VIMAL RAJ

E-mail: ac4cl5@r.postjobfree.com

Mobile: 972-***-****

Professional Summary:

7+ years of experience in Requirement Identification, Requirement Analysis, Requirement gathering, System & UAT test case design and execution for using both Waterfall and Agile methodology.

Expertise in Health Care, Banking and IT domain.

Expertise in feasibility requirements analysis, design, construction, testing, implementation, and UML methodology.

Experienced in developing test plans, cases, scenarios and strategies as per the business requirements to match the functional requirements and UML diagrams.

Expertise in writing Business Requirements Document (BRD), Functional Specification Document (FSD), Non-Functional Specification Document, System Design Specification, System Use Cases, and training manuals.

Experienced in conducting Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions, project meetings, reviews, walkthroughs, and customer interviews.

Documented Test scenarios and Test cases with hands on experience in Functional, Integration, Regression and User Acceptance testing techniques.

Proficient at coordinating various technical and managerial teams to develop process and verifying adherence using the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).

Analyzed Business Requirements and segregated them into high level and low level Use Cases, Activity Diagrams / State Chart Diagrams using Rational Rose according to UML methodology thus defining the Data Process Models.

Very proficient with Data Analysis, mapping source and target systems for data migration efforts and resolving issues relating to data migration.

Experience in Change Management Process (Identify, Analyze, Evaluate, Plan, Implement, Review and Close).

Experience in conducting Gap analysis, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), SWOT analysis and ROI analysis

Conducted walkthroughs, surveys, questionnaires, interviews and brainstorming to elicit requirements from the customer.

Facilitated sprint planning, daily scrums, retrospectives, stakeholder meetings, and software demonstrations.

Worked closely with product owner in backlog management and continuous delivery of features.

Trained and reinforce scrum methodology and agile framework to team members and key stakeholders.

Directed and lead development team from project initiation through delivery of final product.

Coordinated and participated in weekly estimation meetings to provide high-level estimates (Story Points) for backlog items. Created User Stories based on the requirements gathered from all the stake holder’s/product owners.

Effectively involved in implementing Success Factor which has added value and enabled scope to complete every action, tracking by all end users.

Academic Qualification:

Master of Business Administration 2008

Domain / Technical / Process Technical Skills

Business Methodologies: Waterfall, Agile/Scrum

Project Management Tools: JIRA and RTC

Operating System: Windows Vista/XP/2000/2008, UNIX

Database: MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server 2008/2012/2014

Tools: MS Visio, ETL, Unified Functional Testing, QA Complete, Notepad++, Edit Plus, MS Office Suite, Rational Rose, SAP, Success Factor

Web Services: SOAP, XML, JSON

Professional Assignments:

Client Name: USAA (San Antonio, TX) Duration: Dec 2014 to Mar 2016

Role: Senior Business Analyst Project: Life Insurance Application

Description: United Services Automobile Association – Life insurance companies follow stringent investment policies designed to help maximize portfolio performance while investing in high-quality, investment-grade securities. Underwriting and investment practices have enabled the companies to maintain superior financial strength and top ratings from major rating agencies.

Technologies / Tools used:

Programming Language: .Net

Database: SQL Server 2008.

Testing: Manual Testing and UFT for Regression Testing.

Tools: RTC for requirement writing and Defect Reporting

Roles and Responsibilities:

Worked closely with test team for user testing of systems, developing and maintaining quality procedures, and ensuring that appropriate documentation is in place.

Prepared Application Maintenance services operational reports.

Developed the test scenarios and test plans based on business requirements, technical specifications and/or product knowledge in Quality Center.

Assist the Development and QA team to provide clarification on requirements and test cases.

Created UAT Test Plans and Test Cases based on user requirements and functional specifications.

Interacted with DBA team to understand the table relation and the data information.

Worked with SMEs to create workflows (to-be process) in MS Visio.

Environment/Technology: Windows, MS Office (MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, MS Access, MS SharePoint) and Quality Center.

Maintain knowledge and documentation of operational and system processes

Perform cost/benefit analyses on potential changes to existing processes

Participate in the administration of project and program contract activities, including preparation for internal and external meetings

Collaborate with internal and external teams to define problems and implement solutions

Create, review, and present program documents, including requirement traceability matrices, business and software specifications, process flows, and test cases

Document complex program and system needs for both technical and non-technical audiences

Assist in the analysis of data and the specification of report packages for internal and external audiences

Worked closely with Quality Assurance and Training staff to optimize operational activities

Support the project manager and product owner and stakeholders on project priorities

Approve new vendor justification and keep track of active vendors. Create non-disclosure agreements and invite international vendors to participate in proposals.

