Ms. Archana Vithlani – Resume

Profile: Certified SAP HCM Consultant

Email address: ab96x2@r.postjobfree.com Contact No.: +267 – 73596610.

Postal Address: Private Bag BO 313, Gaborone, Botswana;

Current Position: SAP HCM Consultant

Career Summary:

Over 8 years of total work experience, including four years experience on SAP HCM. I have been

involved in the complete implementation cycle of SAP HCM including – requirements gathering,

configuration, UAT, training, preparation of project and technical documentation and post

implementation support. I have been the 2 nd line support for Botswana Unified Revenue Service since

January 2011 and have experience in handling Functional as well as Basis issues. Due to my strengths in

creating technical documents for user education and training, I have often consulted on multiple projects

simultaneously.

I have strong team and project management skills with ASAP Project Methodology experience of 2 life

cycles of SAP HCM Implementation as the Project Assistant for the one life cycle and the Project

Manager for the other. My project experience includes Unit, Integration, User Acceptance and Regression

testing.

Working Knowledge of:

Operating System Microsoft Windows XP /Windows 2003 & 2008 Server

ERP SAP ERP HR Version ECC 6.0

Tools MS Office

Databases MS SQL Server

Domain Exposure:

• SAP ERP HCM

• Microsoft Project Server

• Document Management System

• Asset Management System

• Helpdesk and Service Desk Solutions

• Fleet Management Systems

• Content Management System

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Work Experience:

Company: Corporate Business Solutions

Project Name: Support of SAP ERP HCM SYSTEM

Position: Project Manager

Client: Botswana Unified Revenue Services (Government of Botswana)

Duration: May 2010 – Current

Tasks performed:

Profile: I am currently seconded to BURS for the support of the SAP HCM system. As it is a new

implementation the client has new requirements and needs enhancements frequently. My duties include

analyzing new requirements, enhancements, conducting an impact analysis, suggesting alternatives and

leasing with the offshore technical team to implement changes if required, etc.

Team Size: 4 (onsite and offshore)

Responsibilities:

• Analyzing and documenting new requirements

• Analyzing and documenting enhancements

• Configuration, testing and training

• Updating user manuals

• Interaction with offshore BASIS, ABAP and HCM consultants

• Project Management Tasks

• Training Super Users

Company: Corporate Business Solutions

Project Name: Implementation of SAP HR and PAYROLL SYSTEM

Client: Botswana Unified Revenue Services (Government of Botswana)

Duration: March 2008 – April 2010

Tasks performed: Business process analysis, HCM configuration, testing, technical documentation,

training and project management.

Profile: The project encompassed the automation of the core HR processes of Botswana Unified Revenue

Service. This automation was achieved using SAP HR Module with Document Management System for

archiving of HR documents. In addition to this, there was an independent Employee Self Service portal

that was developed by the company for online leave application by all the BURS employees as an

alternate to having licences for all the 1500+ users. This project was done on ECC 6.0 version using

ASAP methodology. I have been involved in the entire project lifecycle and currently approaching the

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closure of the project. There were added challenges as the project was not successful in the first attempt

and half way down the line we had to replace the consultants.

Team Size: 7

Responsibilities:

• Creation of project plan

• Managing Resources, Budget and Schedule

• Business Blue Print documentation

• Configuration & Testing of following modules

Organization Management

Recruitment

Personnel Administration

Time Management

Payroll

Training and Events Management

• User Documentation and Training

• Technical Documentation

• Offshore team co-ordination

• Project Management Functions

Company: Corporate Business Solutions

Project Name: Implementation of Service Desk

Client: Public Procurement and Asset Disposal Board (Government of Botswana)

Duration: September 2009 – October 2009

Tasks Performed: Business Process Analysis and Re-engineering, Requirements Document and Testing.

Profile: As a part of the e-tendering solution, there was a requirement for implementation of service desk

system as a sub-project. I was involved in gathering requirements and designing business processes for

the new service desk. I interact with the development team regularly to ensure that the system is

customized as per the requirements of the client.

Team Size: 4

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering

• Business Process Engineering

• Documentation

• Interaction with the customization team

• Post customization testing

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Company: Corporate Business Solutions

Project Name: Implementation of Integrated Roads Management System

Client: Roads Department, Government of Botswana

Duration: July 2009 – September 2009

Task Performed: Requirements gathering, requirements documentation, functional testing,

documentation & customization of Project Management Subsystem.

Profile: Roads Department was implementing an Integrated Roads Management System which is a

integrated Line of Business Application integrating many sub-systems like Pavement Management

System, Project Management System, Help Desk System, Asset Management System and GIS. All

systems were integrated using Biztalk Server and was the first implementation of Biztalk in any

Government in Africa.

Team Size: 6

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering for Project Management Subsystem.

• Business Process Engineering related to the project management functions.

• User training manual for the Project Management Subsystem.

