Project Management
Resume:
Akanksha Dubey ********.****@*****.***
Professional Summary
Highly motivated Business Analyst with 4+ years of experience.
Comprehensive knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), having thorough understanding of its various methodologies like Waterfall, Agile, Rational Unified Process (Rup) etc.
Extensive experience in requirements gathering, Surveys/Questionnaire development, BRD, Functional Requirement Specifications/Documents (FRS/FRD).
Knowledge and understanding of Scrum tools and concepts such as Scrum team, Product Backlog, Sprint, Sprint Backlog, User stories, Burn down Charts, and Planning Poker.
Experience attending and collaborating on the conduction of SCRUM ceremonies: Sprint Planning, Sprint Review, Daily Stand-Up Meeting and Retrospective Meetings.
Excellent in performing GAP Analysis to check the compatibility of the existing system infrastructure with the new business requirements.
Experience elaborating Process Maps as well as AS-IS and TO-BE analysis/documentation.
Proficient in creating screen mock-ups, wire frames, User Interface (UI/GUI), context diagrams, business process flows and developing Use Case Diagrams, Sequence diagrams and Activity diagrams based on UML methodology.
Quality Assurance (QA) experience with developing and reviewing test plans, test scripts, test requirements to address bugs/issues as required by the project.
Strong experience in conducting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and documenting test cases.
Expert in tracking, tracing and managing requirements through Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM).
Strong technical skills in SQL to extract data from database for data analysis and testing.
Proven skills in helping to create entity relationship diagram, conceptual, logical, and physical data models.
Actively Participated in Post Production Validation (PPV), product support and handling of issues.
Dealt with Change Management by conducting Impact Analysis and Facilitating Change Control Board Meetings.
Project Methodologies :
RUP, Agile, Scrum, UML, SQL
Business Tools :
Power Designer, Rational Enterprise Suite, MS Visio, MS Project, MS Office
Requirement Modeling Tools :
Smart Draw, MS Visio, Power Designer
Operating Systems :
Windows XP/NT/2000/Vista UNIX, Mainframe
Languages/Web Tech :
HTML, XML, XML Schema, COBOL, JCL, JAVA
Testing Tools :
Quality Central, JIRA, Silk Central
Education: B.Tech in Information Technology
Polaroid, Minnesota Oct 2013 to Apr 2015
Business Analyst
Polaroid is an American company that is a brand licensor and marketer of its portfolio of consumer electronics to companies that distribute consumer electronics and eyewear. It is best known for its Polaroid instant film and cameras.
Project Objective - The primary target of the project was to create a cross-platform responsive e-commerce application which dealt with Online Order Management, Inventory Management, Payment and Shipping System.
Responsibilities:
Gathered requirements from the sponsors, users and had close interaction with Subject matter experts (SME’s) for having extensive knowledge on the project’s goal.
Conducted Brainstorming and JAD sessions by involving key players of the project
Facilitated the developers in creating a user friendly website by adding more filters and also optimized navigation to help customers in locating the products easily. Good knowledge on content delivery network
Solid understanding of layout, typography, color theory and other design principles. Involved in creating wireframe prototypes.
Analyzed and managed Supply Chain reports, dashboards and performance metrics.
Collaborated with Product Owners to write up and prioritize customer centric documents like User Stories for Product Backlogs
Prepared User Interface document and conducted walk through session for the developers’ better understanding.
Participated in team meetings and worked with the team in resolving issues that could potentially cause delays in the sprint completion.
Prepared and documented Product backlogs in order to keep track of each sprint cycle.
Created burn-down charts and helped the team in knowing the progress of the project
Involved in deciding the Test strategies during the beginning of the project. Verified the test cases and test steps carefully during and before testing phase.
Closely worked with the testing team and created UAT test cases. Formulated test case scenarios from the user stories.
Made extensive use of SQL queries for the arrangement of customer data.
Expert in creating User Case Diagram, Data Flow Diagram, Sequence Diagram & Activity Diagrams.
Resolved issues reported by business Post-Production.