Used data applications to manage, approve vendor transaction and track commitments related to the deal.

Client Name: HCSC Duration: Feb 2014 to Nov 2014

Role: Business Analyst Project: Payroll, Cash Mgmt, Timesheet

Description:

Worked in HR applications such as Payroll, Time Sheet, Cash Claim, Success Factor, etc. These are a Java based technology tool comprised of a suite of applications for automating HR related transactions, which enhance the end users or employees to access application at its ease.

Technologies / Tools used:

Programming Language: Java

Database: SQL Server 2008.

Testing: Manual Testing and QTP for Regression Testing.

Tools: JIRA for requirement writing and Defect Reporting

Roles and Responsibilities:

Conducting meetings with HR (end users) to understand & document the user needs.

Writing the high level requirement and reviewing the high level requirement with business.

Analyzed the JAVA based application to understand the impact based on the high business need provided by the end user.

Conducting meeting with IT Architect and Web developer to create the application prototype based on the high level business need.

Meeting with business to demonstrate the application prototype in presence of IT Architect & UAT Managers.

Creating the business process flow diagram.

Writing the detail level business requirement and reviewing the requirement with business.

Reviewing the detailed business requirement with development team, system testing team & UAT team.

Capturing the system level requirement (functional requirement) based on development & testing team need.

Created the quoting mock up containing the plan, benefit design & the rating structure reflecting how these need to be displayed on the application screen.

Created report templates with input from business users based on which development team will develop the actual application.

Created change requests in JIRA tool if any requirement changes during the development phase.

Reviewed the design document prepared by the development team to make sure all requirements are captured.

Reviewed the test cases created by testing teams all requirements are covered for test execution.

Provided demo to the end user prior to the code deployment in production.

This project is based on agile methodology and I actively participate in Scrum Ceremonies, including daily standups, Sprint Planning sessions, Sprint review sessions and Sprint Retrospectives and User Story Grooming sessions.

Assisted team with making appropriate commitments through story selection, sizing and task definition and participated proactively in developing and maintaining team standards, tools and best practices reducing development time.

Effectively using the SAP HR module for maintaining the data accuracy and also generating various HR reports

Ensured cross-functional coordination between product owners, analysts, developers and QA occurred early and often, and removed barriers and blockers for the team.

Manage the lifecycle of code development, from ideation to sprints to deployment

Provided demo to the end user’s once the development is completed.

Client Name: SCB (Chennai TN) Duration: Mar 2012 to Jan 2013

Role: Business Analyst Project: Straight2Bank Web Application

Technologies / Tools used:

Programming Language: Java, XFW

Database: SQL Server 2008.

Testing: Manual Testing and Load Testing using Apache JMeter

Tools: Rational Rose, MS Visio, Quality Center 9.0

Description:

Straight2Bank – Web is a fully integrated electronic working capital platform to serve the transaction banking and hedging needs of Wholesale Banking customers. It is the Internet banking site for Standard Chartered Banks (SCB) Corporate and Institutional Customers to access Cash Management, Custody and Continuous Linked Settlement Solutions as well as Trade, Lending and FX information that leverages on Standard Chartered' s extensive international network.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Acted as a liaison between underwriters who have a business problem and developers to create automated solutions.

Involved in all phases of the Iterative approach of the SDLC from Inception to Transition.

Performed the business requirements gathering by questioners, Interview business area

Experts, surveys and JAD sessions.

Working in Documents Management System to track and store images of paper documents.

Propose process improvements to documentation and technical writing procedures.

Gathered, documented, and communicated business requirements into systems design documentation using Business-Modeling concepts.

Conducting Review Requirements meetings to identify missing or incomplete requirements and to identify potential test cases.

Involved in designing business use case scenarios, use case realizations diagrams, and workflow charts for documenting the requirements.

Performed requirements modeling and develop analysis diagrams, activity diagrams, sequence diagrams, state diagrams, data models, and use-case realizations using RUP tools in Agile.

Planned, coordinated and scheduled meetings, feasibility studies and surveys as required

in order to collect detailed business requirements and specifications which can be used by the development teams.

Interacted with representatives in supplying information, reporting defects, and obtaining information for specifications and implementation of the requirements.

Prepared Logical Data Models that contains set of diagrams and supporting documents containing the essential business elements, detailed definitions, and descriptions of the

Entity relationships between the data elements to analyze and document business data

Requirements.

