Shailendra Singh

Address: Atlanta, GA-***** Phone: 973-***-**** Email: actpku@r.postjobfree.com

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Over 9 years of IT experience in Business Requirements Gathering, Process Flow, Business Process Modeling, and Business Process Re-engineering as.

A solid analyst with 9 years of experience of working as lead, senior & system analyst who has participated in all phases of project development: from project management, application facilitation, training, support, feasibility studies (including Buy vs. Build cost/benefit analysis projects), Request for Proposals, Business Requirement Documents (BRD), product presentations, budgeting, planning, gap, impact, data & business analysis and requirements gathering with users (User Interface) through systems analysis, functional specification Documents (FSD), process mapping, data mapping, process flow generation, reengineering, video conferencing, testing, quality assurance (including User Acceptance Test(UAT) plans, System Integration Testing(SIT) & Production Acceptance Testing (PAT)), implementation, technical writing (handbooks, manuals), workflow and document management.

Experienced in full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) using Waterfall, Agile (Scrum), RUP (IBM) and other hybrid system development methodologies.

Extensive experience in elicitation techniques like interviewing, questionnaires, guided brainstorming, analyzing, specifying and verifying Business and Functional Requirements, developing Use Cases, conducting Gap Analysis and preparing Training manuals.

Expertise in Creating Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN), Context Diagrams, and Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams such as Use Case diagrams, Activity diagrams, Class diagrams and Sequence diagrams using MS Visio.

Excellent technical documentation skills in preparing Business requirements document (BRD), Use Case Document, Functional Requirement Document (FRD), Software Requirements Specification (SRS), Workflows and Analysis Papers.

Experience in creating and managing project templates, use case templates, Test Case templates and Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM)

Facilitated and participated in Joint Requirements Sessions (JAR), Joint Application Development (JAD) and Joint Resource Planning (JRP) sessions with management, SMEs, vendors, users and other stakeholders.

Worked with portfolio management tools like HP PPM (Project Portfolio Management) and Clarity

Coordinated between QA team, conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT), SWOT analysis and documenting Test Cases.

Ability to work with all levels within an organization including senior executives, managers, front lines, corporate and technical staff.

Experience in handling multiple projects at a given time, capable of forming and maintaining positive and productive working relationships in internal, external, independent, and team environments.

Strong Communication and Presentation Skills substantiated in past assignments with developers, project managers, subject-matter experts, stakeholders, system implementers, and application end-users.

EDUCATION

MBA with specialization in Marketing/Finance, ICFAI University, Hyderabad, India

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Methodologies

RUP, SDLC, UX Design, Agile

Processes/Technologies

Rational Unified Process (RUP), Agile/Scrum, Waterfall, Use Cases, Workflow, Dataflow

Languages:

Java, Basic, Visual Basic 5.0/6.0, SQL

Workflow/Scenario Tools:

MS Visio, iRise

Testing:

IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC), IBM Rational Quality manager (RQM), Rational Clear Quest, HP Quality Center

Operating System:

Windows95/98/NT/2000/XP, UNIX

Database:

SQL Server 2000/2005, Oracle 8i/9i/10g, MS-Access, Oracle SQL developer

Office Suites

MS Office Suite, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Acrobat

Requirement Tracking:

Rational RequisitPro, Rally, Version1, JIRA

Change Management Tools:

JIRA, Clarity

Wireframes/ Mockups:

Balsamiq mockups, Axure RP Pro 6.5

Project Management tools:

Version 1, Clarity, Rally, TFS( Team Foundation Server)

Content Management Tool:

SharePoint, SVN, Confluence

PROFESSIONAL SNAPSHOT

Power & Energy Company (Business Systems Analyst) Jan 2015 – Till Date

Location: Atlanta (US)

Project: Internal User Application for a Power & Energy Company

The project aimed at developing a java based billing, Transaction and Sales application for a large Energy company based out of Texas. As a Business Analyst I elicited and documented requirements, prioritized the delivery plan, verified the defects and tested the application.

Project was implemented using Agile Methodology.

Conducted requirement sessions with stakeholders to elicit requirements.

Determined objectives by studying business functions; gathering information; evaluating output requirements.

Wrote user stories and use cases to document requirements and tracked it through JIRA.

Designed detailed mockups and wireframes in Balsamiq and MS Paint as per requirements.

Assisted Tech lead in creation of project plan and schedule and QA in development of test plan.

Guided and monitored the work of UI developers, who used Angular, Java script to develop UI.

Gathered estimates and work time lines from all the source system SME's and compiled estimates for project.

Acted as scrum master and managed movement of tickets within JIRA as per the development life cycle.

Coordinated and supervised and assisted in testing of the application by the QA team in India offshore office.

Developing user test plans for user acceptance testing.

Prepared Training Manuals and conducted training for end users.

Monitored and updated the project progress in JIRA on a daily basis

Applied Change Management processes to ensure modifications.

Published the weekly status reports for the stakeholders.

Wrote test cases for testing the Application.

Tested the Application in QA, UA, CAT environments.

Designed & executed tests by using SQL.

