Project Quality Assurance

Bhaskar Tare

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SUMMARY OF EXPERTISE:

. Good understanding of B2B, B2C business, Warehouse Management, Online

Content Management, Health Insurance, P & C Insurance

. Strong ability quickly understand business needs to solve business

problems

. Sound knowledge of business data modeling, software requirement

analysis, process modeling, process workflow and quality assurance

using methodologies like BPM, OOA, OOAD and UML

. More than 9 years of experience in Business Analysis, System Analysis

& Design, Development, testing and implementation of projects.

. Extensive knowledge of all phases of the Software development life

cycle (SDLC) and the iterative Rational Unified Process (RUP)

. Design and review of various documents including the Software

Requirement Specifications (SRS), Business requirements document

(BRD), Use Case Specifications, Functional Specifications (FSD),

Systems Design Specification (SDS), Requirement Traceability Matrix

(RTM) and testing documents.

. Proficient in User Requirement Specification, Functional Requirement

Specification and Business Process Flows.

. Competent in using UML in behavioral, structural and architectural

modeling - in creating Use Case, State, Activity, and Class and

Sequence diagrams using Enterprise Architect and Microsoft Visio

. Team player and a self-starter with excellent communication,

coordination, documentation, project planning and interpersonal skills.

. Highly effective management and organizational skills with the ability to

prioritize and proven ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.

EDUCATION/ TRAINING/CERTIFICATION

. MCM-Master of computer management :DAVV, Indore, India

. Bachelor Of Commerce: GACC, Indore, India

. Diploma in Production Engineering: SVP, Indore, India

. AICPCU certification in General Insurance Principles ( P & C Insurance)

. HIPAA Professional From AHIP (Health insurance)

TECHNICAL ENVIRONMENT

Business Tools: Rational Suite (Requisite Pro, Rose,), Caliber RM MS

Visio, MS Office Suite,

Business Skills: Business Definition Requirements, Business Process

Analysis, Gap Analysis, Use Case Modeling & Analysis

Methodologies: RUP, OOAD, UML & Business/Data Modeling

Operating Systems: Windows XP/95/98/NT/2000, Mac OS X, DOS, UNIX, Linux

Databases: Oracle 8i/9i; SQL Server 7.0 & 2000; Access 2000, MS SQL

Server, DB2

Languages: VB 6.0, HTML, SQL, PL/SQL,

Employment History & Assignments

EDS-An HP Company,Tx, US (Dec 2006-Till

Date )

Lead Business Analyst

Assignment Details:

EDS has a Medicaid Management Information System (MMIS) product customized

to state Medicaid management programs in healthcare space. EDS has launched

an internal product initiative to evolve with one claims processing system

for commercial and government healthcare space. This is launched with an

objective to leverage common objective of serving healthcare space with one

COTS product and achieve better product management This included business

areas of health care are such as:

. A customizable Claims processing engine which covers requirements of

commercial as well as government health care space.

. Workflow & Rules engine driven provider specific business processes to

efficiently manage the business process configuration, execution & Re-

engineering.

. A Health care portal integrated solution to improve providers &

beneficiary experience with availability of health care information

Responsibilities:

. Established the business requirements process for the projects

detailed above.

o Documented requirements, designed process flows and created use

cases. Assisted design lead to prepare External Specification

document.

o Conducted Gap analysis between existing products with an

objective to come up with single product requirement

o Worked with development team to communicate the requirements and

conducted knowledge sharing sessions.

o Worked with Functional test team to formulate test cases

. Assisted project manager prepare for ensure deadlines are met and

status reports are submitted on time.

. Participated in user acceptance testing using QC.

. Worked with the best shore and global team at multiple state

implementations

. Assisted the IT lead with various tasks on various projects such as

documentation, process flows, and other project related tasks.

Environment:

Enterprise Architect, Borland Caliber RM, MS Visio 2003, MS Office Suite,

UML,CMs Dot Net, Oracle 9i, Sql Server, Oracle BPM, Oracle BAM, Corticon

BRE, K2.Net, InRule

Quinnox Consultancy Services, India (Sept 2005-Dec2006

)

Business Analyst

Deposco inc, GA

Project details: Deposco WMS is an On Demand solution for warehouse

management systems. The application will evolve as product to cater on

Demand Warehouse management solution worldwide. The project is under

elaboration phase after first release in April 2006.

Responsibilities:

. Business Requirement Analysis and preparing Systems and User Requirement

Specifications.

. Created process workflow diagrams using Ms Visio and jBPM, and system use

cases using UML methodology

. Acted as a liaison between the technology and business areas of the

Organization.

. Used Magic Draw for managing the Domain models. Documented Use Cases and

Use Case Models using Rational Rose.

. Performed advanced planning of automation needs necessary to define

business system project objectives and prepared project plan through JAD

sessions.

. Executed the project plan available and ready for commitment.

. Performed functional gap analysis and Full Development Lifecycle through

RUP Methodology.

. Functional testing, Unit testing, system testing and integrating the

system.

. Develop, derive and clarify functional specifications and Use cases.

. Coordinated the development, design and execution of user acceptance

testing

. Confer periodically with both business unit and technical programmers

throughout the increments in entire lifecycle of the project in order to

track progress, identify changes and ensure changes are communicated to

both the business unit and technical staff.

. Maintaining relationships with market counterparts.

. Created State and Activity diagrams for the most important classes of the

system

Environment:

Rational Rose, RequisitePro, MS Visio, MS Office Suite, Oracle9.0, Windows

NT, and SQL Server, jBPM, DROOL,

Organization: Quinnox Consultancy Services, India

Client: Motorola Inc USA (May 2006-

October2006)

Business Analyst

Project details: Motorola SFA is a smart phone centric application, which

covers presenting information to sale force executives on respective

Motorola Smart phones. The f application integrated with Web services and

Back End Applications as any ERP, Siebel, Clarify to present on the fly

information to sale force.