Maintained a requirements traceability matrix in order to keep the clients and all the

Teams up-to- date with the current progress of the project.

Involved in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Test Execution.

Reviewing the business requirements and working with business and requirements team for gaps found during the review

Analyzed business requirements, system requirements, data mapping requirement specifications, and responsible for documenting functional requirements and supplementary requirements in Quality Center 9.0

Worked on logical data modeling to represent graphically about what information is about, how to relate it with business concepts and how to apply business rules to system.

Analyzed system requirements, developed detailed Test plan, Test Cases, Test scripts for testing the functionality, GUI and security testing.

Collaborated with QA Group to ensure adequate testing of application both before and after completion, maintained quality procedures, conducted UAT Testing, and ensured that documentation is in place.

Collaborated with QA team to develop test plan, test conditions and test cases to be used in testing based on business requirements, technical specifications and/or product specifications.

Designed the business requirement collection approach based on the project scope and

SDLC Methodology.

Designed the system, prepared UML and sequence diagrams using Rational Rose.

Collaborated on creation of documents such as the Vision, business requirements (BR) and business systems design (BSD) documents

Responsible for writing detailed descriptions of user needs, program functions, and steps

Required for developing or modifying software programs using Rational Rose (UML).

Actively interacted with different business groups to perform Gap analysis to identify the

Deficiencies in the system by comparing the actual objectives with the system objectives desired.

Used MS Visio for Process modeling and Business Process flow diagrams.

Client Name: Toyota Logistics (Chennai TN) Duration: Aug 2010 to Jan 2012

Role: Business Analyst Project: TLMS

Description:

Toyota Europe Logistic Management System is to streamline logistics operation enable Toyota to identify and focus on more valuable business activities. This system has long term strategic and tactical importance and should greatly enhance cost reduction and realized greater value from Toyota’s supply partnerships.

Technologies / Tools used:

Programming Language: COBOL, JCL

Database: DB2

Tools: Clear Quest, SVN

Roles and Responsibilities:

Writing the high level requirement and reviewing the high level requirement with business.

Creating the business process flow diagram and reviewed by business.

Writing the detail level business requirement and reviewing the requirement with business.

Reviewing the detailed business requirement with development team, system testing team & UAT team.

Reviewing the system level requirement captured by the System Analyst.

Created the enrollment mock up containing the plan, benefit design & the rating structure reflecting how these need to be displayed on the application screen.

Created various enrollment report templates with input from business users based on which development team will develop the actual application.

Created change requests in Clear Quest tool if any requirement changes during the development phase.

Conducted meeting with downstream application to create the data field mapping document.

Validate the defect raised by testing team. Also, attended the defect meetings to provide requirement clarification on any defect if required.

The project is based on waterfall technology, so the requirement had to be delivered once it is completed and need to attend the defect triage call.

Involved in QES (Quality Enterprise Solution) Project Management for all projects under different application.

Prepared the Test Result Summary Document.

Generated the QC report and send it to the all applicable stake holders.

Verifying the test case preparation and execution status for different applications in Claim Domain assigned to me.

Scheduling meetings to inform the day to day project status.

Resolving issues generated during testing by coordinating with the team members and if required with other teams.

Client Name: Reader’s Digest (Chennai TN) Duration: Feb 2009 till Aug 2010

Role: Associate Business Analyst Project: Consumer Marketing

Description:

Readers Digest consumer marketing department is responsible for managing and implementing business vision of marketing promotions through online offers and sweepstakes. Marketing team works closely with business group and come up with various marketing campaigns from time to time to address the seasonal or calendar based opportunities to promote overall Readers Digest subscriptions and further extend the reach of various products (magazines, books) to general public. The Readers Digest online campaigns implemented as “offers” and “sweepstakes” are good source of collecting user data (email ids) and provide a base for designing next promotions.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Participated in Business/Development meetings to understand user requirements.

Analyzing thoroughly the product requirements for new functionalities.

Preparing Test Plan, Test Conditions, Test Data & test cases for the application.

Active participation in the development team demo on the developed application to analyze the requirements & suggest changes required.

End-to-End testing of various scenarios and also managing the reports sent to Client.

Performed several tests like acceptance testing & sanity testing for accepting the build.

Integration testing was done to ensure data processing, interface validity and proper communication among components of each application

Defect logging, defect tracking, verification & closure activities using Star Team and following up with the developers and team.

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