Assisted the Dev team in rectifying Bugs and Defects

Reviewed and evaluated all the enhancements of the software before implementation to confirm meeting of the standard criteria.

Performed scope verification.

Facilitate cross-functional project team meetings

Strong experience working within an Agile/Scrum team

Experience leading daily Sprint/ Standup meetings.

Environment:

JIRA, Confluence, Balsamiq, SQL Developer, MS Office, Web merge, MS Visio, UML.

Xerox (Lead Business Systems Analyst for multiple projects) May 2012 – Jan 2015

Location: Maryland (US)

Project: ICPC (Interstate Compact on the Placement of Children Office) Enhancements

The ICPC agency sends and receives children across state lines for foster care and adoption. This project was sponsored by ICPC within the Department of Human Resource (DHR) Maryland. The project aimed at identifying and implementing enhancements and defects identified during the conversion of existing application from the Delphi to .Net.

As a Business Analyst I facilitated JAD & JAR sessions, prioritized the identified work items, verified the defects and tested the application enhancement & fixes.

Project was implemented using waterfall methodology.

Assisted manager in creation of project plan and schedule.

Interacted with the “Users” by interviewing identified business users/stakeholders and SMEs to elicit requirements for enhancements.

Identified the enhancements and prioritized them based on business needs and technology risks.

Gathered estimates and work time lines from all the source system SME's and compiled estimates for project.

Conducted sessions to convert high level requirements into detailed functional requirements of business processes and carefully updated the information in an easily understandable format.

Prepared Business Requirements Document, Business Design Specification Document and Business Process Flow Document (BPF).

Applied Change Management processes to ensure modifications.

Worked with Business and other stakeholders to understand the Change requests for the signed off requirements; performed impact analysis and feasibility analysis to come up with solutions.

Published the weekly status reports for the stakeholders.

Worked closely with QA and Developers to clarify/understand functionality, resolve issues and provided feedback to identify the bugs.

Reviewed and evaluated all the enhancements of the software before implementation to confirm meeting of the standard criteria. Performed basic UAT with the different customers.

Interacted with developers & various members of team to discuss and resolve defects and their priorities.

Helped in updating the existing end user manuals.

Project: Upgrade of Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission Application

This was an in-house project and aimed at replacing the existing application of Maryland Workers' Compensation Commission. The scope of this project involved building a new JAVA/Alfresco/Oracle/Windows based web application to replace an old application (J2EE/FileNet/Oracle/Windows) that was currently in production. This project involved extensive business process workflow mapping and implementation.

As a Business Analyst I evaluated existing business process & analyzed existing application, elicited requirement around business process & reengineering, wrote multiple Functional Requirement Documents(FRD), Design Specification Documents (DSD), did data analysis during data migration, managed RTM and evaluated the test scripts along with the testers.

Researched, analyzed existing business process and data model and make recommendations

Evaluated existing systems and understood their structure and component parts and made recommendations for enhancements in the new system

Identified, determined and elicited business and function requirements from the users

Determined functional needs and system requirements using Use Case Methodology to build functional, system and interface use cases involving complex business rules.

Did Business process mapping to create process workflows & flowcharts using Visio.

Elicited UX design requirements for Usability, Visual Design, Customer Service and Accessibility of the application.

Accessibility covered 508 compliance.

Carried out data analysis of existing application using PL/SQL.

Conducted requirement and review sessions with the business.

Wrote test cases and performed system/UAT testing.

Developed user manuals, presentations and training manuals as per project specifications and timelines.

Worked with quality assurance team and release management team to review application prior to release to production

Analyzed the new requests specified by the end users for the future releases and conducted discussion with the functional and technical teams.

Trained end users

Project: In-Take Lab

This project was sponsored by the Office of Home Energy Program (OHEP) within the Department of Human Resource (DHR) Maryland. The project aimed at setting up kiosks in the local OHEP offices as alternate way of application submission process. The project aimed to reduce the high volume of applicants that walk into the office each day at the Local OHEP agencies.

As a Business Analyst I evaluated business needs, carried out a gap analysis, created & finalized business process flow, elicited requirements & documented the same in BRD, FRD & DSD. Created mockups for business.

Worked closely with the business team and understood the existing application submission process. Studied the existing online application submission process.

Carried out an AS-IS and TO-BE analysis to identify the Business Process.

Facilitated requirement gathering sessions (JARs) with the Business Users and SME’s to get a better understanding of the Business Processes and to create functional requirements documents, process flows and screen shots.

Arranged walkthrough sessions with the user group to confirm that all the requirements have been captured and obtained sign off on all the documents.

Used Interactive visualize simulation using iRise for simulation of business application design.

Created flowcharts, wireframes and mockups during design phase for Graphic User Interface (GUI) of the Kiosk.

Interacted with clients to finalize their kiosk screens and contents through Joint Application Design (JAD) sessions.

Validated and created the test case documents and conducted walkthroughs with the business users for any changes required.

Verified and tracked test cases through IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC), IBM Rational Quality manager (RQM).

Used SharePoint for Business Case Analysis.

