Data Collection and Data Analysis; Publish User Documents and Support Guides.
• Involved in writing business rules and converting the User requirements into business requirements, functional specifications and technical requirements and also created business process models from the requirement specs
• Performed Gap Analysis of the “As-Is” and “To-Be" process within the organization (DOT) to analyze and fill the existing gaps in the business processes and participate in business processes.
• Led the design team in implementing Unified Modeling Language (UML) methodologies to design Use Case Diagrams, Data Flow Diagrams and Activity Diagrams.
• Assisted QA team by Reviewing test cases and clarifying requirements to ensure complete coverage of requirements for the mobile platform.
• Involved in conducting UAT sessions to gain confidence and approval of the mobile users.
• Co-ordinated with developers, testers, business managers, and clients to implement the requirements and incorporated the changes as per client needs for the mobile website.
• Documented the Use Cases and Activity diagram; worked on COTS Integration and Application Architecture design. Created and maintained workflow plans and business process flows using MS Visio.
• Analyzed existing legacy systems to identify integration points and actively coordinated the release management

Environment: Windows XP, Enterprise Architect, MS-Office, MS Visio, MS SharePoint, .Net Platform, UML, MS SQL Server, Maximo Spatial, Arc GIS, iRise.

Confidential

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

• Actively participated in Kick-Off meetings to get a better understanding of the project scope and requirements.
• Extensively gathered requirements from Business Users and Subject Matter Experts (SME's) to understand the current functionality and assess the user needs.
• Implemented RUP's iterative approach, which allowed increasing understanding of the problem through successive refinements.
• Accomplished experience through whole Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from requirement analysis till deployment, using highly efficient RUP process
• Prepared Business Workflow models using MS Visio.
• Prepared As Is and To Be workflows & analyzed the processes.
• Created and Maintained the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
• Reviewed quality with respect to the requirements based on reliability, functionality and performance with the help of QA testing team.

Environment: Point of Sales, SharePoint, RUP, ASP.NET, VB, VIA Inventory Management System, MS Visio.