Agile Business Analyst/Product Owner
Resume:
Allison P. Harris
Senior Agile BA or QA Analyst
Monroe, NC 28110 Objective
To secure a permanent or long-term contracting opportunity as a Scrum Master/Product
**************@*****.*** Owner, Senior Agile BA or QA Analyst in an Enterprise Application Development
environment within a successful and growing company. Willing to relocate for the right
permanent opportunity.
Professional Profile
Industries
Telecommunications
Healthcare IT/ Informatics
Software/ Consulting Services
Hospitality & Gaming Services
Banking & Financial Services (Card Technology Services)
Logistics/ Supply Chain Services
Retail Services
Insurance
Applications & Tools
HP Quality Center HP QuickTest Pro
HP LoadRunner HP ALM
RSA Archer eGRC Rally Agile Toolset
JIRA Agile Tools
MS Project Compuware (CARS and QAManager)
IBM RTC/ Jazz Server
MS Team Foundation Server Bugzilla (Defect Tracking)
TOAD (Oracle Testing)
Epicor (Issue Tracking) Remedy (Issue Tracking)
Clarity
OmniCo - Matra - Clarity POS Smart Bear (TestComplete)
VersionOne
Primavera (QA Project Management) N-Unit (.NET unit testing)
Ab Initio (EDI Testing)
XML Spy (Web Service testing) MS Office Suite (SharePoint/
Visio)
Agile BA/ Product Owner Experience
Identify the Business needs, communicate with Business Partner/ Change Manager and
inform the Scrum Team about the Business needs and specifications
Make certain the user stories are written clearly, comply with acceptance criteria, as
well as have sufficient business value and selling points (utilizing I.N.V.E.S.T. method)
Guide the development teams to break down large and complex user stories into
simplified versions for execution sprints
Test the user stories for accuracy and compliance to ensure undisputed acceptance and
validation
Quality Assurance Experience
Led Enterprise Software Quality Assurance & Testing Teams of 30+ resources
Ensured overall software quality while adhering to established best practices,
compliance standards, and principles of SDLC)
Monitored performance testing metrics and reported test results
Developed & maintained documentation (Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases, Test
Scripts, Test Results)
Technical Skills
Unit Testing, Functional Testing, System Testing, Integration Testing, Data Validation,
Performance Testing, Load Testing, User Acceptance Testing, Regression Testing
Work History
06/2014-01/2015, Senior Agile BA Lowe’s Corp, Charlotte, NC (Project based contract)
10/2013-01/2014, Business Analyst, Walt Disney World, Lake Buena Vista, FL (Project
based contract)
05/2013-08/2013, Technical Lead – Agile BA & RSA Archer Consultant, FedEx,
Memphis, TN (Project based contract)
10/2011-06/2012, Technical Lead - Software Quality Assurance, Accredo Health,
Memphis, TN (Project based contract)
07/2010-03/2011, Manager - Software Quality Assurance, AT&T Mobility, Atlanta, GA
(Project based contract)
12/2009-02/2010, Technical Lead - Software Quality Assurance, IBM Corp, Charlotte,
NC (Project based contract)
08/2009-09/2009, Technical Lead - Software Quality Assurance, Lowe’s Corp, Charlotte,
NC (Project based contract)
05/2007-03/2008, Manager - Software Quality Assurance, eCommLink, Las Vegas, NV
02/2007-05/2007, Team Lead - Software Quality Assurance, MGM-Int'l, Las Vegas, NV
(Project based contract)
09/2006-02/2007, Technical Lead - Software Quality Assurance, Ceridian, Atlanta, GA
(Project based contract)
01/2006-09/2006, Manager - Software Quality Assurance, Macy’s Corp, Johns Creek, GA
(Project based contract)
08/2005-11/2005, Technical Lead - Software Quality Assurance, Home Depot, Marietta,
GA (Project based contract)
10/2004-04/2005, Technical Lead - Software Quality Assurance, AIG Corp, Alpharetta,
GA (Project based contract)
09/2004-10/2004, Manager - Software Quality Assurance, Credigy Corp, Suwanee, GA
(Project based contract)
08/2004-09/2004, Technical Lead – Software Quality Assurance, Cingular Wireless,
Alpharetta, GA (Project based contract)
08/2000-08/2004, Manager - Software Quality Assurance, eCommerce, MCI, Alpharetta,
GA
08/1997-04/2000, Technical Lead - Software Quality Assurance, GTE Corp, Alpharetta,
GA
06/1996-08/1997, IT Systems Analyst, Telephony, MBNA, Newark, DE
(Project based contract)
Education/ Training/ Certification
2014-2015 Scrum.org (Online)
Professional Scrum Master (PSM I), Expected March 2015
1997-1998 Georgia Perimeter College, Dunwoody, GA
Technical Certificate in Information Systems (Networking Track)
1989-1991 Wilmington University, Wilmington, DE
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Program (Concentration in Economics)
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