Environment:

MS Visio - 2013, SQL server management studio, iRise, MS-Word, MS-Excel, RTC, RQM, Rational Requisite Pro, Axure, Balsamiq mockups, Clarity, SharePoint.

LanceSoft Inc. (Lead Business Analyst) July 2010 – May 2012

Client Location: Herndon (VA)

Project:

As a Business Analyst I analyzed and set up functions to design new module and sub modules in CPX Product (ERP Solution) for multiple clients.

Acted as Liaison between business users, development team and senior management to collect and analyze product/customer’s business requirements and transferred the same to relevant stakeholders for CPX software implementation.

Carried out analysis of business information by using tools like IBM Rational Suite, SQL Server, MS Office, MS Excel, MS Visio and MS PowerPoint to:

i.Set up a new installation working with the IT team

ii.Identify workflows/tasks that will be triggered on a daily, weekly, biweekly, semimonthly, quarterly and annual basis.

iii.Identify the workflows, out of a list of 140, which will be customized and deployed in the CPX installation.

Interacted with various service providers and vendors to provide:

i.Data detail and business logic for writing the API’s into their system.

ii.Define the structure of the data

iii.Identify when the API call will be made from CPX platform

Facilitated requirement elicitation sessions with external clients and internal teams to deliver product’s functional requirements like screen, interface and GUI and workflow designs.

Prepared accurate and detailed requirement specifications documents, user interface guides and functional specification documents.

Modified the existing workflows based on the clients’ need and designed the same using industry specific tools like MS Visio Etc.

Designed new modules and sub-modules in CPX software

Worked with development team to implement the API’s and workflows in CPX platform.

Work with QA teams to review the test cases and test the CPX software installation and scheduler installation.

Worked with business steam to carry out User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Interacted with developers & QA members of team to identify, prioritize and resolve defects.

Created end user manuals.

Environment

Flowcharts, MS Access,MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint, Visual basic, Requisite Pro

Bank of Montreal (Senior Business Analyst) Feb2009 – July 2010

Client Location: New Jersey (US), India

Project: Project focused on developing “View My Spending” feature and “loyalty program” for credit card holders of Bank of Montreal customers. As a business analyst my main focus areas of the project were spending categorization, dashboards, email notification- content,data & automation, point redemption; point allocation based on spending type, email promotions and spending goals features etc.

Followed Agile (Scrum) Development Process and generated all artifacts for sprint (Iteration).

Elicited requirements through Jar sessions and wrote user stories around spending categories and the loyalty points/ benefits associated with them, data elements required for sending loyalty program specific customized emails, Dashboard designs for “View my Spending” feature etc.

Documented User stories from stakeholders for dashboards, spending categories etc.

Worked on the databases in the backend to verify if data was categorizing properly.

Created planned and ad hoc reports for the loyalty program features like benefits, Credit limits etc.

Created dashboards and other functionality screen mockups using Axure tool.

Created templates of standard and ad hoc reports that would be available to users under “View My Spending” module.

Attended sprints meetings, maintained sprint backlog, managed product backlog for the project.

Built strong relationship with clients, peers, and vendors.

Verified the sanctity of data using SQL.

Developed and executed the Test Cases and Test Scripts.

Used Version 1 to manage the project.

Involved in Defect Track Meeting to discuss and to resolve defects and their priorities.

Environment:

Version 1, SQL Developer, MS Visio, Clearquest, SharePoint, MS Word, MS Excel, PowerPoint

HSBC (Associate Business Analyst) March 2006 – August 2009

Client Location: Hyderabad (India)

Project: Worked as a Business analyst on Maintenance/ enhancement Project for Online Banking

Assisted the Project Manager in documenting a Project Plan.

Worked closely with the business team and understood the AS-IS and TO-BE models

Understood the business process flow and created current and future process maps by using MS Visio

Identified the gaps in the project documentation mapped it to the project deliverables and objectives and created a gap analysis report.

Covered high level scope and objectives with the Program customers of the project and establish communication channels

Gathered business requirements from end clients, subject matter experts (SMEs) and translated them into functional requirements.

Created Business Requirement Document, Functional Requirement Specifications and User Design Specifications and Requirements Traceability Matrix.

Conducted JAD sessions gather information for mockups and wireframes and created them using Balsmiq mockup tool.

Created Test Cases, Test scripts, Test Plan document.

Tracked the defect in tools like: Quality Center, ClearQuest.

Conducted User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Developed Communication plan document, training document

Developed & executed scripted changes requests in accordance with change control/management procedures

Communicated the application issues in actionable points to the technical teams with the help of Use Case Diagrams

Continuously followed up with technical teams such as development, implementation and SQM etc., to ensure timely implementation of deliverables; followed Agile methodology to do the same.

Worked with quality assurance team and release management team to review application prior to release to production

Environment:

Change Control Framework, SharePoint, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), UML, MS Visio, MS Office, Data Modeling Tools, Data Mapping, CRM, Financial Concepts (GAP), Windows 2007/XP, UAT, SQL Server 2005/2008.

Indian Army 1999-2004

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