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Shamim Edzaz

Phone: 678-***-**** E-mail : accnjd@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Performance driven, quantifiably proven mid-level Business Analyst with more than 6 years hands on experience in

project management, project analysis and software product cycle assessment. A rewarded team player, team builder and

motivator who consistently deliver superior quality of software, through development and execution of proven

strategies and initiatives.

Key Competencies

Eliciting Requirements Object-Oriented Analysis IT Fluency

Extensive experience in creating Business Process Re-Engineering Extensive experience in Agile, Agile

Business Requirement Document, Scrum, RUP, JAD, RAD, and

Functional Requirement Document Waterfall

Extensive experience in Software Extensive experience in SDLC & End-User Support

Testing & Defect Management Life STLC

Cycle

• Experienced in creating Business Requirement Document (BRD), other functional and non-functional

documents

• Worked extensively on UML diagrams (class diagrams, object diagrams, use case diagrams, state diagrams,

sequence diagrams, activity diagrams, and collaboration diagrams using Visio and Rational Rose), Entity

Relationship (E-R) Diagrams and Data-Flow Diagrams

• Excellent skills in translating complex business concepts/strategies into deliverable product requirements and

software requirement specifications

• Experience in gathering requirements, GAP analysis, SWOT analysis and participating in all phases of SDLC

• Experience in conducting Joint application development (JAD) sessions for gathering requirements and Rapid

Application Development (RAD) sessions to converge early toward a design acceptable to customer

• Experience in software testing, developing test cases, test scripts and involved in System Integration Testing

(SIT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

• Experience working with different software methodologies like Agile, RUP, JAD, RAD, and Waterfall

• Knowledge of Database Management, Database Design, Data Analysis, Data Modeling and Data import/export

• Extensively used Rational Requisite Pro for Requirements Management and created Traceability Metrics

among requirements

• Define, design and document business flows

• Identify, analyze, resolve, document and escalate problems and issues that may impact the project

• Develop and execute unit/system test cases, scripts and plans

• Understand and follow appropriate SDLC & STLC quality validation processes and application

processes

• Good understanding of configuration and change management within the corporate environment

• Excellent analytical skills, collaborative team player/leader with proven ability to communicate with peers and

building strong customer relations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

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Beyond Wireless Inc., GA May’12 – Feb’14

Business Analyst

Project Description: The project involved building a web based application for ordering AT&T U-verse (Home

Phone, TV and Internet) for internal client use. The project’s goal was to lower costs and rapidly integrates a range of

product offerings to respond to customer needs. A stable infrastructure has been established for improved software re-

use and efficient distributed development.

• Responsibilities:

• Preparing and analyzing ‘as is’ and ‘to be’ of the existing architecture using Gap Analysis

• Designing workflow scenarios and process flows and documenting business process and business scenarios at

conceptual and procedural level

• Acting as primary liaison between IT and business personnel facilitating proper understanding of the business

needs and criticality of business workflow

• Developing functional design specifications that adhere to design standards to meet defined business

requirements

• Performing end-to-end analysis and design of business systems including needs assessment, requirements

gathering, prioritization, estimating and risk assessment

• Interacting with Subject Matter Experts and establishing a business analysis and design methodology around

RUP

• Facilitating change management across entire process from project conceptualization to testing through

software development and implementation

Environment: MS-Project, MS-Visio, RUP, UML, Rational Requisite Pro, SQL, Oracle

Vista Management Inc., CA Feb’11 – Apr’12

Jr. Business Analyst

Project Description: The project involved building a software application which performed web and mobile

(automation and manual) testing for top 100 US retailers.

Responsibilities:

• Gathering requirements from users and SMEs by way of interviews and questionnaires

• Conducting feasibility studies to analyze requirements and suggest optimal IT solution

• Participating in the design of iterative software development process for building the application

• Facilitating JAD sessions with IT designers, developers, users and other stakeholders and preparing post

session reports

• Authoring business requirements document and Use Case documents using various UML based methods like

Use Cases, Activity Diagrams, State chart Diagrams, and Sequence Diagrams

• Acting as a facilitator between users, stakeholders and IT team

• Developing Test Cases, Test Data and Requirement Traceability using Excel and performing UAT

Environment: Oracle 8i, Web Server, Windows 2K Server, Rational Rose, RequisitePro, Clear Quest

Vegabond Franchise, CA Jul’07 – Feb’10

Jr. Business Analyst

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Project Description: The project involved building a software application for internal users for Hotel Management

System. It's called Property Management System (PMS). The main function of the software was check-in, check-out,

house-keeping and reservation system.

Responsibilities:

• Performing Stakeholder Analysis to identify key players for project success and stakeholder

management to communicate effectively with the right stakeholders

• Facilitating pre-scoping and scoping sessions with all relevant stakeholder

• Identifying and involving all key stakeholders in the project and ensuring that contributors are motivated to

complete assigned tasks within the parameters of project plan

• Drafting Business Requirements Document, validating business requirements with project stakeholders

and conducting walkthrough meetings

• Facilitating JAD sessions and scheduling meeting with developers and testers to collaborate resource

allocation and project completion using MS Project

• Providing implementation assessment for Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Rose, UML and RUP

• Participating in providing user training, conducting user acceptance testing, recording and resolving issues

and validating test scenarios with business users

Environment: MS Visio, Rational RequisitePro, Rational Rose, RUP, UML, Oracle 9i, SQL, PL/SQL, MS Office, MS

Project, Windows 2000

Education

California State University, Long Beach

Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems (MIS)

Technical Skills

Methodologies RUP, Agile, JAD, RAD, Waterfall

Process / Model Tool MS Visio, Rational Rose, RequisitePro, UML, Axure, ArgoUML, StarUML

Project Management MS Project, MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access)

Defect Tracking Tools HP Quality Center (QC)/ALM

Databases Oracle 8i/9i/10g, MS Access, MS SQL Server

QA Tools HP QC, HP Quick Test Professional (QTP), Load runner, Selenium, SoapUI

Programming Languages JAVA, VB Script, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, PHP, PERL

Operating Systems UNIX, Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP/7/8, Android, Apple iOS7

Scholarship /Awards

• Active Membership Award from Information Systems Student Association (ISSA) (Spring

2001)

• Scholarship from VERIZON Telephone Company (2000)

• Owner of an e-commerce website www.dhakalaptop.com

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