Involved in Change Management process and performed impact analysis. Updated Requirement Traceability matrix after the changes was implemented.
Environment: Scrum, Agile, MS Word, MS Excel, MS outlook, MS PowerPoint, MS Project 2010, PHP, CMS, MySQL, Justin mind, Smart Draw, Windows 8
RitzCamera, New Jersey Jan 2012- Sep 2013
Business Analyst
Ritz Camera & Image is a photographic retail and photofinishing specialty store, headquartered in Ridgefield, New Jersey. The company owns and operates a chain of six locations throughout the United States under the names Wolf Camera, Camera World and RitzCamera.com.
Primary Objective -The primary goal of the project was to modernize the Content Management System (CMS). I worked on implementation of CMS, which included: defining implementation strategy, converting legacy systems, Point-Of-Sale (POS) system, Fraud Protection System and responsive internet store. Since the data was moved from legacy to new systems, I framed the plan for Business process reengineering by performing Gap Analysis.
Responsibilities:
Served as a liaison between the Client and offshore development team in designing and implementing functionalities, creating documentation for training and Help Desk teams.
Gathered business requirements by visiting client sites, converting them into functional requirements and authored the same in making User Stories. Involved in impact analysis activities, reviewing the Client Requirements and Business Specifications, analyzing the impacts and feasibility.
Extensively worked in Agile frame work throughout all the phases of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Designed and developed all Narrative Use Cases and conducting UML modeling Activity Diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams.
Analyzed and translated business requirements into system specifications utilizing UML and Agile methodology.
Developed process flows and procedures for purchasing and forecasting functions.
Developed, tested and executed SQL scripts for analyzing and troubleshooting ETL processes, and software solutions from “the back end".
Performed User acceptance test (UAT) immediately after every build, communicating process changes, enhancements, and modifications to the team.
Monitored defect lifecycle to ensure the defects are validated, fixed and re-tested in time using JIRA.
Conducted one-to-one meetings and web-Conferences as well as JAD sessions with different stakeholders; analyzed and came up with suggestions providing consistent process for the communication, escalation, and resolution of issues.
Analyzed and supported day-to-day production issues, monitoring system performance proactively, quickly responding to the problem to minimize impact to the business.
Strong experience in preparing User Manual to ensure successful training and knowledge transfer to Client Service Representative Management.
Environment: Agile, Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Visio, UML, Windows 7, MySQL, Sybase Power Designer, Microsoft Projector, PHP, Magento(CMS),Fraud Protection Integration(Eye4fraud), JIRA.
Torah Anytime, New York May 2010 – Dec 2011
Business Analyst
Torah anytime is an education management which has more than 20,000 Torah videos of over 400 different speakers, with an ability to record up to 60 lectures per week, and receive close to 100,000 monthly visits from over 120 countries.
Primary Objective -The primary goal of the project was to create an online education management website along with Android and iPhone/iPad App which had multiple feature like capability to live stream, view videos, Payment Integration.
Defined the scope of the Business & did extensive Requirements gathering.
Implemented the entire Rational Unified Process (RUP) methodology of application development with its various workflows, artifacts and activities.
Conducted JAD sessions with the Stakeholders, SME, Vendors, and End Users.
Utilize participation of SME in designing UI layout. Experience with ipad/Android GUI PSD for UI design.
Creating Unified Modeling Language (UML) diagrams using Smart Draw.
Creating Wireframes Diagrams Photoshop to provide clear understanding of the application to Developers and Quality Analysis team.
Extensively used Rational Requisite Pro tool to gather and manage requirements.
Worked with PMO to create and manage Project templates, Use Case templates and Requirements Traceability Matrix.
Used UML methodologies to create UCD, DFD & Activity Diagrams.
Monitored and used defect tracking tools like Rational Clear Quest for defect or bug tracking.
Extracted data from database and performed SQL queries, data analysis and verification.
Performed UAT and collaborated with the Testing team to conduct Integration Testing and was a big part in PPV.
Trained business users on the key features of the new application.
Environment: RUP, Rational Requisite Pro, Rational Clear Quest, MS Office, HTML, SQL.
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