Shruthi S

940-***-****

acawqz@r.postjobfree.com

Summary:

. Over 6 years of experience in information systems as a Business

Analyst in all phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

. Adept with different SDLC methodologies-Waterfall, Rapid Application

Development (RAD), Rational Unified Process (RUP) and Agile (SCRUM).

. Experience in user requirements gathering, use case design and

analysis, Use Case Specification Documents (USD), Business use-case

models, system use-case models, scenarios, business processes, work

flow diagrams, process flows and technical documentation, using

Unified Modeling Language (UML)

. Helped in the creation of achievable project scope by facilitating

communication between business and technology management

. Assisted in the creation and management of project plans.

. Expertise in conducting Stakeholder Analysis to get a clear

understanding of the process stakeholders, and their roles &

responsibilities towards the project.

. Proactive in collaborating with external customers, and internal

application engineers to analyze system needs, and deliver artifacts

such as Requirements Specs, Progress Reports and Training Manuals.

. Performed Feasibility analysis, Risk analysis, Impact Analysis and Gap

analysis.

. Highly skilled in writing Business Requirements Documents (BRD),

Functional Requirements Documents (FRD), Request for Proposals (RFP),

Statement of Work (SOW).

. Organized Joint Application Development (JAD) session, Interviews,

Workshops and Requirement Elicitation sessions with business

owners/stake holders and development group.

. Competent in creating Narrative Use Cases, User Stories, Use Cases,

Activity Flow Diagrams, and Data Flow Diagrams using UML Tools - MS

Visio, Enterprise Architect, Rational Rose.

. Adept at developing Prototypes like Wireframes, Screen Mockups,

Navigation Flows.

. Experienced in Data Modeling and Process Modeling using a structured

approach.

. Proficient in executing SQL queries against databases to check for ER

relations with the requirements.

. Extensively interacted with the Core Technical and QA team to ensure

execution of Business Logic, Test Plans, providing Test Data and

creating Test Cases

. Involved in daily stand up, back log grooming, sprint planning, demo

and retrospective meetings

. Expertise in assisting Testing teams with Test Plans, Test Cases and

Test Scenarios, and manage defects using various Defect Tracking

Systems.

. Well versed in using Rally, Jira/Greenhopper tools in agile projects

. Hands-on experience utilizing MS Office Suite for document creation

such as BRDs, Use Cases and giving presentations in JAD sessions; MS

Visio for UML diagrams such as Activity diagrams, Use Case diagrams

and Wireframes, Quality Center for Testing/UAT and SQL for database

queries in the elicitation phase.

. Solid analytical & project management capabilities; strong work

ethics, taking ownership of all responsibilities and duties and

efficient time management skills; good problem-solving skills

. Proactive in coordinating with Distributed Teams for onsite- offshore

model, and communicate effectively with Business Partners, Management,

IT organization and the Client community

. Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, excellent communication,

interpersonal and presentation skills

. Self-motivated and have ensured execution of tasks across multiple

projects and priorities.

Education:

. MBA from Alliance Business Academy 2009.

Technical Skills:

Methodologies Agile, Waterfall, RUP, RAD

Databases Oracle, MS Access,DB2,MySQL, MS SQL

Documenting & Rational Rose, Visual Paradigm, MS Visio, BRD/FRD

Modeling Tools templates, MS Project, MS Office

(Word/Excel/Access/ Power Point), MS SharePoint,

MS Outlook.

Languages C, C++, C#, Java, .NET, SQL, HTML, XML

Testing Tools Rational Test Suite, Quality Center, BUGZILLA,

JIRA

Microsoft Tools MS Office Suite 2007-2010, MS Project 2007-2010,

MS Visio 2007-2010, MS SharePoint 2007-2010

Operating Systems Windows 2000/2003/NT/XP/7

Professional Experience:

Pollence IT Services

Aug'

09 - Till Date

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

. Worked closely with the Product Owners to understand the product

vision/roadmap and translate that into the product backlog

. Defined detailed stories with applicable acceptance criteria in

collaboration with product owner and technology team

. Managed and prioritized the backlog with inputs from the Product

Owner/Business.