Lead Retrieval Application Motorola Lead Retrieve application is HC700

device specific application, which showcases scan-Forward capability of

HC700 device. This application scans barcodes of attendees in a pre-decided

event or symposium, stores responses of queries to the invitees' locally on

the device and later on forwards it to central server for further

processing. This application is delivered and approved. Further

enhancements are anticipated to integrate this application with Sales Force

Application (SFA)

Responsibilities:

. Business Process study of typical Sales Funnel & Sales Methodologies

. Requirement gathering and Analysis for POC and further enhancements

. Preparation of Use cases using UML

. Generated business requirements, created Software Requirement

Specifications and Business Process models including manual processes

. Conducted extensive analysis, design, testing, and documentation of

processes.

. Excellent experience using Rational Requisite Pro for managing the

requirements and documented Use Cases.

. Reported regularly to the Product Manager on all key responsibilities

and ensured communication of relevant matters to internal client

Environment:

Rational Rose, RequisitePro, MS Visio, MS Office Suite, UML, HTML, Oracle

9.0, Windows NT / 2000

Organization: Geodesic Information Systems, India (Sept 2004-Aug 2005)

Client: Ten3 NZ, NEW Zealand

Business Analyst

Project Details: Ten3.co.nz is being designed as a global internet

publishing services/print shop focused on the education and learning side

of small business and entrepreneurship. Ten3 intends to establish and

operate an "on demand" publishing.

Responsibilities:

. Interviewed business area experts such as Customer Support Managers,

Supervisors, heads of customer retention group and IT experts asking

detailed questions and carefully recording the requirements in a format

that can be reviewed and understood by both business and technical teams

across organizational lines.

. Involved in designing of the system with the system architecture and the

development team, supporting the technical team in the product

development and delivery process and translated the business requirements

into Functional Requirement Specification.

. Followed a structured approach to organize requirements into logical

groupings of essential business processes, business rules, information

needs, and ensured that none of the critical requirements go unnoticed.

. Researched on the aspects of online content publishing and interacted

with stakeholders to get a better understanding of client's business

processes.

. Followed UML based methodology using Rational Rose for creating Business

Cases and Use Case Models after assessing the status and scope of the

project and implementing technology based solutions that will meet their

strategic business processes needs.

Environment: MS Access, MS Visio, MS Office Suite, MS Project, Asp Dot Net

Organization: Powernet Technologies, India (Jan 2003-

Sept2004)

RetailJ & Goldsmith (ERP), India

Functional Analyst

Project details: The project was to provide Retail POS solution to various

diamond & Jewelry retailers. The solution is integrated with Goldsmith an

ERP to provide an end to end solution for jewelry Exporters & Retailers.

This project was offered as COTS offering based on business requirements.

Responsibilities:

. Designed and developed use case scenarios, activity diagrams, sequence

diagrams using UML

. Interacted with the software development team and executive team to

liaison the business requirements to ensure that the application under

development confines to the business requirement.

. Interaction and coordination with end users and management to identify

Business system needs evaluated solutions for business

problems/bottlenecks and evaluated alternate methods to increase

efficiency and improve control. Analyzed and documented information

system requirements and the corresponding impact on business processes.

. Used Rational Requisite Pro for managing the requirements. Documented Use

Cases and Use Case Models using Rational Rose.

. Analyzed user requirements attended Change Request meetings to document

changes and implemented procedures to Test Changes.

. Worked on various documents like Process flow diagrams and reports and

documentation using MS Visio

Environment: Rational Rose, RequisitePro, MS Visio, MS Office Suite, MS

Project, Java, JSP, HTML, VB 6.0

Wits Solutions, India (May 2001- Nov 2003)

Management Information System (MIS)

Functional Consultant

Project details: The project was to provide a COTS components based

Material planning system to warehouses and Small scale manufacturers. The

solution is customized as per business need of warehouses with little

development effort.

Responsibilities:

. Designed and developed use case scenarios, activity diagrams, sequence

diagrams using UML

. Interacted with the software development team and executive team to

liaison the business requirements to ensure that the application under

development confines to the business requirement.

. Interaction and coordination with end users and management to identify

Business system needs evaluated solutions for business

problems/bottlenecks and evaluated alternate methods to increase

efficiency and improve control. Analyzed and documented information

system requirements and the corresponding impact on business processes.

. Used Rational Requisite Pro for managing the requirements. Documented Use

Cases and Use Case Models using Rational Rose.

. Analyzed user requirements, performed Gap analysis between the process

offerings and business process requirements.

. Worked on various documents like Process flow diagrams and reports and

documentation using MS Visio

Environment: Rational Rose, RequisitePro, MS Visio, MS Office Suite, MS

Project, Java, JSP, HTML, VB 6.0

Production Planning & Quality Assurance, India

Aug 1995- Sep 2000

Engineer Design, Development & QA

Worked with major Automobile manufacturers with responsibilities as:

. Plan and prepare purchase material requirements plan (In-house & Vendor)

with minimal impact on production

schedules and / or customer ship dates.

. Release planned production / assembly order to manufacturing dept. and

planned purchase requisition to procurement dept.

. Co-ordinate with purchase executives and other departments to analyse,

identify and resolve material availability problems

. Quality Assurance of Engineering Components as per Standard inspection

Plan.

. Member of Quality Circle to Propagate Quality Policy of Organisation &

member of ISO 9001 implementation team.

. Preparation of Inspection plan & Vendor performance Indices on basis of

defects in field & receipt inspection

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