Project Management
Resume:
Jharna Modi
Business Analyst at PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL
** **** ****, *** # ***, Belmont, MA-02478
**********@*****.***
EDUCATION
• Project Management of Information Technology Course,
Harvard Extension School, USA Jan` 2015 – Present
Defines project management techniques for keeping management informed and engaged during the implementation of
IT projects.
Project scope, business benefits, work and schedule, the project team, mitigating risks, project delivery, and the
identification of stakeholders.
• Masters of Science in Civil Engineering - Majors in Planning and Management,
New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA Aug` 2010 - Dec` 2011
• Bachelors of Engineering in Civil Engineering,
Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, India Jun` 2006 - Jun` 2010
CERTIFICATE
• Advanced Business Analysis Certificate,
Duke University & Corporate Education Group, USA
Sep` 2014 – Dec` 2014
Apply Business Analysis to Iterative Projects
Advanced Use Case Modeling
Enterprise Analysis for Your Organization
PROFESSIONAL WORK EXPERIENCE
• Business Analyst, PAREXEL INTERNATIONAL
Jul` 2012 – Present
Billerica, MA
Performed complex business and systems analysis work; conduct requirements gathering/analysis via information
gathering sessions with business users and technical staff. Created and maintained business requirement documentation
including use cases, user stories and various diagrams/flows.
Owned the design, development, and maintenance of various ad hoc and Business Objects (BO) Reports, providing
analysis to drive key business decisions.
Directly managed client relationships and held meetings with Senior Executive Directors and Vice President on regular
basis.
Worked in close co-ordination with the testing team in developing test plans and test cases from functional and business
requirements. Creating test plans which were mapped to respective business requirements and manually tested the
functionality.
Created and managed processes to improve team productivity.
Prepared training materials and provided demonstrations, trainings and assistance to support team and business super
users after successful implementation of the system.
Professional Management Trainings: Agile Methodology, Managing for Excellence, Conflict Management.
• Business Analyst, Multiple Clients Jan` 2008 – Jun` 2012
Efficiently worked with various clients as a consultant performing several business analysis tasks.
Facilitated workshops/conferences and interview sessions to document the technical and functional requirements and
provided overall assistance in areas such as group readiness planning, issue escalation and resolution process.
Worked with business stakeholders and business users to ensure solution meets business requirements and can be
successfully implemented and maintained. Participated in business strategy discussions and backlog prioritization
based proven/observed expertise.
Recommended solutions by identifying trends and proactively accessing data received through creating and preparing
regular monthly, quarterly and annual reports.
SKILLS
•Technical skills: MS Office Suite (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), Enterprise Data Warehouse, Business
Objects, Oracle Costing & Billing, Pega, Project View.
•Project Management: Working in agile project delivery environment, efficient with facilitation and elicitation
skills, Enterprise Resource Planning.
ACTIVITIES
• Sports
Captain of Gujarat State Field Hockey Team represented at 4 National Level (India) tournament and 18 State Level
tournaments. Continuing to play field hockey leagues at Harvard University.
State and District Level handball player and athletics player.
• Leadership
Event organizer of Paramarsh, a zonal level non-technical festival organized by Faculty of Technology and
Enginnering, for the years 2006-2010.
INTERESTS
Hiking, Travelling the world, Reading
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