. Created and managed a backlog of clearly defined and prioritized user

stories

. Facilitated sizing sessions with the team

. Worked closely with the development team to support the agile

development process

. Reviewed and approved finished development work before release into

production

. Involved in scrum ceremonies-daily stand up, back log grooming, sprint

planning, demo and retrospective meetings

. Supported assigned Scrum Team in developing test cases and test

scripts (automated and manual)

. Assisted Scrum Master/Development Manager in facilitating sprint

planning sessions, reviews, and retrospectives

. Conducted GAP Analysis to show current and proposed functionalities

for the Data Migration Project

. Followed Agile, and Waterfall SDLC methodologies for project

execution, and used Storyboards as one of the requirements

elicitation technique

. Documented User Requirements Specification (URS) and Functional

Requirements Specification (FRS) by working as a liaison between the

business Stakeholders and the Development teams

. Involved in writing the Data Dictionary for different processes and

their file layouts

. Conferred with Business Users to elicit requirements and worked with

the Design and Development teams on the Solution Design for the

project

. Prepared BRD and FRD, and simultaneously managed the documents using

Rational Requisite Pro

. Created Use case diagrams, using MS Visio, by performing Use-Case

Analysis on the requirements

. Facilitated JAD sessions with the End-users ensuring that the system

met all business needs

. Performed Walkthroughs with the SMEs for requirements approval and

baseline business architecture

. Worked with GUI team for designing the screens, and assisted in

Prototyping the User Interface (UI)

. Utilized MS SharePoint as the central repository for requirements

management and communication

. Analyzed information gathered from multiple sources to resolve system,

process or data conflicts, decompose high-level information into

details, and distinguish user requests from the true needs

. Assisted the Project Manager in project management support: developed

project plans, work breakdown structures (WBS) and task dependencies,

project schedules, risks, and reports

. Executed Test Cases for UAT of the application, and reported bugs to

the development team through defect tracking and rectification process

. Drafted and analyzed project Deliverables, and created Checklists for

Checkpoints in the project

. Developed Requirements Traceability Matrix for maintaining system

requirements using MS Excel

. Interacted with Production and Design teams for change requests and

problem report documentation

. Performed Knowledge Transfer of the elicited requirements to the DB

Architect for Database Design

. Assisted the Database team in Data Migration, from MS Excel to SQL

Server Reporting Service using SQL Loader for the future system

. Retrieved data from database for Data Validation and Data Integrity

tests using SQL queries

. Analyzed User requirements in Stakeholder meetings to document

changes, and implemented procedures to test changes using Rational

Clear Quest

. Assisted the Testing team in creating Test Plans, Test Scenarios, Test

Cases and collect Test Data for successful completion of Integration

Testing and Functional Testing.

Environment: Quality Center, XML, MS Visio, MS Word, MS Excel, MS

PowerPoint, UML, MS Project, Rational Clear Quest

Jones Lang LaSalle

Jul' 06 - Jul' 09

Business Analyst

Responsibilities:

. Developed AS-IS and TO-BE business processes using MS Visio.

. Conducted gap analysis for as-is and to-be processes.

. Conducted individual and group (JAD) sessions with business

stakeholders and technical units.

. Collected, analyzed, prioritized and documented business and system

requirements in BRD (Business Requirements Document).

. Came up with Use Cases, Use Case Diagrams, Activity diagrams, Entity

Relationship Diagrams, Class Diagrams and Sequence Diagrams.

. Prepared prototype screens which include minute details like fields

displayed/different attributes/ layouts and getting it approved from

the Business

. Analyzed functional requirements and converted them into technical

specifications for the development team.

. Partnered with other application development teams in planning,

coordinating various dependencies and successfully delivered on cross

functional projects.

. Worked with quality assurance analysts to create test plans, test

cases and performed functional testing as required.

. Involved in regression testing using Quality Center.

. Involved in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and help define defect and

issue tracking processes related to the application software.

Environment: Rational Rose, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, SQL

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