Deepika Talreja
+1-814-***-**** ****************@*****.*** www.linkedin.com/in/deepika-talreja
Objective
·Solution Driven Agile Business Analyst with around 4 years of experience in development, documentation, supporting IT, Engineering, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas business solutions.
·Full execution of SDLC – Waterfall, Agile and Scrum methodology. Involved in all phases from analysis, design, development, testing, implementation and maintenance with timely delivery against aggressive deadlines.
·Led and managed requirements gathering and analysis activities by working closely with stakeholders, developers, designers, QA analysts and internal/external customers
·Proficient in articulating and gathering business requirements, evaluating data sources and business analysis
·In-depth knowledge on converting high-level requirements into specifications, logical data flow diagrams and manage changes using Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
·Expertise in creating Product Backlog, Sprint Backlog, User Stories, Acceptance Criteria, and JIRA tools. Along with that active participation in Scrum Ceremonies like Sprint Retrospective, Showcases, Daily Stand up meetings etc.
·Experienced with Project management tool like Wrench, tBits, JIRA, Monday.com for creation, maintenance and project testing lifecycle and defect management. Extensively used for version controlling, document review, project tracking and risk management throughout the project cycle.
·Developed prototypes to detail the features (GUI) and functionality of the product using Unified Modeling Language (UML) and executed process workflows and data modeling using Wireframes - MS Visio and Balasmiq.
·Knowledge on carrying out the Scrum Events – Story Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Scrum (Stand Up) Calls, Sprint Review and Sprint Retrospective on a regular basis
·Conducted both group and one-on-one meetings to ensure that all business requirements, risks and concerns are identified
·Created and maintained project plans- Assisted and coordinated activities between project managers, sales and clients to ensure successful project implementation, execution and close out
·Experience in Application and End User Testing – worked on Test Plans by performing Unit Testing, User Acceptance Testing and Component Level Testing and document the test results
·Effective status reporting and issue tracking- Providing consistent and comprehensive status reports, project updates; on-going project health analysis, process analysis, significant issue tracking and communication with project team, business lines and management levels on a regular basis
Education
MASTERS INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND MANAGEMENT 2017- 2019 HARRISBURG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, (US)[GPA3.9]
Major: Information Technology and Program Management.
EXECUTIVE M.B.A MAY 2014 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT (I.I.M) LUCKNOW
Major: General Management/Project Management.
B.TECH MAY 2008 DR. A.P.J. ABDUL KALAM TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY.
Major: Electronics and Instrumentation.
Skills & Abilities
MANAGEMENT
Experienced in handling both large and mid-size multiple projects in an onshore offshore model and assisting business to provide a cost-effective solution.
Effectively communicating with project stakeholders on day-to-day basis ensuring projects completion.
Coordinating with different project teams, translating and simplifying requirements.
Manage multiple discrete projects and have knowledge in waterfall, agile methodologies, SharePoint, Power-apps, document control.
COMMUNICATION
Strong communicator with experience with different business domains, and facilitate work meetings.
Experienced in conducting requirement review meetings, discovery sessions, and stand-up meetings.
TOOLS
Have hands-on experience in different project management, defect management and SDLC tools. JIRA, Monday.com, Bugzilla, Balasmiq, JustInmind, ALM
Experience
IT BUSINESS ANALYST KATPRO TECHNOLOGIES INC JULY 2018 – PRESENT
BRANDON, FLORIDA
PROJECTS-
FRINGE BENEFIT TAX APPLICATION LINDE GROUP DEC 2018 TILL DATE
The Linde Group is a world-leading supplier of industrial, process and specialty gases and is one of the most profitable engineering companies. Linde products and services are in nearly every industry, in more than 100 countries.
The project is to develop an application for Linde India Limited to streamline and automate the processing of their Australian Employee FBT declaration process and automate the manual process.
Responsibilities
Documented and delivered Business Requirement Document and Functional Specification Document to the project team
Developed Use Cases in Microsoft Visio along with activity diagram to present the work
Flow in a visual form
Prepared screen mock ups and involved in delivering the requirements.