• Making templates in Microsoft Project Server

Company: Corporate Business Solutions

Project Name: e-Government – National Portal for Botswana

Client: Government of Botswana

Duration: March 2009 – July 2009

Tasks Performed: Quality Assurance and documentation

Profile: The e-Government, national portal for Botswana, includes the ability for the government and its

ministries and authorities to use EPIServer CMS to edit and publish e-information for the public. The

project spun across the Government of Botswana, with all its 155 departments and parastatals.

Requirements gathering were done for every department in the Government including interaction with

more than 3000 Government officials.

Team Size: 20

Responsibilities:

• Consolidating Requirement Analysis documentation

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• Assisting the design team on developing wire frames as per information architecture

• Quality Assuring the uploaded content

• Pre-UAT testing of the portal

• Assisting in E-Government strategy documentation

Company: Corporate Business Solutions

Project Name: Enterprise Project Management Solution

Client: Botswana Telecommunications Corporation (Government owned telecoms company)

Duration: October 2008 – January 2009

Task Performed: Functional testing, documentation and Project Server customization & configuration.

Profile: A need for automating the Project Management office of Botswana Telecommunications Corp

was identified. I served as the author of technical user documentation for this project. The project was

proposed to be carried out in two phases, in which phase 1 was to deploy a customized Microsoft Project

Server 2007 and Phase 2 encompassed the automation of the business process of PMO.

Role: Microsoft EPM Consultant

Team Size: 4

Responsibilities:

• Developing EPM user documentation.

• Functional Testing

• User Training Material

• Project Server configuration

• Making templates in project server

Company: Corporate Business Solutions

Project Name: IPMS (Integrated Project Management System)

Client: Department of Buildings and Engineering Services (DBES), Ministry of Works and Transport,

Government of Botswana

Duration: October 2007 – July 2008 (As my company currently supports this system, the support team

consults me as and when required)

Task Performed: Requirements gathering, requirements documentation, functional testing and

documentation.

Profile: A Web based Integrated Project management and monitoring system for DBES. The system

integrates with legacy application used in the organization through web services and utilizes Microsoft

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Office Project Server 2007 for implementation and monitoring of projects. The project involved

interaction with end users and stake holders, holding user requirements workshop, customization of

products and integration with various line of business applications.

Role: Team member

Team Size: 8

Responsibilities:

• Requirements Elicitation and Analysis for the Project Management Module

• Developing Test Cases

• Functional Testing

• Technical Documentation

• Pilot team user training

• Project Server configuration and customization

Company: Corporate Business Solutions

Project Name: FMS (Fleet Management System)

Client: Ministry of Local Government, Gaborone-Botswana

Duration: July 2006 – August 2007

Task Performed: Assisting in requirements gathering, requirements documentation, functional testing,

documentation and training.

Profile: A Web based Fleet Management system for the Ministry of Local government. The system was

developed using Java and runs of JBOSS application server on Windows platform. The system covers all

aspects of fleet management functions at the Ministry from vehicle purchase to boarding of vehicles. The

system is currently being used by the entire Ministry and all the 27 local authorities of the Ministry.

Role: Team member.

Team Size: 6

Responsibilities:

• Assisting in Requirements Elicitation

• Requirements Documentation

• Developing use cases & test cases

• Functional testing

• User training and post Go-Live support

Company: Corporate Business Solutions

Project Name: PMIS (Project Management Information System)

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Client: Ministry of Local Government, Gaborone-Botswana

Duration: August 2004 – June 2006

Task Performed: Requirements gathering, requirements documentation, functional testing,

documentation & post implementation support

Profile: A Web based Project management and monitoring system for the Ministry of Local government.

The system integrates with Microsoft Project Server 2003 and use MS project Web access. The system

keeps in track of the workflow of the project related activities in the local authorities across the country.

Role: Trainer and Project Assistant.

Team Size: 5

Responsibilities:

• Assisting in requirements documentation

• Developing training material

• Functional testing

• Database Administration including queries, updating tables & DB backup

• Assisting the technical team in configuration of Project Server

• User training and post Go-Live support

Education:

• Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics

• Certified SAP HCM Consultant

• ITIL Certified

References:

Mr. Sandeep Thoppil

Chief Technology Officer

Corporate Business Solutions

Email: ab96x2@r.postjobfree.com

Website: www.cbs-botswana.com

Ms. Lebasani Mosweu

Director Information Technology

Botswana Unified Revenue Services

Email: ab96x2@r.postjobfree.com

Website: www.burs.org.bw

Mr. Riaan Malan

Country Manager

SAP Africa

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Email: ab96x2@r.postjobfree.com

Website: www.sap.com

Mr. Robert Kefapogile

Chief Systems Analyst

Ministry of Local Government, Botswana

Email: ab96x2@r.postjobfree.com

Website: www.mlg.gov.bw

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