Developed test cases against override specifications and provided flow diagrams.
Gathered requirements from JAD/JAR sessions clients.
Maintained change requests and modifications manually using change control documents to keep track of client's request for enhancements and changes.
Facilitated requirement gathering including interviews, meetings with stakeholders and created requirement specification.
Reviewed Design Documents, Requirements Analysis Specifications with Project Lead, Business Owners and the Technical Lead. Worked closely with the client and business unit to understand the requirement.
FINANCIAL SHAREPOINT APPLICATION XIAOMI DEC 2018 TILL DATE
Xiaomi is one of the largest Chinese electronics company. Xiaomi was the world's fourth-largest smartphone manufacture.
The project is aimed at migrating the financial data from SAP to SharePoint for financial reviews. Workflows will be created with defined activity list that will help users to take respective action within the timeline. This will facilitate extensive reporting to take remedial actions by the higher management.
Responsibilities
Strategize the work stream and future development for the applications by helping stakeholders to formulate business vision, hence, identified and prioritized true business needs
Conducted requirement analysis techniques such as Business Process Automation, Business Process Improvement, and Business Process Re-engineering.
Strong ability to elicit, document, validate, and transform business requirements at different stages of software development life cycle.
Worked closely with project managers, business users, and developers to develop business idea and define requirements using rational requisite pro.
Gathered, verified, and analyzed requirements data and create functional specifications.
Created Requirement Traceability Matrix to make sure that to ensure that project requirements is complete in timely manner.
Created test cases to verify the specifics of investment activities with reference to data stored in the databases.
Assisted in resolving issues by identifying defects and managing enhancements.
Prepared project reports and assisted project manager in the development of weekly status reports, policies, and procedures.
Designed process diagram and performed gap analysis to derive requirements for the enhancement of existing systems.
ASSISTANT MANAGER LANCO INFRATECH LIMITED SEP 2010 – AUG 2014
GURGAON, INDIA
Lanco Infratech Limited is one of India’s top business conglomerates and among the fastest growing company. It has subsidiaries and divisions across a synergistic span of verticals. These include Construction, Power, EPC Engineering Procurement Construction, Oil and Gas, Property development and Renewables
Responsibilities:
Responsible for generating innovative solutions to bridge the gap between business and IT information. Handled the responsibilities of analyzing and documenting business requirements.
Understand business requirements, project functionalities and conduct monthly financial reviews with clients
To arrange internal review meeting every week with Procurement for expediting the awarding of the packages for the Project.
To arrange the KOM with the vendor immediately after the award of the package.
To arrange monthly review meeting with Vendor and release the MOM of the same.
Managed a team of 5 with system analysts and business analysts and assigning them tasks and responsibilities.
Review product requirement document, functional specification, and involved in developing test strategy, test plan and test case document.
SENIOR ENGINEER INDIABULLS LIMITED OCT 2009 – SEP 2010
GURGAON, INDIA
India bulls Power Limited was established in 2007 to capitalize on emerging opportunities in the Indian power sector. It develops and intends to operate and maintain power projects in India.
Responsibilities:
Hands on experience with analysis of business, technical, and functional requirements and Developed, Executed & Tested the test plans, test cases and test strategies
Perform manual security assessments at key points in the PLC Systems. Participate in security architecture reviews.
Excellent understanding of Business Requirements Gathering, Translating Requirements into Specifications and Application Design.
Organized the scheduling of meetings, conferences, and events; distributed minutes for them. Filed and recorded corporate documentation, electronic files, inventories and reports.
GRADUATE ENGINEER TRAINEE UTILITY POWERTECH LIMITED JUL 2008 – OCT 2009
NOIDA, INDIA
Responsibilities:
Responsible for authoring various technical engineering documents related to coal handling and fuel handling system.
Involved in various business meeting for gathering requirements for new developments and enhancements.
Creation and execution of Test scenarios for functional acceptance testing (FAT)
Configured tBits software for the following activities
·Version control of engineering drawings and documents
·Project task management
·Defect management and Bug Tracking